ARCH.EOLOGIA AMERICANA. 
 
 TRANSACTIONS 
 
 AND 
 
 COLLECTIONS 
 
 OF THE 
 
 AMERICAN ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY, 
 
 VOLUME VII. 
 
 PRINTED FOR THE SOCIETY. 
 
 1885. 
 
Committee of publication. 
 
 REV. EDWARD EVERETT HALE, D.D., of Boston. 
 CHARLES DEANE, LL.D., of Cambridge. 
 NATHANIEL PAINE, ESQ., of Worcester. 
 CHARLES AUGUSTUS CHASE, A.3L, of Worcester. 
 
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NOTE-BOOK 
 
 KEPT BY 
 
 THOMAS LECHFORD, ESQ., 
 
 LAWYER, 
 
 In Boston, IHassadjusette 
 
 FROM JUNE 27, 1638, TO JULY 29, 1641. 
 
 CAMBRIDGE: 
 JOHN WILSON AND SON. 
 2Hmbersi tg 
 
 1885. 
 
Cupyriyht, lS85 t 
 BY THE AMERICAN ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY. 
 
INTRODUCTORY NOTE. 
 
 fTTlIE Council of the American Antiquarian Society 
 determined many years since to include LKCII- 
 FOUD S NOTE-BOOK in its publications. Mr. SAMUEL 
 JENNISON, so long an active officer of the Society, 
 had obtained the original manuscript from a friend, 
 and had devoted much time to its study. He had 
 made a beginning- in preparing it for the press at 
 the time of his death. 
 
 It will readily be seen that it is one of the most 
 valuable documents which have been preserved, of 
 the history of the first generation of Massachusetts. It 
 is the daily record of the work done in the office of the 
 only professional lawyer in the colony. His duties 
 brought him into close relations with people of every 
 class ; and in more than one instance his memo 
 randa throw light on social customs, on questions of 
 local geography, on points of family history, and on 
 the development of the political life of the country. 
 Poor Lechford s own character, and the circumstances, 
 almost pathetic, of his controversies with the leader of 
 the colony, and of his return to England, are all eluci 
 dated in the volume. 
 
 3415470 
 
iv INTRODUCTORY NOTE. 
 
 The Council thanks all the gentlemen who have 
 been connected with the publication of the volume for 
 the interest which they have taken in it; and espe 
 cially our associate, Mr. Samuel Jennison, of Boston, 
 the present owner of the original manuscript, for 
 permission to print it. It would not even now be 
 published but for the personal care and attention of 
 our lamented friend Judge FOSTER, who studied, with 
 a lawyer s sympathy, these memorials of the life of 
 the first New England lawyer. But for his death the 
 volume would have been earlier completed. 
 
 The expense of printing has been partially met by a 
 special subscription among the members of the Society, 
 the Publishing Fund being unfortunately so small that 
 the expense of printing the regular " Proceedings" of the 
 Society exhausts all its income. 
 
 For the Committee of Publication, 
 
 EDWARD E. HALE. 
 
 BOSTON, September 17, 1885. 
 
EDITOR S NOTE. 
 
 O OME years ago the late Mr. Samuel Jennison be 
 gan tlie work of transcription and preparation for 
 publication of Lechford s Note-look, but was unable 
 to carry it to a conclusion. Mr. J. Hammond Trum- 
 bull afterwards prepared a portion of the Note-book 
 for publication, but did not finish it, owing to his 
 work in his edition of Lechford s Plain Dealing. 
 
 Two years or more ago the late Judge Foster 
 desired to publish the Note-book for the American 
 Antiquarian Society, and with his son, Mr. Alfred D. 
 Foster, did much in the way of preparation. Finding, 
 however, that he was unable to continue the work 
 through the pressure of his professional duties, Judge 
 Foster requested me to take the work in the state in 
 which it then stood and see it through the press. 
 
 This I have now done ; and after many vexatious 
 delays the Note-look has reached publication. My own 
 work has been in the line of an arranger and com 
 piler of the work of others, as well as in that of ori 
 ginal research. All the indexes, abstracts, notes, and 
 other papers drawn up by Mr. Jennison, Mr. Trum- 
 bull, Judge Foster, and Mr. A. D. Foster were put 
 into my hands, and I have found them of the greatest 
 use. The translation of the short-hand was done in 
 great part by Mr. Trumbull, and partly by Mr. William 
 
vi EDITOR S NOTE. 
 
 P. Upliani. The notes to the first one hundred pages, 
 prepared by Mr. Trumbull for his projected edition, 
 have been bodily transferred by me, with such correc 
 tions as that gentleman desired to make. Such notes 
 are marked with a [T]. 
 
 I have had at every step in my work the careful 
 guidance and assistance of my father, the Rev. Dr. 
 Edward E. Hale, who has given much of his time 
 to a careful revision of the proofs, as well as most 
 unfailing sympathy and interest to every portion of 
 the work. I must also gladly acknowledge the kind 
 and useful assistance rendered by Mr. John AVard 
 Dean, Mr. J. Hammond Trumbull, Dr. Samuel A. 
 Green, Mr. Charles Deane, Mr. William S; Appleton, 
 Mr. Edmund M. Barton, librarian, r.nd Mr. Reuben 
 Col ton, assistant librarian, of the Society, in supervis 
 ing and correcting the proof-sheets of a great part 
 of the volume. I should like also to thank very cor 
 dially Mr. George Lamb, Mr. William 13. Weeden, 
 Mr. Henry II. Edes, and Mr. Nathan Matthews, Jr., 
 for assistance given in matters with which they were 
 especially conversant. 
 
 The Introductory Life is that prepared by Mr. J. 
 Hammond Trumbull for his edition of the Plain Deal 
 ing. With his consent, at the suggestion and desire 
 of Judge Foster, and through the courtesy of Mr. 
 William P. Lunt, it is now prefixed to this edition of 
 the Note-look. 
 
 EDWARD EVERETT HALE, JR. 
 
 MATUNUCK, R.I., August 1, 1885. 
 
A SKETCH 
 
 OF THE 
 
 LIFE OF THOMAS LECHFOKD, 
 
 BY J. HAMMOND TRUMBULL. 
 
 /~\F the birth and parentage of Thomas Lechford, or of his 
 ^-^ early life, I have no certain knowledge. His surname is 
 that of a family which, at about the middle of the sixteenth 
 century, became seated at Leigh, near Reigate, in the county 
 of Surrey, where Henry Lechford, great-grandson of a Thomas 
 Lechford who lived in the reign of Edward IV. (1401-1482), 
 bought the manors of Shellwood and Charlwood, with other 
 estates. This Henry dying Sept. 27, 1507, left a son, Richard, 
 born in 1547, who was knighted. Sir Richard Lechford was 
 twice married : first, to Ann, daughter of George Lusher, by 
 whom he had two sons, John and Thomas ; and, secondly, to 
 Eleanor, daughter of William Morgan, of Chilworth, Esq. 
 Henry, a son of the second marriage, died in 1000, before his 
 father, but left a son, Richard (born about December, 1594), 
 who inherited the estates of his grandfather on the death of 
 the latter, July 10, 1611. John and Thomas, above named, 
 sons of Sir Richard by his first wife, were living in 1000, 
 when they are named in a deed of settlement by their father 
 on his second wife and her children. 1 Their nephew, Richard 
 Lechford, was knighted by James I. Early in the reign of 
 Charles I. he was enrolled in the band of " Gentlemen Pen 
 sioners," who constituted the king s body-guard. Like many 
 other courtiers of his day he became a Roman Catholic, and 
 
 1 Mann ing and Bray s History of Surrey, ii. 181, 184-185, 188. 
 
vui A SKETCH OF THOMAS LECHFORD. 
 
 found his new religion no bar to royal favor, notwithstanding 
 the unabated severity of the laws against " popish recusants." 
 His eldest daughter, Letitia ( u alias Bridget," as she is named 
 in the record), remained a Protestant, and about 1638 was 
 confirmed in the Church of England, to the great displeasure 
 of her father. 1 Not long afterwards, while Sir Richard was 
 in attendance upon the king in his journey to Scotland, this 
 daughter Letitia and a younger sister Mary, who had been 
 placed under the care of an aunt living near London, were 
 detained by warrant from the High Commission when about 
 to sail from England for some foreign port. Their father 
 alleged that they had embarked without his knowledge, and 
 were attempting to escape from his authority ; but another 
 and more probable version of the story is given by a well- 
 informed writer (the Rev. George Gcrrard, the gossiping 
 London correspondent of the Earl of Straff ord), in a letter 
 dated May 1,1634 : 2 
 
 " Sir Richard Lashford, 8 a pensioner in ordinary was sending 
 two of his daughters to the nunneries beyond the seas ; being to 
 take shipping in some of the Kentish ports, they were stopp d and 
 sent back to London. My Lord s Grace of Canterbury [Laud] 
 being made acquainted with it sent for the father, who offered to 
 give caution that they should not go out of England; but my 
 Lord asked him, whether he would engage himself that they 
 should conform themselves to the religion of the Church of Eng 
 land, which he refused. He asked then of him, of what religion 
 he was? lie said, A Romish Catliolick, and but lately converted. 
 He offered him both the Oaths, which peremptorily he refused. 
 The Archbishop then told him, he was not a fit servant to be of 
 the King s principal guard, that would not take the oath of alle 
 giance unto his Majesty. Since he hath been brought before 
 the Lords, absolutely put out of his place, and another sworn 
 into it." 
 
 1 Calendar of Brit. State Papers siomilly written. Evelyn (Diary, ii. 
 (Dorncst. Ser., Charles I.), 1633-1634, 56, Bonn s edit.) mentions, under date 
 pp. 23, 348, 536, 581. of Sept. 13, 1670, going "to visit Sir 
 
 2 Strafford a Letters and Dispat., i. Richard Lashford, [his] kinsman." Else- 
 242. where, we find the same name written 
 
 * So the name appears to have been Lccchcforde. See note 2 on the next 
 generally pronounced, and was occa- page. 
 
A SKETCH OF THOMAS LECH FORD. ix 
 
 A few weeks afterwards the same correspondent wrote : l 
 
 " The Pensioner, Sir Richard Lashford, was again called before 
 the Lords, when the oath of allegiance was again offered to him, 
 but lie utterly refused it. So order was given to the Attorney 
 to indite him in the King s Bench of a Premunire ; hut being 
 brought thither, he took it before the Judges, which if he had 
 done before, tis likely he had not been put from his Pensioner s 
 place." 
 
 In other words, the influence of the court upon the judges, 
 or a " letter of grace and protection," such as the king about 
 this time was accustomed to grant to Ids courtiers who were 
 papists, would have stayed proceedings against him for 
 recusancy. 
 
 In November, 1634, Sir Richard sold the manor of Shell- 
 wood and other estates in Surrey, and subsequently resided 
 at or near Dorking (in the same county), where he died 
 Sept. 14, 1671. 2 
 
 The recurrence of the name of Thomas in several genera 
 tions of the Lechfords of Shellwood ; the fact that the sur 
 name was by no means common, and does not appear to have 
 been represented in England by any other family than this, 
 of the rank v of gentry; with other considerations which it is 
 unnecessary to mention here, render it highly probable, in 
 fact nearly certain, that the author of Plain Dealing and the 
 possessor of this now printed Note-book was of this stock, 
 and nearly related to the last-mentioned Sir Richard Lech- 
 ford, Knt", 1634. 
 
 In the address " To the Reader," in Plain Dealing, Thomas 
 Lechford describes himself as " a student or practise! 1 at law." 
 An entry in the Note-look 3 shows that he had been a member 
 of Clement s Inn before he came to New England ; and he 
 
 1 Straftord s Letters and Dispat., i. heads, aryci*k Crest, on a wreath of 
 261. the same, colors, a unicorn s head erased, 
 
 2 Manning and Bray, i. 586. The; arcjmt, mailed, bearded, and horned or, 
 arms confirmed to "Sir Richard Leech- hearing on the same a serpent proper, 
 forde of Shelwood," Nov. 22, 1605, by Howard s Mined. Gcncal. ct Herald. 
 W. Segar, Garter, are thus blazoned : (Oct. 1866), p. 54. 
 
 Sabfc, a chevron bet\v. three leopards 3 Sec 2>ost, p. 117. 
 
X A SKETCH OF THOMAS LECHFORD. 
 
 resumed his residence there after his return to London, in 
 1041, as the titlepagc of Plain Lcal uuj informs us. In an 
 order of the General Court of Massachusetts, made in 1G47, 
 he is described as " an ordinary solicitor in England." ] It 
 does not appear that lie was ever called to the bar. The 
 Inns of Chancery, of which Clement s was one, were so called 
 " probably because they were appropriated to such clerks as 
 chiefly studied the forming of writs, which was the province 
 of the cursitors, who are officers of chancery, and such as 
 belong to the courts of common pleas and king s bench." 2 In 
 Stowc s time they were " chiefly filled with attorneys, solici 
 tors, and clerks." By an order of the judges, April 15, 1G30, 
 " attorneys and solicitors, which are but ministerial persons 
 of an inferior nature," though permitted to occupy chambers 
 in the inns of chancery, were excluded from the inns of 
 court, and consequently from a call to the bar. 3 -. In his de 
 fence before the court of magistrates at Boston, in Decem 
 ber, 1G40, 4 Lechford said of himself: "I am no pleader by 
 nature ; oratory I have little, . . . and if I had never so 
 expert a faculty that way, I should not now use it, ... and 
 as for the other part of pleading which consisteth in chirog- 
 raphyf wherein I had some little skill, I do not desire to use 
 any of that," etc. 
 
 When Hugh Peters was lecturer in St. Sepulchre, in Lon 
 don, before the persecution of Laud drove him to Rotterdam, 
 in 1G29 or 1630, Lechford was one of his hearers, and " hung 
 upon his ministry," as he expresses it in a letter to Peters, 
 written in IGoO. 6 Some years later, he was in Ireland, With 
 Sir Thomas Wentworth (afterwards Earl of Straff ord), then 
 
 1 Mass. Col. Records, ii. 206. "him in the Common Picas oHu:c (in 
 
 2 Herbert. a Inns of Court and Chan- Commitni Banco) that ingrosseth Fines 
 eery, p. 1C9. in that Court acknowledged . . . and 
 
 8 Dugdalc s Origin Judicvlcs, p. that writeth and dolivoreth tlu- Indcn- 
 
 320. turcs of them unto the parties" (Min- 
 
 4 See post, pp. xxv, 176. shon, 1027) ; and a chirograph was a 
 
 6 This word appears to he used here bill, bond, or deed indented, written in 
 
 in its more modern sense, for the bnsi- the maker s own hand. 
 
 ness of a draughtsman and scrivener. 6 See post, p. 29. 
 
 In the old law, a chirogmphrr signified 
 
A SKETCH OF THOMAS LECHFORD. xi 
 
 lord deputy. In what capacity lie went, or how long he 
 remained there, docs not appear. 1 In 1640, when he contem 
 plated departure from New England, he wrote to one of his 
 correspondents that he was desirous to return to Ireland, 
 " there to follow his old profession, where he had some hope 
 of friendship." 2 
 
 In the address " To the Reader " of Plain Dealing, he 
 alludes to the fact, " well knowne unto many, that heretofore 
 he suffered imprisonment, and a kind of banishment . . . for 
 some acts construed to oppose, and as tending to subvert 
 Episcopacie, and the settled Ecclesiastical government of 
 England." His offence, as we learn from a couple of lines 
 in Mr. Cotton s Way of Congregational Churches cleared, was 
 his witnessing against the Bishops, in soliciting the cause of 
 Mr. Prynne. In the judgment of Laud and of the High 
 Commission, his crime could hardly have been greater, or 
 have merited more severe punishment. Prynne, a barrister 
 of Lincoln s Inn, had drawn upon himself the vengeance of 
 the archbishop, by the publication, in 1683. of Histriomastix. 
 He was indicted in the Star Chamber, found guilty of a libel, 
 and condemned to a barbarous punishment, to be followed by 
 imprisonment for life, for the crime of railing " not only 
 against Stage Plays . . . but farther in particular against 
 Hunting, Publique Festivals, Christmas-keeping, Bonfires and 
 Maypoles," etc. 3 His real offence (as Hume suggests) was 
 probably that he had, " in plain terms, blamed the hierarchy, 
 the innovations in religious worship, and the new supersti 
 tions introduced by Laud." Four years afterwards, a renewal 
 of this offence called for a. yet more vindictive prosecution 
 in the same court. On tin; 14th of June, 16->7, he, with 
 Henry Burton, bachelor of divinity, and John Bastwick, a 
 physician, was tried and convicted of " writing and pnblish- 
 
 1 Wentworth was appointed lord timber, 1639. In December, 1(539, lie- 
 deputy in January, 1632, but did not was created Earl of Stratford and Lord 
 go to Ireland until July, 1G33. In Lieutenant of Ireland (Stratford s Lct- 
 Juno, 1636, he came to London, re- tcrs and Disjiafchcs, i. 63, 84 ; ii. 430, 
 mainod about six months in England, 431 ; Nalson s Collection, i. 280). 
 and returned to Dublin in November. 2 See post, p. 159. 
 He was not again in London until Sep- 8 Eushworth, ii. 220. 
 
xii A SKETCH OF THOMAS LECHFORD. 
 
 ing seditious, schismatical, and libellous books against the 
 hierarchy of the Church." They were sentenced to lose their 
 ears in the pillory, to be fined 5,000 each to the king, to 
 perpetual imprisonment in three remote places of the king 
 dom ; and Prynne to be branded on both cheeks with the 
 letters S. L., for a " Seditious Libeller." This barbarous 
 sentence was executed in the palace yard at Westminster, 
 June 30 ; "a spectacle no less strange than sad, to see three 
 of several professions, the noblest in the kingdom, Divinity, 
 Law, and Physick, exposed at one time to such an ignominious 
 punishment, and condemned to it by Protestant magistrates, 
 for such tenets in religion as the greatest part of Protestants 
 in England held, and all the reformed churches in Europe 
 maintained." l Immediately after summons was issued for 
 Prynne s appearance before the court, he was shut up close 
 prisoner, refused the use of pen, ink, or paper, dnd not per 
 mitted to consult counsel until very shortly before his trial. 
 In his speech to the court he said : " I was deserted of all 
 means by which I should have drawn my answer. ... I had 
 neither pen, ink, nor servant to do any thing for me ; for my 
 servant was then also close prisoner, under a pursuivant s 
 hands." All who rendered the slightest service to Prynne or 
 his fellow-offenders fell under condemnation. " One Gard 
 ener," a scrivener or clerk, who wrote from Prynne s dictation 
 a petition to his judges, was apprehended, subjected to fourteen 
 days imprisonment, and compelled to give a bond for appear 
 ance when called. His counsel, Holt and Tomlyns, did not 
 dare to subscribe his answer, after it was drawn and engrossed. 
 After the execution of his sentence, some of his friends vis 
 ited him in Chester, on his way to his prison at Caernarvon. 
 Those who had so offended were summoned before the Privy 
 Council, cited into the High Commission at York, imprisoned 
 and fined, and enjoined to make a public recantation. 2 It is 
 not surprising that Lechford, for " soliciting " in Prynne s 
 cause or otherwise assisting his defence, should have been 
 severely dealt with. Of his punishment we know no more 
 
 l May s Hist, of the ParL, b. i. eh. 7. 2 Hargrave a State Trials, i. 482, 501. 
 
A SKETCH OF THOMAS LECHF011D. xiu 
 
 than lie himself has told us, that he " suffered imprisonment 
 and a kind of banishment." 
 
 Leehford landed in Boston one year and thirteen days after 
 Prynne s trial in the Star Chamber. Four years and five 
 months after the trial (Nov. 10, 1G41), he dated his " Quaeres 
 about Church government " from his chambers in Clement s 
 Inn, and, on the first page of Plain Dealing, speaks of " having 
 been forth of his native country almost for the space of four 
 years last past." The inference, from comparison of these 
 dates, seems to be, that he left England in the autumn or 
 winter of 1637, but did not then sail directly for .Boston. His 
 imprisonment could not have been of many months duration. 
 
 In the letter to Hugh Peters, before cited, he writes : 
 
 "Being thrown out of my station in England ... I forsook 
 preferment in a Prince s court that was offered to me, who of 
 Christian princes is the chiefe for godliness (as I was assured), 
 Georgius Ilngotzki, Prince of Transylvania nnd Lord of Lower 
 Hungary, successor to Bethlem Gabor. Likewise the Lords of 
 Providence offered me place of preferment with them which I 
 will not name. Hither I have corne, and the Lord knows my 
 heart! fain would I join with your Churches." 
 
 1 have not been able to discover the time or place of 
 Lcchford s embarkation for New England, nor in which of 
 the twenty ships which brought three thousand passengers 
 to Massachusetts in the summer of 1G38 l he came. The 
 Note-look begins witli the date of his arrival : 
 
 "Boston in New-England, 27 4 the day of my landino- 
 
 1638." 
 
 From some allusions in his letters, especially a reference to 
 conversation " on ship-board," I infer that he came fellow- 
 passenger with Mr Edmund Browne, afterwards minister of 
 Sudbury, and, perhaps, with Emaniicl Downing, 2 the brother- 
 in-law of Governor Winthrop. 
 
 1 Jfiiithrop, i. 268. 1633 (J/s. Records, i. 236). Mr. Snv- 
 
 2 Yet I find elsewhere no earlier ago had apparently overlooked that 
 mention of Downing s arrival than that reference when he wrote the note to 
 in the records of the Court of Sept. 6, JVinthrop, i. 274. 
 
xiv A SKETCH OF THOMAS LEG II FORD. 
 
 From succeeding pages of his Note-look we gather some 
 hut scanty and unsatisfactory knowledge of his domestic 
 relations. His wife is mentioned in 1639 and afterwards ; 
 and, as no evidence has been discovered of his marriage on 
 this side of the water, we infer that she accompanied him 
 from England ; but lie nowhere gives any information of her 
 family, nor even introduces her Christian name. In July, 
 1G40, 1 he writes: "I have not yet here an house of my owne 
 to put my head in, or any stock going." He lived in a 
 house, or part of a house, hired of Nathaniel Micklethwaite, 
 of Boston, who was, I think, the agent or factor in New Eng 
 land of Richard Hutchinson, of London, and perhaps of 
 Edward and William Hutchinson after their removal to 
 Rhode Island. 
 
 It appears that he paid his rent until August, 1039, to 
 Samuel Hutchinson, and subsequently to Mr. Micklethwaite, 
 whose signature appears, on a page of the Note-look, to the 
 lease of "the chamber etc.," at 5 per year, from Sept. 1, 
 1639. From the fact that the name of Thomas Savage often 
 occurs as a witness to instruments drawn by Lechford. 1 con 
 jecture that he was a near neighbor, or perhaps a fellow-tenant 
 under the same roof. Occasional entries like the following 
 give glimpses of the interior of " the chamber etc.," and of 
 Lechford s manner of living : 
 
 1G39. June. " Borrowed of Mr Stoiy about a month 
 since 2" & halfe of the best suger at 
 
 2* h the pound 5 5 d 
 
 April. " Rec d of Mr. Keayne for a silver laced coate 
 
 and a gold wrought cap 2 l 10* 
 
 May. "Received of Mr. George Story 4 yards 
 and halfe a quarter of tuft Holland to 
 make my wife a wastcoate at 2" 8 d per 
 
 yarde 11* 
 
 1640. Jan. 31. " I payd Nathaniel Ileaton for full of writ 
 ings & cutting wood 5 
 
 Feb. 1. " I payd John Ilurd, delivered to his wife 
 by Sara our mayd, for making my 
 wife s gowne 8 9 
 
 1 Plain Dealing, p. 69. 
 
A SKETCH OF THOMAS LECHFORD. xv 
 
 1640. Feb. 1. "I payil Thomas Marshall before hand for 
 wood, delivered by my wife to his wife 
 in the 10 moneth last past [Dec. 16:50] 1 
 Since which time I had of him 6 loads 
 of wood at 5 s so I owe him .... 10 5 
 
 Jan. 12. " Received of Mr. Keayne 6 1 of Spanish to 
 bacco upon account. And 1 owe him 
 1 load of wood, a good load. 
 "I payd Mr. Burton for malt, cheese and 
 irons, 1. and owe him 8 s O. 1 in 10 th 
 [month] last. 
 
 1611. "Mary Sherman came to my wife the 
 
 twelveth day of Aprill, 1641." 
 
 Almost from the hour of his landing at Boston, he was 
 regarded with distrust by those whose influence prevailed in 
 state and church. First, because of his profession; for to 
 " some of the magistrates," and doubtless to Governor AVin- 
 tlirop himself, the employment of " lawyers to direct men in 
 their causes " seemed more objectionable than the custom of 
 obtaining advice from the judges on an ex parte statement 
 before the public hearing of the cause. 1 Winthrop himself, 
 Bcllingham, Humphrey, Dudley, Downing, and pcrjiaps Pel- 
 ham and Bradstrcet, had been students of law in England ; 
 but on this side of the Atlantic their legal knowledge was 
 not called into" requisition except as it contributed to qualify 
 them for seats in the Court of Magistrates or as legislators 
 for the new colony ; " no advocate being allowed," 2 and the ex 
 ercise of the profession of an attorney being discountenanced 
 so far as possible without absolute interdiction. 
 
 But Lechford was not only professionally hut doctrinally 
 objectionable. Though he came to New England, as he says, 
 with a disposition to "lay aside all by-respects, to join with 
 the Church here," " he could not be satisfied in diverse partic 
 ulars," and " desired to open his mind in some material things 
 of weight concerning the Christian faith " wherein he differed 
 from the received belief of the Massachusetts churches. He 
 was not long in giving to these points of difference more than 
 
 1 Winthrop, ii. 36. " No judge can arid of necessity, as it were, undertak- 
 
 be wise enough to decide always with ing the cause of one, before issuing 
 
 satisfaction to both parties," observes process." 
 
 Mr. Savage, " after privately hearing, 2 Ibid. 
 
xvi A SKETCH OF THOMAS LECH FORD. 
 
 a sufficient prominence-. On his passage hitlier, he had dis 
 cussed them with his fellow-passengers ; and before, or soon 
 after, his arrival, lie made a written statement of his opinions 
 and the arguments by which he sustained them, and placed 
 the paper in the hands of Mr. Downing. 1 These opinions, 
 which he tells us he k *did not lightly or hastily take up, hut 
 upon good grounds and mature deliberation, long before he 
 ventured to betake himself into these parts of the world," 2 
 involved what magistrates and elders held to be fundamental 
 errors, and such as prevented his reception to church fel 
 lowship. These errors, as stated by Mr. Cotton, were : 
 " 1. That the Antichrist described in the Revelation was not 
 yet come, nor any part of that Prophecy yet fulfilled from 
 the 4th chapter to the end. 2. That the Apostolick func 
 tion was not yet ceased ; but that there still ought to be 
 such, who should by their transcendent Authority govern all 
 churches." 3 
 
 Lechford himself conceived that his opinions on these con 
 troverted points " might be held, or not held, salva fide " and 
 without impediment to church fellowship with those of oppo 
 site belief. Indeed modern orthodoxy, even of the most rigid 
 type, would hardly insist on the identification of the pope of 
 Rome with the prophetical antichrist, and a denial of the per 
 manency of the apostolic function, as essential prerequisites 
 to church communion, or for the elective franchise. But to 
 the elders of the Bay, in 1638, when the churches had not 
 yet escaped the dangers of Antinomianism nor been thoroughly 
 purged of all the eighty -two errors condemned by the synod of 
 the year previous, every deviation from the established creed 
 was matter of grave importance. Moreover, although Lechford 
 professed a disinclination to controversy, he certainly took no 
 great pains to avoid it ; so that before he had been many 
 weeks in the Colony his peculiar views were somewhat widely 
 made known, not only through oral discussions, but by means 
 of two or three manuscript volumes of his composition, which 
 
 1 Letter to Eilmnnd Browne. See post, p. 28. 
 
 2 Letter to Hugh Peters. See post, p. 30. 
 
 9 Way of Contjr. Churches cleared, pt. i. p. 71. 
 
A SKETCH OF THOMAS LECIIFOHD. 
 
 lie had tendered for the perusal of some of the jealous guar 
 dians of orthodoxy in the churches. 
 
 Tn the letter to Hugh Peters, before quoted, Lechford writes : 
 " I showed you my books : you had not leisure to peruse them. 
 1 likewise, long before, showed my main book to Mr. Cotton. 
 lie had not leisure to read it; and the first draught of that 
 Of Prophetic, it lay in his house at least live weeks." Peters 
 had too much work before him, in Ne\v England and Old, for 
 wasting his time over the crude speculations of an honest but 
 narrow-minded enthusiast ; and Mr. Cotton was perhaps less 
 zealous in heresy-hunting, if not more tolerant of error, than 
 before his own narrow escape from the censure of the synod 
 of 1037 for an imputed taint of Ilutchinsonianism. If Lech- 
 ford had gone no farther to look for readers and provoke 
 criticism, he might have fared better, might have found a 
 way at last to the fellowship of the churches and the favor 
 of magistrates, and have lived and died in Massachusetts, in 
 comfortable circumstances and with a more favorable opinion 
 of " rigid separations " and u clectorie ways " than he has 
 expressed in Plain Dealing. But, in an evil hour, he sought 
 counsel of the deputy-governor, Thomas Dudley, a man whose 
 conscientiousness was as morbid, his vision as narrow, and 
 his prejudices as strong as Lechford s own; who wns so 
 zealous for the purity of the faith that he magnified to a 
 mountain every mole-hill of error, and saw in the toleration of 
 new opinions a " cockatrice s egg," 
 
 " To poison all with heresy and vice." 
 
 "After the court here ended," wrote Lechford to Hugh Peters, 
 in January, 1639, "I delivered [my book] Of Prophesie to Mr. 
 Deputy, to advise thereof ns a private friend, as a godly man and 
 a member of the Church, whether it were fit to be published. 
 The next news I hud was, that at first dash he accused me of 
 heresy, and wrote to Mr. Governor that my book was fitter to be 
 burned. . . ." 
 
 The Court to which Lechford refers was probably the Quarter 
 Court held at Boston, Dec. 4, 1638. On the eleventh of the 
 same month Dudley wrote from Roxbury to Winthrop : 
 
 b 
 
xviii A SKETCH OF THOMAS LECHFORD. 
 
 " SIR. Since my cominge home, I have read over Mr. Lecli- 
 ford s booke, and fimle the scope thereof to be erroneous and dan 
 gerous, if not heretical!, according to my conception His tenet 
 beinge that the office of apostleship doth still continew and ought 
 soe to doe till Cri.st s coining, and that a Church hath now power 
 to make apostles as our {Saviour Crist had when hee was hoerc. 
 Other things there are, but 1 pray you consider of this, and the 
 inseparable consequences of it : I heare that Mr. Cotton and Mr. 
 Rogers know somethinge of the matter, or man, with whome you 
 may if you please conferre : I heare also that hee favoureth Mr. 
 Lentall l and hath so exprest himselfe since Mr. Lentall was ques- 
 tyoned by the ministers: It is easyer stoppinge a breach when it 
 begins, then afterwards : wee sawe our error in sufferinge Mrs. 
 Huchinson too longe. I have sent you the booke herewith that in 
 stead of puttinge it to the presse as hee desireth it may rather be 
 putt into the tire as I desire: But I pray you lett him know that 
 I have sent the booke to you, that after you have read it (which I 
 think you said you had not yet done) it may be restored to him. 
 . . . I suppose the booke to be rather coppyed out then con- 
 tryved by Mr. Lechford, hee beinge I thinck, not soe good a 
 grecyan and hebritian as the author undertakes to be." 2 
 
 Either Winthrop s zeal was less lively, or he saw less danger 
 in the new heresy and its " inseparable consequences " than 
 his colleague. Before the end of the month Dudley wrote 
 
 "For Mr. Lechford and his booke, you say nothing, and I have 
 since heard that the worst opynion in his book (which I thinck I 
 shall proove to be heresy) is taken upp by others. Nowe seeing 
 that this is the way Sathan invades us by (viz. new opynions and 
 heresyes) it behooves us to be the more vigilant, and. to stirr upp 
 our zeale and stop]) breaches at the beginninge, least forbearance 
 hurt us as it did before." 3 
 
 Lech ford s character appears in a very favorable light in 
 his comment on the course pursued by Mr. Dudley. After 
 
 1 Sec Plain Dealing, pp. 22, 41, and taken by Kobert Keayne, have been 
 
 notes 78, 144. Mr. Lentluill was " quea- preserved. 
 
 tioned by the ministers," Dec. 11, 1638, 2 Proceed. Mass. Hist. Soe., 1855- 
 
 at a conference (held at the house of 1858, pp. 311, 312. 
 
 Captain Israel Stoughton, in Dorches- 3 Dudley to "\Vinthrop, Dec. 29, 
 
 ter), of which some manuscript notes, 1638, in 4 Mass. Hist. CulL, vii. 111. 
 
A SKETCH OF THOMAS LECHF011D. xix 
 
 disavowing the chief heresy imputed to him, " though indeed 
 my words might have been so strained," he adds : 
 
 "I speak according to my light, and dare do no otherwise. If 
 hotly [pressed by V] Mr. Deputy, I impute it to his zeal against 
 errors: I am not angry with him for it. But when I saw seven 
 shepherds and eight principal men called out against me, t f is if I 
 were an Assyrian [the allusion is to Micah v. 5], I thought there 
 might be something in me to be reproved, and that it concerned 
 me to look about me. I dealt plainly. . . . Thereupon my book 
 was referred to the consideration of the Elders." 
 
 This reference to the elders was the occasion of his address 
 ing to Hugh Peters, Jan. 3, 1638-1039, the letter from which 
 several extracts have been introduced. In an interview with 
 some of the magistrates he had " intimated a word of [his] 
 other main book," treating of Antichrist and of the millennial 
 kingdom of Christ. " They all now press me to produce that. 
 I told thorn it was not ready for their view : 1 must fair write 
 it, and alter some things : yet at length, upon promise that I 
 should have it again (for if it be no error, I will not part with 
 it for 100) I promised to let them see it. I have accord 
 ingly left itv.to Mr. Deputy and the Governor (who also 
 desired to see it)." This book, with the one Of Prophesie, 
 was to be submitted to an assembly of the Elders ; and Lech- 
 ford writes to request Mr. Peters that he would himself be 
 one of the council, " Mr. Ward another, and Mr. Parker of 
 Newbury ; and that Mr. Norton and Mr. Phillips may likewise 
 be called ; " who should " soundly and maturely advise and 
 consult of the matter," with "all lawfull favour" to the 
 writer. 
 
 I find no subsequent mention of this council, unless it be 
 referred to by Mr. Cotton, in the passage already cited (from 
 the Way of the Congregational Churches cleared, pt. i. p. 71), 
 where Lechford is said to have been " dealt withall both in 
 conference and (according to his desire) in writing." Neither 
 mode of dealing was effectual to convince him of error, nor 
 would the elders admit that his opinions might be held u salva 
 fide" So he was compelled to remain without the church ; 
 
XX A SKETCH OF THOMAS LECH FORD. 
 
 and exclusion from church fellowship carried with it exclu 
 sion from the privileges of a freeman and disqualification for 
 civil office. 
 
 His professional ability was not inconsiderable ; but the 
 field for its exercise was restricted. " Kept from all place of 
 preferment in the Commonwealth," he was u forced to get his 
 living by writing petty things, which scarce found him bread," 
 as he complained to his friends in England, after two years 
 residence here. 1 Though his imputed heterodoxy did not pre 
 vent his occasional employment, by those of sounder faith, 
 as a conveyancer, scrivener, or draughtsman, his receipts for 
 such professional services were pitifully small. His Note-look 
 contains not only the record of every instrument drawn by 
 him while he was in this country, but an account of the com 
 pensation he received ; from which it appears that his profes 
 sional income, for the two years after his arrival, was a little 
 more than 41 ; about 9 of which was in debts remaining 
 unpaid in July, 1640. 
 
 In June, 1639, when he had been nearly a year in Boston, 
 he presented to the General Court certain propositions 2 for 
 the regulation of civil actions and for the recording of judi 
 cial proceedings. He had perhaps been encouraged to hope 
 for he states that his propositions were " made upon re 
 quest " that the Court, notwithstanding his ineligibility to 
 public office, would employ his services in the humbler capa 
 city of clerk or public notary, and provide for his support by 
 giving him work to do for which his studies and experience 
 peculiarly qualified him. His application was not successful. 
 " The Court was willing to bestow employment upon me," he 
 writes, " hut they said to me that they could not do it for fear 
 of offending the churches, because of my opinions" Where 
 upon he thought good to propose to them certain propositions, 
 which the reader will find set down at large in the Note-look, 
 p. 58. 
 
 It was in response to this application, probably, that he was 
 "dealt withal, according to his desire, in writing," as Mr. 
 Cotton has mentioned. Whether or not the Court gave favor- 
 
 1 riuin Dculi,i j, i . GO. 2 Printed in Plain Dealing, pp. 29, 30. 
 
A SKETCH OF THOMAS LEG II FORD. xxi 
 
 able consideration to the proposition by which Lech ford en 
 gaged himself to refrain from controversy for twelve months, 
 on consideration of receiving employment, does not appear. 
 But whatever good intentions in his behalf the magistrates, or 
 some of them, may have had, were counteracted by his own 
 imprudence. 
 
 In the summer of 1639 he was employed by William Cole 
 and his wife Elizabeth, for the prosecution of an action against 
 her brother, Francis Doughty, of Tauntoii, whom she charged 
 with having defrauded her of her marriage-portion and her 
 share in their fathers estate. To the preparation of this case 
 the Note-look shows that Lcehford gave much attention. 1 On 
 the trial before a jury, at the Quarter Court in September, his 
 zeal for his clients betrayed him into an indiscretion (to use 
 no harsher term) which subjected him to the deserved censure 
 of the court, and gave occasion not wholly displeasing to the 
 magistrates, perhaps to prohibit him from the exercise of the 
 profession of an advocate, to which, as has already been inti 
 mated, he does not appear to have had any legitimate title. 
 The order of the Court is in these words : 
 
 "Mr. Thomas Lcehford, forgoing to the Jewry & pleading w th 
 them out of Court, is debarred from pleading any man s causo 
 hereafter, unlesse his o \vne, and admonished not to p r sume to med 
 dle beyond what hee slmlbee called to by the Courte." 2 
 
 Lcehford submitted in a good spirit to this censure. A fow 
 days after receiving it, he presented to the General Court a 
 petition for pardon, with a frank confession of his fault. Of 
 this petition he has preserved a copy in his Note-look (p. 117), 
 which is well worth reading, as characteristic of the man. 
 His submission was probably accepted by the Court, and he 
 was suffered to return to the practice of his profession as an 
 attorney, which, under the restrictions imposed upon it, prom 
 ised little improvement of his " low and poor estate." 
 
 In the autumn and winter of 1G89 he received some slight 
 assistance, in the way of employment, from the magistrates. 
 
 1 See post, p. 171. ~ Mass. Col. Records, i. 270. 
 
A SKETCH OF THOMAS LECHFORD. 
 
 For Mr. Endicott, he had written " The Court booke l at 16 d a 
 sheete, 102 sheetes," and received 6 16s. some time in June 
 or July. In November, after the surrender to Massachusetts 
 of the Dover patent, he wrote " For the Country: The writing 
 of receipt of the Inhabitants of Dover arid Kittery and Oyster 
 River into the Protection of this Jurisdiction : The Commis 
 sion to Mr. Bradstreete for those places : The institution and 
 limitation of the Councell of this Jurisdiction : Another of 
 the same : Charta libertatis : The Act of the publique and 
 private tenure of land : The division of the Plantation into 
 shires : " for all which he received the sum of eleven shillings. 2 
 Not long afterwards he was employed in the more important 
 task of transcribing the " brcviat of laws," subsequently 
 adopted, with some amendments, as the Body of Liberties. 3 
 While engaged in this work, which in his hands we may 
 be sure was something more than that of mere* transcription, 
 he could not resist the temptation, or, as he chose to express 
 it, " he conceived it his duty, in discharge of his conscience," 
 and " as Amicus curiae, with all faithfulness to present " to 
 the Governor and magistrates his objections to certain laws 
 proposed to be embodied in the code. 
 
 In May, 1640, in " a paper intended for the honored John 
 Winthrop," he expressed his convictions of the advantages and 
 the necessity of submission to the King, and acknowledgment 
 of the authority of the Church of England, " if it be but by way 
 of advice ; " frankly confessing that for himself he " disclaimed 
 Parker" and "inclined to Hooker and Jewel as to govern 
 ment." 4 After this paper was drawn, Dudley was elected 
 
 1 I cannot learn that this copy of the at Chavlestown, Aug. 23, 1630, to the 
 
 * Court Book " has been preserved. It end of the Quarter Court at Boston, 
 
 was undoubtedly a transcript of the June 4, 1639, making 202 pages (55-256 
 
 Colony Records, rnadt for Mr. Endicott s of the first volume of the Manuscript 
 
 own use or for that of the Salem Quarter Records of the Governor and Company ; 
 
 Court. A. C. Ooodell, Esq., of Salem, pp. 73-268 of the printed Records), or 
 
 to whom I applied in the hope of dis- 101 folios, 
 
 covering some trace of this volume, calls 2 See post, p. 139. 
 
 my attention to the agreement of the 8 See Plain Scaling, pp. 27 and 31. 
 
 number of "sheets" with the folios of * Plain Dealing, pp. 34-37. 
 the Colony Records, from the first court 
 
A SKETCH OF THOMAS LEG II FORD. xxiii 
 
 governor ; and it is not likely that Lechford transferred to 
 him the good advice prepared for Governor Winthrop. 
 
 The year during which he had conditionally promised to 
 keep silence, u saving to the Elders, on matters of difference 
 between himself and the churches, had now expired. lie had 
 been " seriously dealt withal," and had been indulged in his 
 desire for " reasons in writing." l But his hope that u in some 
 good time the reverend Elders and himself might come to a 
 perfect, or at least a fair understanding," was less and less 
 likely to be realized. lie was becoming more dissatisfied with 
 the condition of affairs in New England, both in church and 
 commonwealth. In July, 1640, he wrote to England: "I 
 know my friends desire to know whether ] am yet of any 
 better mind than some of my actions about the time of my 
 coming away did show me to be. I do profess that I am of 
 this mind and judgment, I thank God : that Christians cannot 
 live hapily without Bishops, as in England, nor Englishmen 
 without a king. Popular elections indanger people with war 
 and a multitude of other inconveniences." 2 Of the people of 
 Massachusetts he says, "I am not of them, in church or com 
 monweal. Some bid me be gone : others labor with me to stay 
 fearing my return will do their cause wrong ; and loth am I 
 to heare of stay, but am plucking up stakes with as much speed 
 as I may, if so be T may be so happy as to arrive in Ireland, 
 there at least to follow my old profession," etc. " Some silence 
 my letters and will not dispute with me, I think either out of 
 distrust of me, or else despaire of their cause ; some cry out of 
 nothing but Antichrist and the Man of Sin. . . . But few know 
 my full mind in some things of weight whereof I do professe I 
 was ignorant and misled in England. You may wonder how 
 I am now reformed," etc. 
 
 " I never intended," he writes, " openly to oppose the godly 
 here in anything I thought they mistookc." 3 If he maintained 
 some reserve in the expression of his "full mind in some 
 things," he certainly made no secret of his dislike of " electory 
 
 1 Sec ante, p. xx; an J Plain Dealing, 2 Scenes/, p. 159, and cf. Plain Deal 
 p. 77. ing, pp. 68, G9. 
 
 3 See Plain Dealing, p. 77. 
 
xxiv A SKETCH OF THOMAS LECHFORD. 
 
 ways " and of Congregationalism, as is evident from the advice 
 which he proffered to the Governor and magistrates, and from 
 his queries propounded to the Elders of Boston, which chal 
 lenged a discussion of the nature and constitution of a church 
 and tho validity of congregational ordination. 
 
 That his opinions, and his zeal in advocating them, made 
 him obnoxious to the magistrates as well as to the Elders is 
 no matter of surprise. When the course which had been 
 taken with others who had similarly offended is considered, 
 when it is remembered that not only had teachers of doubtful 
 orthodoxy, like Roger Williams and Wheelwright and Mrs. 
 Hutchinson, been banished from the jurisdiction, but laymen 
 of influence and position, like Stoughton and Aspinwall and 
 Coggeshall, when suspected of a taint of heresy or " sedition," 
 had been as summarily and as severely dealt with, the leni 
 ency shown to Lechford is remarkable. It could hardly have 
 been from motives of policy only his own vanity could have 
 suggested that it was from " fear his return would do their 
 cause wrong" that he was suffered to remain so long un 
 molested. It must rather have been owing to a conviction of 
 his honesty, his conscientiousness, and possibly to his lack of 
 influence and the slight danger of infection by his teachings. 
 It would not be easy to find in the first fifty years of the his 
 tory of Massachusetts another instance of so great tolerance 
 of opinions so radically opposed as were Lcchford s to the 
 views of the founders of the colony, and so subversive of the 
 constitution of civil government and of the church polity they 
 sought to establish in New England. He was neither a free 
 man nor a church member, not even a householder ; in the 
 eye of the law he was merely a " transient person," who 
 might be driven away with slight ceremony. His calling made 
 him unwelcome; his creed, in the judgment of others besides 
 Thomas Dudley, was " erroneous and dangerous, if not hereti 
 cal." Ue questioned the validity of any non-episcopal ordina 
 tion, and saw, in the exercise by the people of the right to 
 elect their own rulers, the root of all evil. He would not 
 acknowledge " a church without a bishop," and did not hesi 
 tate to express his belief that all was going wrong, and must 
 
A SKETCH OF THOMAS LEC11FORD. xxv 
 
 go worse in " a state without a king." In the complacent con 
 sciousness of his own clearer light and well-grounded con 
 victions, he felt it to be his duty to point out to Governor 
 Winthrop, to Mr. Wilson, and to Mr. Cotton the errors 
 wherein through ignorance they had gone astray, and were 
 misleading others. 1 That he should have been permitted for 
 two years nnd a half to hold his course unchecked, and that his 
 unconcealed and somewhat aggressive dissent should have so 
 long escaped censure, proves that the founders of Massachu 
 setts were not incapable of the exercise of toleration, even 
 though they might not give it a place among the virtues. 
 
 At length, however, their patience was exhausted. In Sep 
 tember, 1640, for a new offence, with which his questioning of 
 the Boston Elders may have had something to do, he was pre 
 sented by the grand jury and summoned before the Court of 
 Magistrates in December. When the General Court was in 
 session (Oct. 7) they were " pleased to say something to him, 
 as for good counsel about some tenets and disputations which 
 he had held ; advising him to bear himself in silence and as 
 became him." A few weeks afterwards he writes in his Note 
 book : " I am summoned to appear in Court to-morrow, being 
 the first of 10th, 1640. The Lord God direct me," etc. In a 
 letter to England, dated December 19, he mentions having been 
 " lately taken at advantage and brought before the magistrates, 
 before whom, giving a quiet and peaceable answer [he] was 
 dismissed with favour," etc. 2 Of this answer he preserved a 
 copy, or perhaps the original draft, in shorthand, in his Note 
 book. Confessing that he had " too far meddled in some matters 
 of church government and the like, which [he was] not suffi 
 cient to understand or declare," he threw himself on the mercy 
 
 * "O mercy, mercy, from all the 2 "Our cliiefc difference was about 
 powers of mercy in heaven and earth "- the foundation of the Church and Min- 
 he wrote in 1640 "to such as sin of istery, and what rigid separations may 
 ignorance ! " And against this he mod- tend unto, what is to be feared, in case 
 estly noted in the margin: "In the the most of the people here should re 
 number of the ignorant I hold myself, main unbaptized ; etc." (Plain Dealing, 
 and Mr. Barton, Mr. Prynne, and Dr. p, 77). 
 Bastwick, and a multitude more " (post, 
 p. 159). 
 
xx vi A SKETCH OF THOMAS LECHFORD. 
 
 of the Court. His submission was accepted, and the record 
 shows that 
 
 "Mr. Thomas Lechford, acknowledging hee had overshot him- 
 eelfe, and is sorry for it, promising to attend his calling, and not to 
 meddle w th controversies, was dismissed." 1 
 
 Mr. Savage, in a note toWinthrop (vol. ii. p. 36), cites this 
 as a " curiosity in legislative and judicial economy." He was 
 under the impression that the engagement " not to meddle 
 with controversies " was inconsistent with the promise " to 
 attend his calling," since " the very calling by which he sought 
 to earn his bread was that of an attorney." The inconsist 
 ency disappears on learning from Lechford himself that he 
 was brought before the Quarter Court on the presentment of a 
 grand jury, and that the controversies in which he had " too 
 far meddled " concerned " matters of church government and 
 the like," "the foundation of the church and the ministry, 
 and what rigid separations may tend unto." He acknowl 
 edged his fault, promised amendment, and the Court dismissed 
 the complaint. Lechford certainly did not feel that he had 
 been hardly dealt by. He avers that he was " dismissed with 
 favour, and respect promised him by some of the chief e, for 
 the future." 2 
 
 Some time in 1640 he was enrolled in- the "Military 
 Company of Massachusetts," afterwards the " Ancient and 
 Honorable Artillery." He perhaps owed his election to his 
 intimacy with Thomas Savage, one of the original members 
 of this company, and to the friendship of the captain, Robert 
 Keayne. 
 
 Among those with whom Lechford appears to have been 
 on very friendly terms was George Story, " a young merchant 
 of London," as Winthrop calls him, who lodged in the house 
 of Richard Sherman, and who was the chief instigator of the 
 proceedings against Captain Kcaync in the famous " sow 
 case." For six or seven years from its commencement in 
 1636, this " great business upon a very small occasion " 
 
 1 Mass. Col. Rec. t i. 310. 2 Plain Dealing, p. 77. 
 
A SKETCH OF THOMAS LECH FORD. xxvil 
 
 divided the people of Boston into factions, disturbed the 
 peace of the churches, had an influence in elections, awak 
 ened a " democratical spirit " throughout the colony, and at 
 last (in 1643) came near bringing about a radical change in 
 the constitution of the General Court, by depriving the magis 
 trates of the exercise of a negative voice on the action of the 
 house of deputies. 1 
 
 In 1641 the quarrel had not yet reached its height, but it 
 had already assumed formidable proportions. That Lechford 
 should become implicated in it was inevitable. The only 
 attorney in Boston, and the common friend of Story and of 
 Keayne, he received the confidences of both parties, tried his 
 hand at peacemaking, gave advice to both, and of course 
 offended both; besides exposing himself to the suspicion of 
 wrong-dealing. The trouble which this affair occasioned him 
 may have contributed to hasten his return to England. About 
 a week before he sailed from Boston, he drew up a statement 
 of his connection with the case, for the purpose of clearing 
 himself of " divers imputations " of having promoted litiga 
 tion by advice which, " in the simplicity of his heart," he had 
 given to Mr. Story and Goody Sherman. This paper is dated 
 July 24, 1641. In the first draft in the Note book he had 
 written : " Being purposed some time at least to visit iny 
 native ; " but drew his pen through the unfinished sen 
 tence, and interlined in its place : " Now being purposed, God 
 willing, to visit my friends in England." In another para 
 graph, alluding to a conversation which he had with Story, 
 "one Lord s day when the Sacrament was at Boston," he 
 fixes the time by adding, " being the next day as I remember 
 after the newes that it was sup2)osed Mr. Prynne had sent me 
 money for my passage." 
 
 Mr. Cotton says that Lechford, " when he saw he could not 
 defend the Error [that the Apostolick function was not yet 
 ceased] but by building again the Bishops, against whom he 
 had witnessed (as he said) in soliciting the cause of Mr. 
 Prynne, he rather then he would revoke his present tenent, 
 
 1 See Winthrop, ii. 69-71, 115-119. 
 
XXviii A SKETCH OF THOMAS LECHFORD. 
 
 acknowledged be was then in an Error when he took part with 
 Mr . Prynne and Mr. Burton, and therefore he would now return 
 to Enyltnd again, to reduce these famous witnesses from the 
 Error of their way. And accordingly, away he went." * 
 
 On the same day on which he wrote the statement above 
 mentioned, Lechford made a letter of attorney to Thomas 
 Savage to receive all moneys due him in New England, and all 
 letters which should be sent to him, " and the same letters to 
 peruse and send and return them and the said moneys and 
 debts to him in money or goods and commodities," etc. 2 
 
 The last entry in the Note-book before leaving Boston was 
 made on or after July 29. It is a memorandum of his obli 
 gation by bond (in which Mr. David Odley was his surety) 
 to Mr. Joshua Hewes of Roxbury, to pay 8 to " Mr. Joshua 
 Footc at the Cocke in Grace church Streete," before Christ 
 mas, on a bill or note dated July 27. 
 
 On the opposite page are two unimportant entries of pay 
 ments of money in England in the discharge of commissions 
 intrusted to him before sailing. At the head of this page is 
 the date, " Post Mich[aelmas], 17 Car. 1641." 
 
 The vessel in which he took passage from Boston sailed on 
 the third of August. We learn from Winthrop (ii. 31) that 
 among her forty passengers were John Winthrop, Jr., Hugh 
 Peters, Thomas Welde, and William Hibbins, who, "finding 
 no ship which w r as to return right for England, they went to 
 Newfoundland, intending to get a passage fr^m thence in the 
 fishing fleet. . . . They arrived there in 14 days, but could 
 not go altogether, so were forced to divide themselves, and go 
 from several parts of the island, as they could get shipping." 
 Lechford mentions having ; < touched, coining homeward," at 
 Newfoundland. 3 On the 16th of November he was once more 
 an inmate of Clement s Inn, and had " returned humbly to the 
 Church of England." 4 
 
 1 Way of Conrjr. Churches cleared, 8 Plain Dealing, p. 46. 
 pt. i. p. 71. * Plain Dealing, p. 68. 
 
 2 See post, p. 231 
 
LECHFORD S 
 
 MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 Boston in New England 27. 4. the day of my landing, 1G38. 
 
 John Jolliffc 1 and William Chescbrough 2 made a grant of 
 the house & lot next M? Cottons in nature of a mortgage 
 for 451 to 4 Yorkshire men and their heires. [Is. Jolliffe & 
 Chesebrough &c.] 
 
 1 John Jolliffe, or Joyliffe, is noted 
 by Savage as of Boston, 1656, freeman, 
 1673 ; many years a selectman ; one of 
 the Patriots of 1689 who put Andros in 
 prison ; town -recorder in 1691 ; made 
 by Increase Mather one of the council 
 in the charter of "William and Mary ; 
 died 23 Nov. 1702. (Savage is here in 
 error. He died in 1701.) In the letters 
 of Matthew Cradock to Winthrop (4 
 Mass. HiNt. Coll., vi. 118 et scqq.) is 
 found frequent mention of John Jolliffe, 
 agent for Cradock in New England. 
 This must be the man noted in the text. 
 Whether it is the same one who is found 
 in Savage is doubtful. If he were Cra- 
 dock s agent in 1636, he must have been 
 near ninety at the time of his death. 
 Looking along in Sewall s Diary (5 Mass. 
 Ilist. Coll., v. and vi.) we find with other 
 notice that in 1789 Joylifle, then on the 
 Bench, was old enough to be Sewall s 
 father. Sewall was then thirty-seven. 
 In 1692 JoylifTe resigned the Recorder- 
 ship on account of blindness, and in 1701 
 he died, having "been blind, and having 
 
 laboured under many Infirmities for a 
 long time." These notices would seem 
 to show that he might have been born 
 as early as 1610, which would make him 
 twenty-six at the time of his employ 
 ment by Cradock, if he were that agent. 
 There is, therefore, some doubt as to the 
 identity. 
 
 2 William Chesebrough was about 
 removing from Boston, or perhaps 
 had already removed to Mount Wollas- 
 ton (Braintree, now Quincy). A few 
 years afterwards he again removed to 
 llehoboth ; and thence, before 1649, 
 to the Pequot country, where he was 
 the first permanent settler in the terri 
 tory now constituting the township of 
 Stonington, Conn, (Trumbull, i. 234). 
 
 The " 4 Yorkshire men" were prob 
 ably of the company of the Rev. Ezekiel 
 Rogers, " who came over with him this 
 summer" from Rowley, in Yorkshire 
 (IVinth., i. 278) ; and may have been 
 fellow-passengers with Lechford. 
 
 The next year (Oct. 7, 1639) Thomas 
 Barker, John Johnson, Francis Lam- 
 
LECIIFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 An arbitration or award was made betweene MrWaltha 1 of 
 Weymouth in N. E. and Captaine Desallcnoba concerning the 
 mill, <fcc. [2s. (jd. Desallcnoba & Waltham.] 
 
 An Assigncmcnt of ccrtainc Tenements in New Windsoro 
 in Com. Berks in Anfglia] was made by [Man/.-] and bis 
 wife unto John Tinker, 2 with a declaration that it is in 
 trust to sell the same for the said [Wawfc] and his wife. 
 [3. Tinker.] 
 
 I writt two manuscripts for Mr Davenportc 3 one in answere 
 to MX Bernard about the Church Covenant <fcc. the other an 
 answere to MX Ball about the Comon prayer booke in E. 
 [11 6s. Qd. M r Davenport.] 
 
 t>ert, and John Pumlerson, the four 
 mortgagees, as is hardly doubtful, 
 joined with William Chcsebrough in a 
 conveyance of this house and lot to Ser 
 jeant Thomas Savage, as a subsequent 
 page of Lechford s Note-book will show. 
 Thomas Barker removed to Rowley, 
 where he died, 1650 ; and his widow 
 became the third wife of Air. Rogers. 
 Francis Lambert also followed Air. Ro 
 gers to Rowley. John Punderson and 
 John Johnson had removed to New Ha 
 ven before the date of the conveyance 
 of 1639, where the former was chosen 
 one of the seven pillars, at the first 
 church gathering, August, 1639. [T.] 
 1 Henry Waltham, merchant ; repre 
 sentative from Weymouth in 1636. He 
 was a partner with Thomas Richards in 
 the mill at Weymouth. Later reference 
 is made to him, pp. 178, 195, 207, post. 
 See also J/rtss. lleconli, i. 267, 313. Sel- 
 lanova, or De Sallenoba (or Srilla Nova, 
 as Governor Winthrop once wrote it, in 
 1636), who was an engineer, had per 
 haps been employed in the construction 
 of the mill or dam. [T.] He is men 
 tioned in the JAm. Records as being sent 
 for in a proposed expedition against the 
 French at Penobscot (i. 160). 
 
 2 John Tinker, at this time of Bos 
 ton, was about making a voyage to Eng 
 land. He returned before Alarch, 1643, 
 and was, successively, of Windsor, Bos 
 ton, Lancaster, and New London. He 
 was a representative from the last-named 
 town in 1660 and 1661, ami appointed 
 an assistant, or magistrate, there. He 
 died in October, 1662. See later in the 
 Note-book, p. 189, post. [T.] 
 
 3 John Davenport, the first minister 
 of New Haven ; bora at Coventry, 
 England, 1598, died 1670, in Boston, 
 where he succeeded John Wilson in the 
 ministry of the First Church. He first 
 arrived in Boston with Hopkins and 
 Eaton, June 26, 1637, and remained 
 there until Alarch 30, 1638, when he 
 sailed for Quinpiack. It would appeal- 
 that he had left his AISS. in Boston, to 
 be forwarded to England. Winthrop, 
 under October, 1638, writes: "About 
 two years since one Air. [Richard] Ber 
 nard, a minister at Batcomb, in Somer 
 setshire, in England, sent over two books 
 in writing, one to the magistrates, and 
 the other to the elders, wherein he laid 
 down arguments against the manner of 
 our gathering our churches, etc., which 
 the elders could not answer till this 
 
LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 I writt a pcticon for the Country to the Lords Comis- 
 sioners for forraine plantacons, ahout the Patent, and a 
 letter to the Clerke of the Councell. 1 [5s. M r GovnoT] 2 
 
 Articles of agreement of factorage bctwccnc Tliomas Thorn 
 ton 3 and John Tinker, 17.8 [1638]. [2s. Gd. Thornton, 
 Tinker.] 
 
 Divers writings for M* Humfrey 4 to M^ Will m Bollingham, 6 
 about 100* borrowed & cattle ingaged for it. [2s. 6d. Mr 
 Humfrey & Mr Bcllingham.] 
 
 time, by reason of the many troubles 
 about Mrs, Hutchinson s opinions, etc. 
 Mr. Cotton also answered another book 
 sent over in defence of set form of 
 prayer. This I suppose was Mr. Ball s 
 book" (IVinth,.! i. 275). 
 
 Mr. Cotton s Modest and deer Answer 
 to Mr. Ball s Discourse of Set Formes 
 of Prayer was published in London in 
 1642 (4to, 49 pp.). In a note to the 
 Reply to the Answers to the Nine Posi 
 tions (London, 1643, p. 7), Mr. Ball 
 mentions " having received that answer 
 before the publishing of his own Trea 
 tise." From Lechford s note it would 
 appear that Mr. Davenport also wrote 
 in reply to Ball. The other manuscript 
 transcribed by Lechford was doubtless 
 An Apologic of tlic Elders of the several 
 Churches in New England for Church 
 Covenant, sent over in answer to Master 
 Bernard in the year 1639 ; with An 
 Answer to Nine Positions about Church 
 Government, first published in England 
 in 1641, and reprinted in 1643, with 
 Richard Mather s Answer to Thirty-two 
 Questions, etc. Mr. Ball wrote a Reply 
 to the Ansircrx to the Nine Position*! 
 which was printed in 1643, A Letter of 
 Many Ministers in old England, Re 
 questing the judgement of their Rever 
 end Brethren in New England concern 
 ing Nine Positions, Written Anno Dom. 
 
 1637. Togctlur with their Answer there 
 unto returned, Anno 1639. And the 
 Reply made unto the said Answer, and 
 sent over unto them, Anno 1640 (-London, 
 4to, pp. 12, 90). [T.] 
 
 1 Mr. Thomas Meautis, or, as Gov 
 ernor Winthrop wrote the name, Mewtis 
 (see Winth., i. 274 ; Hulbard, pp. 268- 
 2/a [T.] 
 
 2 John Winthrop, Sr. 
 
 8 Of Dorchester, 1634 ; removed to 
 Windsor, Conn. [T.] 
 
 4 John Humfrey, one of the six grant 
 ees of the Massachusetts Patent. He 
 was allied by marriage to the family of 
 the Earl of Lincoln, having married 
 Susan, daughter of Thomas, Earl of Lin 
 coln, and sister of Lady Arbella John 
 son and of Bridget, Countess of Lincoln. 
 He had been treasurer of the Fishing 
 Company at Dorchester in England. 
 He was chosen Deputy-Governor of the 
 Massachusetts Colony in 1629 while 
 still in England, but did not leave for 
 this country until 1632. He lost much 
 of his property, however, and suffered 
 other ill-fortune, and left the country 
 for England in 1041. 
 
 6 William Bcllingham, of Rowley, 
 was the brother of Richard Bellingham. 
 He was freeman in 1640, and died in 
 1650. 
 
4 LECIIFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 A writing of advice to M^ Strange l about his search in 
 E[ngland] for his wife s lands. 18.8. [Is. Qd. Mr Strange.] 
 
 A Release by M* Swimmer to M* Humfrcy and another 
 by M 1 : Ilumfrey to M r Swimmer. [2s. Qd. Mr Humfrey & 
 Swimmer.] 
 
 A sliorte Lease made by Augustin Clement of Dorchester in 
 N. E. planter, of One messuage or Tenement w th one orchard 
 & one garden thereto belonging lying in Wockingham in the 
 County of Berks in E. late in the tenure or occupation of 
 Margaret Mathew, unto Willm. Salter 2 of Boston in N. E. 
 ffisherman, for 30 dayes, dated 11.8. [8df. Clement, Salter. 
 Witnesses Tho : Leveritt, 3 Tho : Marshfield, Tho : Lechford.] 
 
 Tho said Augustin Clement <fe Elizabeth his wife granted 
 the premises by Indenture unto John Tinker of Boston in 
 new E. planter, to have & to hold to him the said John and 
 his heircs &, assi~ for ever. With Attornm* by the said 
 Willm Salter. 18.8. [3s. U. Clement & ux. Tinker, iidem 
 testes. norint attornamt sur dorss. del fait.] 4 
 
 Me Augustin Clement <fec. tener John Tinker in 80 1 dat. 
 18.8. conditioned to keepe Coven in the said Indentures 
 expressed. [Is. Od. Clement Tinker, iidem testes.] 
 
 [Lent to Mr Williams, 5 18.8, my blew manuscr., my re- 
 lacon, the brev* of Cambridge, Nath. Wiggins Reasons, & 
 the printed relation of the Martyrs. Sent by Mr Throg- 
 morton.] [21 2s. G<*. Mr W ms ] 
 
 1 Probably Goorgc Strange, of II ing- a house out towards the Neck, on 
 ham, and formerly of Dorchester. Suv- what is now Boylston Street, near 
 ago notes the sale of his tenement in Tremont. 
 
 Hingham in 1G39, the deed of which 8 Thomas Leverett the Elder, father 
 
 is recorded (Stiff". Deeds, i. f. 14). Per- of Governor John Leverett. 
 
 haps a successful " search for his wife s 4 "The same witnesses were present 
 
 lands" encouraged him to return to at the attornmeut on the back of the 
 
 England. See p. 26, note, post. [T.] deed." 
 
 2 William Salter, of Boston, is called * Probably this entry refers to Roger 
 a shoemaker by Savage, who says that Williams, at this time in Providence, 
 he kept the .prison later. He had and to George Throgmorton, who came 
 
LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 [2] Articles of agreement indented made letweene Augustin 
 Clement l of Dorchester in N. E. planter of the one parte, 
 and John Tinker of Boston in N. E. planter of the other 
 parte, the xviij lh day of October, Anno flni ~ 1638. 
 
 It is hereby covenanted concluded declared and agreed by 
 and bctwccno the partyes abovesaid in manner and forme fol 
 lowing 1. Imprimis that whereas the said Augustin Clement 
 and Elizabeth his wife have by their deed indented under their 
 hands <fe scales bearing date with these presents granted and 
 conveyed unto the said John Tinker. One messuage or Tene 
 ment and one orchard and one garden thereto belonging w^ 
 the appurtenances lying in Wockingham in the County of 
 Bcrk in England now or late in the tenure or occupation of 
 Margaret Mathew or her assignes To have and to hold to him 
 the said John his heires and assignes for ever as more at large 
 by the said Deed indented it doth & may appeare Now it is 
 covenanted concluded declared and agreed by and bctweene 
 the said parties to these presents that the said grant & con 
 veyance unto the said John is and shall be upon this spcciall 
 trust and confidence, that is to say that the said John shall 
 joyne in sale v of the p r mises w* h the said Margaret Mathew 
 unto some person or persons in England, if slice shall live soe 
 long and be willing thereunto, but if slice be dead or shall 
 dye before the sale, then the said John shall or may sell the 
 premises himselfe for the said Augustin & Elizabeth and their 
 
 over with him in 1630. Williams and came again in May, 1637. He 
 
 had been banished by the General died at Dorchester, Oct. 1, 1674. From 
 
 Court in the winter of 1635-1636, these articles of agreement, and the 
 
 and Throgmorton had accompanied letters which follow, it appears that 
 
 him to Rhode Island. The entry is he had a house and land at Woking- 
 
 cros.sed out, perhaps at the return of hnm (or Oakinghnm), a market-town 
 
 the books. in Berkshire, seven miles from Heading, 
 
 1 Augustin Clement came to New which was then occupied by his sister, 
 
 England in the "James," of London, Margaret Mathew, who was proposing 
 
 April, 1635, and in the list is called to come to New England ; and that 
 
 a painter, sometime of Reading ; (3 Anne Clemont, the widow of his brother 
 
 Mass. Hist. Coll., viii. 319 ; cf. Hist, and John, was living at Shcnfield [county of 
 
 Gcneal. Reg., v. 440). Savage thinks Essex, about ten miles from Chelrns- 
 
 it probable that he went home in 1636, ford, on the road to London]. [T.] 
 
6 LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 use & bencfitt for their interest in the premises. And that the 
 said John shall and will diligently & faithfully attend and use 
 his best skill & endevours to advance & further the profitt of 
 the said Augustin & Elizabeth & of Margaret Mathew afore 
 said if slice shall live so long. And the moneys that the 
 premises shall be sold for are to be at the dispose of the said 
 Margaret Mathew if shee be then living, and to be payd unto 
 her if slice shall come away for New E. upon trust that shee 
 will be answerable to the said Augustin & Elizabeth for the 
 value of their interest in the premises els if the said Marga 
 ret dye then the said John shall receive the money for the 
 premises and be accountable for it unto the said Augustin his 
 executors & admors. 
 
 2. Itiii if the said lands shall be sold & the said Margaret 
 will not come for N. E., that then the said John shall receive 
 the value of the interest of the said Augustin & Elizabeth in 
 the premises, & shall be accountable for the same unto the 
 said Augustin his executors & administrators : the said value 
 being to be compounded & agreed on by and betweene the said 
 Margaret & John equally according to their best discreations. 
 
 3. Itiii If the said Margaret shall when the premises are 
 sold be disposed to come for N. E. that then the said John 
 shall advise, help & assist the said Margaret, in making and 
 buying provisions for the passage & transportation of herselfe, 
 her servants & estate and goods, over the seas into these parts 
 of New England according to his best skill & ability faithfully 
 and diligently to be performed according to trust reposed in 
 him. 
 
 [3] 4. Itiii that the said Augustin Clement and Elizabeth 
 his wife and theire heires shall & will from time and at all 
 times hereafter within the space of seaven yeares next ensu 
 ing the date hereof at the reasonable request and at the cost 
 & charges in the law of the said John Tinker his heires or 
 assignes make doe acknowledge suffer levy and execute or 
 cause to be made done acknowledged suffered levyed & exe 
 cuted all & every such further & other lawfull & reasonable 
 act & acts tiling & things devise & devises assurances & con 
 veyances in the law whatsoever for the more better assuring 
 
LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. < 
 
 suerty & sure making & conveying of all the premises unto 
 the said John Tinker his heires and assignes according to 
 the meaning hereof and of the said Deed indented as by the 
 said John his heires or assignes or his or their counsell 
 learned in the law shall be reasonably advised devised or 
 required soe as the said Augustin & Elizabeth and their 
 heires be not compelled to travell out of the jurisdiction 
 ot* the Massachusetts in N. E. for the making doing or 
 suffering thereof. 
 
 5. Ittn that the said Augustine and Elizabeth & their heires 
 executors & administrators shall & will from time to tyme 
 and at all tymcs hereafter save and kccpo harmolesso the 
 said John Tinker his heires executors and administrators of 
 and from all accons suits troubles & demands wch shall any 
 wayes arise <fe come upon or be brought against the said John 
 his heires executors or administrators for or by reason of any 
 reasonable grants articles covenants agreements conditions 
 bonds assurances & conveyances wch the said John shall be 
 required and enter into or make unto the purchaser or pur- 
 chasors of the premises according to the true meaning of 
 these presents & the deed indented aforesaid." 
 
 6. Itiii that if the said John shall effect the businesses 
 aforesaid for sale of the premises then the said John shall 
 receive of the money made of the premises five pounds for 
 his pay nes whether the said Margaret come over to N. E. 
 or no. 
 
 7. Itiii If said premises cannot or shall not be sold, after 
 the said John hath used his diligent & best cndevours to that 
 end, cither for want of a chapman, or for rcfusall of the said 
 Marg-et to joyne in the sale afores? then the said Augustin 
 shall give & pay unto the said John the sunime of twenty 
 shillings. 
 
 8. Item that if the premises shall not be sold as aforesaid, 
 that then the said John, his lieires and assignes shall reconvey 
 the premises unto the said Augustin, his heirs and assignes 
 or to whomcsoever hee or they shall appoint upon reasonable 
 demand. In witnesse etc. Witnesses as aforesaid. [Clement 
 it Tinker 3s. 4ti 
 
8 LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 Me Johafn Tinker de Boston in Nova Anglia plantatorem 
 tcne r et firmitcr obligari Augustino Clement in 80 *, dat m 18? 
 8. lidem testes. 
 
 The Condicon of this obligation is such that if the above- 
 boundcn John Tinker his heires executors, administrators 
 and assignes shall from tyme to tyme and at all tymes here 
 after fullfill, pcrforme, keepe and observe all such Articles, 
 covenants, declaracons and [4] agreements, on his and their 
 par te to be fullfilled, performed, kept & observed, w ch are 
 mentioned & conteyned in certaine Articles of agreement in 
 dented bearing date w" 1 these presents, made betweene the said 
 Augustin of the one parte & the said John of the other parte, 
 then this obligation shall be voyd & of none effect, or els it 
 shall be and remaine in full force, strength and vertue. [Is.] 
 
 Me Augustin Clement de Dorchester in Nova^Anglia, plant- 
 atore tener etc Joh i Tinker in 80 * Dat m 18. 8. lidem testes. 
 
 Condiconed for himselfe & his wife ut supra, mutatis mu 
 tandis. [Is.] 
 
 To my loving Sister Anne Clement at SJwnfield these deliver ]. 
 
 Loving Sister, I and my wife doe both remember our loves 
 unto you, hoping that you are well, as praised be God we are. 
 These are to entreat you to deliver my deeds and writings 
 concerning my Tenement in Wock unto this bearer John 
 Tinker my ffricnd, unto whome I have conveyed the same, 
 and the deeds & writings thereto belonging I have granted 
 unto him, in trust to make sale thereof for me with my Sister 
 Margarctt : my wife hath also joyncd in the conveyance w th 
 me to him to that purpose, as by the conveyance may appeare 
 w ch hee will shew you if you please or reade the same unto you. 
 Wherefore I earnestly pray and require you not to delay or 
 fayle to deliver them unto him accordingly. Soe I commend 
 you to God s tuition and rest. 
 
 Yo r loving Brother, A. C. 
 
 BOSTON IN N. E: 18.8. 
 
 [84] 
 
LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 To my loving freinds, Mr. John Batcman minister at Woclc, and 
 Wm Ridkin there dwelling, or cither of them, these d: 
 
 Worthy Mr. Batcman <t my good frcind Will m Rutkin, my 
 loving salutations to you & yo rs rcmembred in the Lord. 
 These are to let you understand that I have conveyed my 
 Tenement in Wock wherein my sister Margaret Mathew 
 dwclleth unto this bearer my frcind John Tinker, in trust 
 to sell the same for me & her as you may perceive by the 
 conveyance and agreements between us, if you please to 
 reade the same. Now whereas I left my writings concern 
 ing this land w th my brother John Clement, who is dead, & 
 they are now in the hands of my sister-in-law, his wife and 
 executrix, and as I hearc Edward Baker of Reading is over 
 seer of my brother s will, I shall intrcate you two to use yo r 
 best cndcvours w th my sister Clement & Mr. Baker to deliver 
 those deeds and writings to this my ffricnd, that hoc and my 
 sister Margaret may goe on to finish the sale thereof accord 
 ing to trust I have put in him, and wherin I pray you to assist 
 and further him what you can. My wife hath also joyncd w th 
 me in the sale, as you may perceive by it, and I hope the 
 conveyance is good ; if it be not I will pcrfit it as the buyer 
 shall be advised. Herein 1 doubt not but you will bcfreind 
 mo. Soc w th my owne <fe my wife s due respects rcmembred 
 unto you both, I recommend you & yours and all the faithfull 
 w th you to God s tuition and rest. 
 
 Yo r loving freind 
 
 A. C. 
 FFROM BOSTON IN N. E. 18. 8. 
 
 [8,7.] 
 
 To my loving Sister Margaret Matluw at Wock, these d : 
 
 Good Sister, I and my wife both remember our loves to you, 
 hoping that you arc well & in good health, as praised be our 
 good God, we arc. Since we understood of yo r willingncsse 
 to come over to us, whereof we are glad and shall, God 
 willing, give you the best entertainment we can, we have 
 
10 LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 entrusted this bearer, our freind John Tinker, to joyne w 01 
 you in sale of the house and that belongs to it, for w ch pur 
 pose wee have made him a good conveyance of our right 
 theriu ; wherefore if you are willing, set forward the sale of 
 the land <fc house, that it be effected w" 1 convenient speed 
 [5] and then we have taken order w th him to help you & advise 
 for yo r passage <fc the bringing over of yo r goods & what you 
 have, if you are willing to come to us. I pray give & provide 
 for our ffriend the best entertainment you may. Soe the 
 Lord God guide you & keepe you & us. 
 
 Yo r very loving brother & sister, 
 
 A. C. E. C. 
 
 FFROM BOSTON IN N. E. 18. 8. 
 
 [8*] 
 
 A Letter to Mr. Prince & another to Mr. Clendan in my owne 
 affairs, p John Tinker, 18. 8. in the Mary Anne. 
 
 Other letters sent to S r G. G., Mr. D r G, M r B, R. Ellis, & 
 my M. by Henry Grey s freind in the same ship. 1 
 
 To all Christian people to whome these presents shall 
 come, I John I Food, 2 late of Ilalsted, in the County of Essex, 
 weaver, and now of Cambridge in New England, planter, 
 send greeting in our Lord God everlasting &c. Knowe yee, 
 that I the said John Hood for divers good considerations me 
 
 1 Henry Grey, a tailor, was of Bos- idence Island (Bahamas), from which 
 
 ton in 1638, but removed to Fairfield, company Lechford elsewhere mentions 
 
 Conn., about 1640, with his brother that ho had received the offer of an 
 
 John, and their father-in-law, William advantageous position. [T. ] 
 Frost. Lechford, in his Plaine Deal- 2 John Hood, a weaver, at this time 
 
 iny, mentions his "old acquaintance, of Cambridge, is found in Lynn in 1650; 
 
 Master Frost, sometime of Nottingham, Kittery, 1652 (tiavar/c). Ilalsted is in 
 
 and his sonncs, John Grey and Henry Hinckfonl Hundred, on the Kiver 
 
 Grey " (3 Muss. Hist. Coll., iii. 98). Colne, forty-six rniles from London, and 
 
 The initial letters, which Lechford six miles from Brain tree, whence a 
 
 gives, leave wide scope for conjecture as number of Thomas Hooker s congrega- 
 
 to the names of his correspondents. Sir tion or company had come to Cam- 
 
 G. G. was, possibly, Sir Gilbert Gerard, bridge (and Mount Wollaston) in 1632. 
 
 deputy-governor of the Company of Prov- [T. ] 
 
LECIIFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 11 
 
 thereunto moving have demised, granted and to f urine Ictlen, 
 and by these p r sents doe demise, graunt, and to farme lett, 
 unto Willm Dinelcy, 1 of Boston in New England, planter, all 
 those my houses, mesuages, outhouses and gardens and back 
 sides thereunto belonging, lying in Halstcd aforesaid, now or 
 late in the tenure or occupation of John Beard 2 my ffather- 
 in-law and of Anne his wife, my mother, or their assignes, be 
 the said messuages or houses, backsides, gardens, one or two 
 or three tenements or more, by what name or names soever 
 they be called and howsoever bounded or described, To have 
 and to hold the said houses, messuages, and all and singulare 
 the premises w th the appurtenances, unto the said William 
 Dineley his executors administrators and assignes, for and 
 during the space of six daycs from the day of the date hereof 
 fully to be compleate and ended. In witnesse 
 
 Dat. 20. 8. Witnesses, Gregory Stone, Barnaba Lamson 
 
 & T. L. [Is. Hood & (blank). ] 
 
 This Indenture made the twentie second day of October in 
 the fourteenth yeare of the raigne of our Softaigne Lord 
 Charles by the grace of God King of England, Scotland, 
 France & Ireland &c. Annoque Dmi. 1G38, bctweene John 
 Hood late of Halsted in the County of Essex weaver and now 
 of Cambridge in New England Planter of the one partc and 
 Thomas Parish, 3 of Cambridge aforesaid, planter, of the other 
 parte, Witnesseth, that the said John Hood for and in con- 
 
 1 William Dinely is perhaps remem- Working Providence, Book II. chap, xv.) 
 
 bored by most people rather through his to draw a tooth, he went forth with the 
 
 son, Fathcrgone Dinely, than in his own maid who had summoned him, and there 
 
 personality. He was a barber-surgeon, being a violent snow-storm, they both 
 
 and combined with this vocation the lost their way on going over the Neck, 
 
 art of drawing teeth, as was then cus- and died in the snow. His son, born 
 
 tomary. lie was a favorer of the heret- shortly after this event, was baptized with 
 
 ical doctrines advanced by Mrs. Anne the name of Fathergone. His widow 
 
 Hutchinson, and on account of his pecu- subsequently married Richard Critch- 
 
 liar calling had a very great opportunity ley; for whom see note at p. 143, post. 
 to instill these doctrines into the minds 2 Thomas, not John. See deed next 
 
 of his patients. But being sent for following. 
 
 on a winter s night by one of Roxbury 8 Thomas Parish, of Cambridge, 
 
 (as may be read in Johnson s Wonder- " came in the Increase, 1635, aged 22 ; 
 
12 LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 sidcracon of the sumo of five shillings to him in hand payd 
 hcfore the sealing and delivery of these presents, and for 
 divers other good causes & considerations him thereunto 
 moving hath granted, bargained & sold, enfeoffed and con 
 firmed and by these presents doth grant bargaine & sell 
 enfeoffc & confirme unto the said Thomas Parish all those 
 houses, messuages outhouses and gardens and backsides there 
 unto belonging lying in Ilalsted aforesaid now or late in the 
 tenure or occupation of Thomas Beard and Anne his wife, 
 mother of the said John Hood or their assignes be the said 
 mesuages or houses backsides gardens one or two or three or 
 more tenement or tenements, by what name or names so ever 
 they be called and howsoever bounded & described together 
 with all wayes profits easments lights commodities & emolu 
 ments thereto belonging or therew th all used & enjoyed or 
 reputed to belong and all rents revercons services & other 
 hereditaments therunto belonging whatsoever and all deeds 
 evidences writings escripts <fc minimcnts whatsoever concern 
 ing the same [6] in whose custody soever they be And also 
 all the right title claime interest and demand of the said John 
 Hood of in and to the premises & every partc therof To have 
 <fc to hold the said houses mesuages outhouses gardens back 
 sides & all other the premises w th the appurtenances whatso 
 ever unto the said Thomas Parish his heires and assignes for 
 ever to the only use and behoofe of the said Thomas Parish 
 his heires and assignes for ever. To be holden of the cheife 
 Lord or Lords of the ffee or ffees of the premises by the 
 rents & services therefore due & of right accustomed. And 
 the said John Hood for himselfe his heires executors adminis 
 trators assignes Doth covenant promise & grant to and with 
 the said Thomas Parish his heires and assignes by these pres 
 ents that he the said Thomas his heires & assignes shall or 
 
 was a physician, though in the custom- from these papers that he was expecting 
 
 house record called, possibly for decep- to sail for England in the autumn of 
 
 tion, a clothier. . . . Probably he went 1638. (There is an interval of more than 
 
 home, living at Nayland, county of three years between the recorded birth of 
 
 Suffolk, as his attorney, Thomas Dan- his children : Mary, born April 3, 1638, 
 
 forth, calls him" (Savage). It appears and Thomas, July 21, 1641.) [T.] 
 
LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 13 
 
 may lawfully from time to time & at all times hereafter have 
 hold tt enjoy the premises & every parte therof freed & dis 
 charged of and from all judgments statutes merchant & of 
 the staple, recognizances bargaincs sales gifts feoffmcnts 
 Leases joyntures dowers <fc all other titles troubles & charges 
 incumbrances whatsoever except only such estate as the said 
 Anne hath therin without the let trouble or eviction of the 
 said John Hood his heircs or assignes or any other person or 
 persons whatsoever lawfully clayming from from by or under 
 him them or any of them. And that he the said John Hood 
 his heires & assignes shall and will at any tyme within the 
 space of scaven yearcs next ensuing the date hereof at 
 the reasonable request & at the cost & charge in the law 
 of the said Thomas Parish his heires or assignes make doc 
 & execute or cause to be made done executed all such 
 further & other assurance & assurances in the law whatsoever 
 for the better <fe more sure making conveying the premises 
 unto the said Thomas his heircs & assignes as by the said 
 Thomas his heires or assignes or his or their Counccll learned 
 in- the law shalbc reasonably advised or required soe that for 
 the doing & making therof the said John Hood his heires 
 and assignes shall not be compelled to travcll out of the juris 
 diction of the Massachusetts in New England. And the said 
 John Hood dotli hereby constitute & make my wclbclovcd 
 George Grissall and Roger Marrct a his lawfull attorneys 
 ioyntly or severally for him <fe in his name to enter into and 
 upon the p r miscs & possessions therof to take & afterwards 
 possession, livery & seizin thereof to deliver over unto the 
 said Thomas Parish, his heires or assignes according to the 
 Law & the tenor hereof ratifying and allowing whatsoever 
 my said Attorneys or either of them shall lawfully doc in the 
 premises. In witncsse whereof, the parties abovesaid have 
 
 1 Roger Marret was perhaps a rela- distant. Marrct, Maryet, Maryot, Mar- 
 
 tivc and townsman of Deacon Thomas riot, and perhaps Marryatt, arc different 
 
 Marrett, of Cambridge. About 17G5 forms of the same original surname, and 
 
 James Harriot, LL.D., owned the man- are all now, or were recently, in use in 
 
 or of Twinstead Hall, in the same Hun- England. [T.] 
 dred with Halstead, and about six miles 
 
14 LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 hereunto interchangeably set their hands & scales the day & 
 yeare first abovewritten. In p r ncia: [5s. Hood & Parish.] 
 
 Me Johem Hood imp de Halsted in Com Essex, Textorcm, 
 & nunc de Cantabrigia in Nova Anglia plantatorem tener &c. 
 Thome Parish in sexaginta libris. Dat. 22 8. 
 
 The condicon of this obligation is such that if the said John 
 Hood his heires, executors, administrators and assignes, shall 
 from time to time and at all tymes hereafter, observe, kcepe, 
 fiillfill & performe all and every such covenants, grants, arti 
 cles & agreements on their parte to be performed, fulfilled, 
 kept & observed, as they [7] are menconed and conteyned in 
 one paire of indentures bearing date wth these p r nts, made 
 betweene the said John Hood of the one parte and the said 
 Thomas Parish of the other parte, then this obligation shall be 
 voyd and of none effect, or els shall be and .remaine in full 
 power, strength <fc vertue. In presencia. [Is. Hood & Parish.] 
 
 Articles of agreement indented made the xxij th day of October in 
 the fourteenth yeare of the raigne of our Soveraigne Lord 
 Charles King of Engl. etc. Annoq Dni 1038. L ctwcene John 
 Hood <t c. of tlie one parte & Thomas Parish &c. of the other 
 parte. 
 
 Whereas the said John Hood by his deed indented bearing 
 date herewith hath granted & conveyed certaine lands & tene 
 ments in the -County of Essex unto the said Thomas Parish 
 his heires and assignes as by the said Deed indented more at 
 large it Doth & may appearc Now it is covenanted concluded 
 declared & agreed by and betweene the parties aforesaid that 
 the said grant & conveyance is & shall be upon .this speciall 
 trust & confidence that the said Thomas Parish shall sell the 
 said Lands & Tenements for the said John Hood to some 
 person or persons in England for as much money as hee by 
 his best skill and endevours can get for the same & rcturne 
 the said money unto the said John Hood his executors ad 
 ministrators or asss. Itiii that the said John Hood his heires 
 executors administrators or assignes shall <fc will from tyme 
 to tyme and at all tymes hereafter save & keepc harmclcsse 
 
LECJIFOnn S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 15 
 
 the said Thomas Parish his heires executors and administra 
 tors of and from all accons suits troubles charges & demands 
 well shall any waycs arise & come upon or be brought against 
 the said Thomas Parish his heires executors or administrators 
 for or by reason of any reasonable coveiits grants articles 
 agreements bonds conditions assurances & conveyances well 
 the said Thomas shall enter into or make unto the purchaser 
 or purchasers of the premises according to the true meaning 
 of the said Peed indented <fc of these presents. Itiii : that the 
 said John shall give unto the said Thomas for his labour and 
 charges in & about the premises, the summc of twenty shil 
 lings, if he effect the same well and trustily ; but if the said 
 Thomas after all his best endcvours cannot effect the sale 
 aforesaid then he shall have only tonne shillings for his 
 charges thereabout. Itfii : that if the premises shall not be 
 sold as aforesaid that then the said Tlio : his heires and as- 
 signes shall rcconvey the premises unto the said John, his 
 heirs, and assignes or to whomesocver he or they shall ap 
 point upon reasonable demand. In witnesse whereof the par 
 ties abovcsaid have hereunto interchangeably set their hands 
 & sealcs the day & ycarc first above written, hi p r ncia. 
 [Hood & Parish 3s.] 
 
 Me Johciii Mood c. tenor Thome Parish in scxaginta 
 libris etc. Dat. 22? 8. 
 
 The condicon of this obligation is such that if the said John 
 Hood his heires executors administrators and assignes shall 
 from time to time and at all tymes hereafter observe kccpe 
 fulUill & performe all and every such Covenants articles decla 
 rations and agreements on their parts to be observed kept 
 fullfilled & performed as are mcnconcd <fc conteyncd in cer- 
 taine Articles of agreement indented Dated w e . h these presents 
 made betwcene the said John of the one parte & the said 
 Thomas Parish of the other parte then this obligation shall 
 be voyd and of none effect or els shall be & remaine in full 
 power strength & vcrtue. [Hood & Parish Is.] 
 
 Me Thoma Parish do Cantabrigia in N. A. plantatorem, 
 tcncr. Join Hood in GO 1 Dat. put script . Condiconcd ut 
 sup a , mutatis mutandis. [1.] 
 
16 LECIIFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 [8] Be it Knowne unto all men by these presents that I 
 Samson Shotton J of Mount Woollaston in New England, 
 planter, doe hereby acknowledge that I have received of my 
 brother Anthony Shotton of Cropston in the county of Lei 
 cester, yeoman, the summe of fower score and tenne pounds 
 of lawfull money of England, given and bequeathed unto me 
 as a legacy by the last will & testament of Thomas Shotton 
 late of Cropston aforesaid, our father, deceased, and thereof 
 and of every parte thereof I doe hereby remise, release, and 
 for ever quitt clayme the sayd Anthony Shotton, his heires, 
 executors and administrators, And also I doe remise, release 
 and for ever quitt clayme unto the said Anthony Shotton all 
 and all manner of accons, suits, debts, iudgments, statutes, 
 recognizances, trespasses and demands whatsoever, that I 
 have or may have against him or them for any cause, matter 
 or thing whatsoever from the beginning of the world to this 
 present day, In witnesse whereof I have hereunto set my 
 hand & scale the twentie second day of October, in the foure- 
 tcenth ycare of the raigne of our Soveraigne Lord Charles 
 King of England Scotland France & Ireland <fcc. Annocp. 
 Dm. 1638. 
 
 In p r sencia, Thome Savage, Johis Moore, & mei Tho. L. 
 [Shotton & Shotton 8d.] 
 
 In the Name of the Lord God and of our Lord Jesus Christ, 
 I John Newgate 2 of Boston in New England, Planter, being 
 by God s grace and goodnesse in perfect health of body and 
 soundncsse of judgment in minde and memory cleare and 
 perfect, doc hereby make and constitute my last will 3 and 
 
 1 One of the partners of Gorton, in and order of his children more fully 
 the purchase of Shaomet from the In- than his last will, made twenty-seven 
 dians, in January, 1643 ( WintJi., ii. 121, years later, which is printed in the Hist. 
 note); Newport, 1638; freeman, 1640, and Geneal. Rcg. t xiii. 333-335. His 
 but disfranchised, 1641. [T.] eldest son, John, and third son, Joseph 
 
 2 John Newgate, hatter, of Boston, [Joshua ?], are not named in the last 
 had been a London merchant but came will, and both died probably before their 
 to New England in 1632. He was a father. Nathaniel, who was one of 
 man of influence, once a representative, the principal men of Boston in 1659, 
 and many times selectman. " went home, probably before marriage," 
 
 8 This will, made in contemplation as Mr. Savage thought. [T.] 
 of a voyage to England, gives the names 
 
LECllFORirS MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 17 
 
 testament in manner and forme following : First, I doe desire 
 to give up my sonic and body to the Lord Jesus Christ to be 
 disposed according to his good will and pleasure And 1 desire 
 in his fearc and name and according to his guidance and 
 direction to dispose of those outward good tilings that the 
 Lord hath given and possessed me of, unto the children that 
 God of liis grace hath given me: ffirst, 1 give unto my eldest 
 Sonne .John Newgate, all those mv Lands and Tenements lying 
 in llorningerth in the County of Suffolke in England our 
 native country, To have and to hold the same to him and his 
 heires for ever. But my will is that my wife Anne Newgate 
 shall have the rents, profits and revenues of the said Lands 
 & Tenements untill my said sonnc shall attainc the age of 
 Twenty and foure yeares, for and towards the educating and 
 bringing up of him and the rest of my Children, And also that 
 my said sonne shall pay out of the said Lands flifty pounds 
 unto my daughter Sarah and flifty pounds more unto my 
 daughter Hannah, at her age of twenty one yeares or daye 
 of marriage, w ch it shall please God to be first, for w ch 
 payments to be made unto them when my said sonne shall 
 come to his age of Twenty foure yeares hee shall cither pay 
 the same or give bond to my said daughters for payment 
 thereof as soonc as he can make sale of the said Lands and 
 Tenements or by any meanes raise the moneys out of the 
 same. But, if he the said John Newgate my sonne [9] shall 
 refuse to give such bond and to make the said paym tH , then 
 the said lands shall be sold by my Executors and only one 
 hundred and flifty pounds shall be payd unto my said Sonne, 
 and the rest of the money that it shall be sold for shall be 
 equally divided betwccno my other children and my wife. 
 And yet if my said sonnc shall be stubborne and rebellious 
 against God or his Church or his mother and will not be 
 reclaymed, then he shall have but thirty pounds of the said 
 money & the rest to be divided as aforesaid. Itm, I give 
 unto my sonne Nathanael Newgate my house in Boston afore 
 said wherin 1 now dwell, w th that little ground belonges to it, 
 to enter upon the same & enjoy it to him and his heires for 
 ever when he shall accomplish the age of twenty foure yeares. 
 
 2 
 
18 LECIIFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 And to my sonnc Joseph Newgate, I give and bequeath those 
 my house & grounds in the country called Rumney Marsh l in 
 N. E., w ch hee shall likewise enter upon <fe enjoy when he shall 
 come to the age of twenty fourc yeares. Their mother shall 
 have the use & profitt of these last mentioned houses in Boston 
 and ut Rumney Marsh untill their said respective ages, for 
 and towards their education. But if their mother dye before 
 either of those times, then the same shall presently be in the 
 hands of my said sonnes Nathanael & Joseph respectively 
 according to my true meaning herein expressed. Itm, I give 
 and bequeath unto my daughter Elizabeth Oliver tennc pounds 
 w cu m y w jf e s ] ia ii j ja y m monc y or moneys worth wtliin twelve 
 months after my decease. Item, furthermore my will is that 
 if any of my children dye before they come to enjoy or have 
 right to these legacyes aforesd then their & every of their 
 respective porcons, lands & legacyes to be equally divided to 
 and among my said other children surviving. Itm, all the rest 
 of my estate 1 give & bequeath unto my loving wife Anne 
 Newgate for the payment of my debts and the bringing up 
 of my children, and I leave it to her discreation to give to 
 any of my children more then I have given & appointed as 
 she shall see cause and when she shall please. Provided all- 
 waycs, and my will is, that if it shall please God that I live 
 to sell off those lands in Suffolke aforesaid, Then I give it to 
 my eldest daughter Elizabeth Oliver twenty pounds to be payd 
 her at the tyme appointed before for payment of the said 
 tenne pounds, and I give my said eldest sonnc John Newgate 
 one hundred and 1 iifty pounds, and to my daughter Sara three 
 score and tenne pounds, and to my daughter Hannah three 
 score <fc tenne pounds, to be payd unto them when they shall 
 respectively attainc the age of twenty one yeares or be mar 
 ried, w ch of them shall be first. And, if any of my said children 
 become stubborne and rebellious against God, or his Church, 
 or their mother, then such child or children shall have only 
 the fourth parte of their respective legacyes afores d , w ch I 
 have given & bequeathed to them as aforesaid, and the other 
 
 1 For tliis land at Rumney Marsh, sec Boston Town llccords, i. 27, and also 
 the Note-book, \>. 141, post. 
 
LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 19 
 
 three parts the rest thereof to be divided among my other 
 children. And all the rest of my estate be it more or lessc I 
 bequeath unto my said loving wife [10] for and towards the 
 educating and bringing up of my children. Provided also 
 that if I shall be cast away at sea and all that estate that I 
 shall bring with me out of England then I intreate the Church 
 to dispose of that estate I have heere in New England accord 
 ing to their wisedome & discreation, unto and amongst my 
 children and my wife, as they shall thinke fitt, anything 
 hereinbefore conteyned to the contrary thereof in any wise 
 notwithstanding. Also my will is that if the said estate w ch 
 1 shall have in England come over into these parts of New 
 England, then I give & bequeath unto Theodore Athinson l 
 my servant twenty pounds, but if it shall be lost by the way 
 by sea or otherwise, then only tcnne pounds, to be payd him 
 when his tyme of service shall be expired. And I make and 
 ordaine my said wife Anne Newgate and John Oliver 2 my 
 executors of this my will. And lastly, I doe hereby revoke 
 and annull all former Avills & testaments by me heretofore 
 made whatsoever. In witncsse whereof I have hereunto sett 
 my hand & scale the xxiij fch day of October Anno Dili 1638. 
 Signed, scaled,, published <fc declared to be the last will and 
 testament of the said John Newgate, in the presence of us. 
 Thomas Savage & mci T. L. [5s. Newgate.] 
 
 To all Christian people to whome these presents shall come 
 I William Wilson 3 of Boston in New England planter send 
 
 1 "Theodore Atkinson, Boston, 1634, Thomas Oliver, and son-in-law of New- 
 felt-maker, came in the employment of gate, having married Elizabeth, his 
 John Newgate, from Bury, in Co. Lan- daughter. " 1646, April 11, died Mr. 
 caster" (Savage). A lot at Muddy John Oliver," says Hull, in his Diary, 
 River (Brookline), for two persons, was " one of choice parts, endued with a 
 granted him by the town, Aug. 31, 1640 ; variety of able gifts for the generation ; 
 and he was a constable in 1649, and clerk but God took him away in his youth, to 
 of the market in 1655 (Drake s Bos- the saddening of very many godly hearts, 
 ton, pp. 253, 318,. 341). His first wife and threatening the rising generation." 
 was Abigail (surname unknown), and his He was not quite thirty years old at the 
 second was Mary, a daughter of the Rev. time of his death. 
 
 John Wheelwright. [T.] 8 William Wilson, a joiner by trade, 
 
 2 John Oliver, son of the Elder was admitted to the church in 1635. He 
 
20 LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 greeting in our Lord God everlasting Knowe yce that I the 
 said William Wilson for divers good causes and considera 
 tions me thereunto moving have demised granted & farme 
 letten and by these presents doc demise grant and to farme 
 let unto William Dinclcy of Boston aforesaid barber all 
 those my three acres fc halfo of meadow or pasture ground 
 more or lessc called Marshtoftc lying in Dunnington in the 
 County of Lincolne abutting upon the north end of the (Jop- 
 pihold land of my brother Thomas Wilson there w ch said 
 meadow or pasture ground my ffather William Wilson pur 
 chased of one Avis ills 1 Ilavyo of Dunnington Northrop afore 
 said husbandman deceased To have and to hold the said 
 meadow or pasture ground w th the appurtences unto the 
 said Willm Dincloy his executors administrators and as- 
 signcs from the day of the date of these presents for and 
 during the space of seaven dayes from thence forth fully 
 to be coinpleat and ended Tn Witncsse wherof A:c. 22? 8. 
 In presencia Mr Richard Waite Willm Pell & mei Tho. L. 
 [1*. Wilson & Dinclcy. 2 ] 
 
 This Indent ure made the T\venty fourth day of October in 
 the fourcteenth yeare of the raigne of our Soveraigne Lord 
 Charles by the grace of God King of England Scotland France 
 & Ireland etc. Anncxp Dili 1038, Uetwccnc William Wilson 
 of Boston in New England, Planter, and Patience his wife, of 
 the one partc, and John Tinker of Boston aforesaid, planter, 
 of the other partc, Witnesseth that the said William Wilson 
 [11] and Patience his wife for and in consideration of the 
 summc of five shillings in hand payd before the sealing & 
 delivery of these presents by the said John Tinker, and for 
 divers other good causes & Considerations them thereunto 
 
 was afterwards deputy-marshal, and kept - This short lease, like that of Clem- 
 
 the prison, wherein, it would seem, he cut to Sailer, and of Hood to Parish 
 
 lived, or ;it any rate Ids widow after (pp. 1, 7, ante), was made only for the 
 
 him (lie died in lG4t>). The General purpose of facilitating the conveyance of 
 
 Court was forced to bribe her to leave the fee, by interposing a fictitious " es- 
 
 ijuietly, as she imagined that it belonged tate for years," thereby avoiding livery 
 
 to her by right. and seizin to the grantee (in trust) or to 
 
 1 Avis, alias llavye. the future purchaser. [T.] 
 
LECIIFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 21 
 
 moving have granted, bargained, sold, enfcoffed confirmed 
 unto the said John Tinker, All those three acres and halfe of 
 meadow or pasture ground more or lesse, called Marshtofte, 
 lying in Dunningtoii ] in the County of Lincolne, abutting 
 upon the north end of the Coppihold land of Thomas Wilson 
 brothci* of the said "William Wilson there, w ch said meadow 
 or pasture ground William Wilson, ffathcr of the said William 
 Wilson party to those presents, purchased of one Avis al s 
 Ilavyc of Duimington Northrop aforesaid, husbandman, de 
 ceased, Together with all waves, profits & commodities there 
 unto belonging or reputed to belong And all rents rcvon-ons 
 services, and other hereditaments thereunto belonging what 
 soever And all deeds evidences writings escripts and minii- 
 ments whatsoever concerning the same in whose custody 
 soever they be And also all the right title claimc interest 
 and demand whatsoever of them the said William Wilson 
 and Patience his wife of iu and to the premises and every 
 or any parte thcrof To have and to hold the said meadow 
 or pasture ground rents rcvercons services and all and sin 
 gular the premises w th the appurtenances whatsoever unlo 
 the said John Tinker his heires and assignes for ever To 
 the only use & proper bchoofe of the said John Tinker his 
 heires and assignes for ever To be holdcn of the chcife Lord 
 or Lords of the iTee or ffees of the premises by the rents 
 and services therefore due tfe of right accustomed. And the 
 said William Wilson and Patience his wife doe for them 
 selves their heires executors administrators and assignes 
 Covenant promise & grant to and with the said John Tinker 
 his heires and assignes by these presents that he and they 
 shall or may lawfully have hold and enjoy the premises and 
 every parte thcrof freed and discharged of all Judgments 
 Statutes, merchant & of the Staple, recognizances bariraincs 
 sales gifts grants fcoffments wills ioyntures dowers titles 
 troubles charges & incumbranccs whatsoever from time to 
 
 1 Dunnington, or Donnington, about Northrop was crossed out by Lechford, 
 
 six miles southwesterly from Boston, iu both in the short lease and (at its first 
 
 Lincolnshire. The name was originally occurrence) in this deed to John Tinker, 
 
 written Dunnington Northrop, but the [T.j 
 
22 LECUFOllD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 time and at all times hereafter without the lett trouble or 
 eviction of them the said William Wilson & Patience their 
 lieires or assignes or of any other person or persons what 
 soever. And that they the said Willm Wilson & Patience their 
 heires and assignes shall & will from time to time and at 
 all times hereafter at the reasonable request and cost and 
 charges in the law of the said John Tinker his heires or 
 assignes make and acknowledge or cause to be made & 
 acknolcdged any further assurances or conveyances in the 
 law whatsoever for the better & more sure setling <t con 
 veying the premises unto & upon the said John Tinker his 
 heires [12] and assignes according to the true intent & 
 meaning of these presents so as the said William Wilson 
 and Patience his wife or their heires or assignes be not 
 compelled to travell out of the Jurisdiction of the Massa 
 chusetts in New England for the making or acknowledging 
 thereof And the said William Wilson and Patience his 
 wife doe hereby constitute and make their welbeloved Richard 
 Tunnard, and Thomas Wilson, brother of the said William, 
 their true and lawful Attorneys, joyntly or severally for them 
 the said William and Patience and in their names to enter 
 into and upon the premises and quiet & peaceable possession 
 thereof to take and afterwards quiet and peaceable possession 
 livery and seizin thcrof to deliver over unto the said John 
 Tinker his heires and assignes according to the purporte 
 and true meaning of these p r sents ratcfying and allowing 
 whatsoever their said Attorneys shall lawfully doe in the 
 premises. In witnesse whereof the parties above sayd have 
 hereunto interchangeably sett their hands and scales the 
 day and yeare first above written. In p r ncia nril. dcor 
 Testin ore Attornem* V Willm Dynely indorse sur le fait, fact 
 20 8, &c. coram nobis. [5s. Wilson & Tinker.] 
 
 Me Willm Wilson Do Boston in Nova Anglia Plantatorcm 
 tener & c . JohT Tinker in Centum libris &. dat. 24. 8. In 
 p r ncia nrn. dcor Testin. The Condicon of this Obligation 
 is such that if the said William Wilson and Patience his 
 wife their heires executors administrate and assiimcs shall 
 
LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 23 
 
 from lime to time and at all times hereafter observe keepe 
 fulliill and performe all such articles agreements grants & 
 Covenants on their parte to be observed kept fullfillcd and 
 performed as they are mentioned and contcyncd in one 
 pairc of Indentures bearing date w th these presents made 
 bctweenc the said William Wilson of the one parte and the 
 said John Tinker of the other parte Then this obligacon 
 shall 1)0 voyd and of none effect or els shall remaine & be 
 in full power strength and vertnc. [Is. Wilson & Tinker.] 
 
 Articles of agreement indented made the twenty-fourth day of Octo 
 ber, in the four ctecnth yeare of the Raiane of our Sovcraifl-nc Lord 
 Charles Inj the. grace- of God King of England Scotland France and 
 Ireland tfo. Annoy Dni 1638 flctwccnc WILLIAM WILSON of 
 Boston in New England Planter of the one parte and JOHN 
 TINKER of Boston aforesaid planter of the oilier parte. 
 
 Whereas the said William Wilson and Patience his wife 
 have by their deed indented bearing date w th these presents 
 granted <fc conveyed certaino meadow or pasture ground lying 
 in Dunnington in the County of Lincolne unto the said John 
 Tinker [13] his hcires and assigncs for ever as more at large 
 by the said deed indented it dotli & may appearc Now it is 
 Covenanted concluded declared and agreed by and betwecne 
 the parties aforesaid that the said grant and conveyance is and 
 shall be upon this spcciall trust and confidence that the said 
 John Tinker shall sell the premises for them unto some per 
 son or persons in England for as much money as he by his best 
 skill and endevours can get for the same. Item, that the 
 moneys the premises shall be sold for shall be disposed, first 
 of all towards the payment of the debts of the said William 
 Wilson s father, and next towards the bringing over, passage 
 and provisions of Alice Wilson, mother of the said William 
 into these parts of New England, if she please to come, wherein 
 the said John shall well and faithfully help and advise the 
 said Alice. 
 
 Item, that the said John shall receive five pounds and tenne 
 shillings thereof for his labour and charges thereabout ; and 
 the residue of the said money to be to the said Alice Wilson. 
 
24 LECIIFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 Itiri that the said William Wilson & Patience and their 
 hcircs execute admors and assignes shall from time to 
 tyme and at all tymcs hereafter save & keepe harmelesse 
 the said John his hcircs executors & administrators of and 
 from all actions suits troubles charges & demands w ch 
 shall any wayes arise and come upon or be brought against 
 him or them for or by reason of any reasonable grants cove 
 nants agreements bonds condicons or other assurances w ch 
 the said John shall be required to enter into or make unto 
 the purchasor or purchasors of the premises according to the 
 purport of the said Deed indented & of these presents. 
 
 Itm if the said Lands cannot be sold after all the best 
 endevours of the said John therein to that purpo se then 
 the said John shall have only fforty shillings for his paynes 
 & charges thereabout and shall upon reasonable demand 
 rcconvey the premises to the said William Wilson his heircs 
 and assignes or to whomsoever lice or they shall appoint. 
 Iii witnesse whereof the parties aforesaid have to these 
 presents interchangeably sett their hands and scales the 
 day and year first above written In p r ncia nrii. dcor 
 Tcstin. [3s. 4iZ. Wilson Tinker.] 
 
 Me Johciii Tinker de Boston in N. A. Plantat. tener Will 
 Wilson in 1001 Dat. 24. 8. In p r ncia nrn. dcor Testin. 
 
 The condicon &. to kecpc Covents & c . in the said articles 
 put <fc? 
 
 [Is. Tinker & Wilson.] 
 
 Me Willm Wilson De Boston in N. A. Plantat. tener & 
 John Tinker in 100H Dat. 24. 8. In p r ncia mTi. dcor 
 Tcstin. 
 
 Condiconed ut sup? Rec. p fc . in garden fruits. [Is. Wilson 
 & Tinker.] 
 
 [14] To all Christian People to whomc these presents shall 
 come I Thomas Dexter of Lynnc in New England, yeoman, 
 send greeting in our Lord God everlasting, Knowe Yce that 
 for my naturall love and good affection that I beare unto my 
 sonne & heire apparent Thomas Dexter & for other good 
 
LECHFORD S MAXi SCRIPT XOTE-BOOK. 2;"> 
 
 causes <fc considerations me thereunto moving, 1 have given 
 and granted and by these }) r esenis doe give <fc grant unto the 
 said Thomas Dexter my sonne, One mansion house and all 
 outhouses, barncs, stables, cowhouses & the appurtenances, 
 and one water mill w th the appurtenances, and six hundred 
 acres of land meadow and pasture to the said mansion house 
 belonging, lying and being in Sandwich by the Indians here 
 tofore called Shawine, w th in the Jurisdiceon of the Pal cut of 
 Plymouth in New England, and all woods, underwoods, com 
 mons & appurtenances to the same pcrteyning whatsoever, To 
 have and to hold the said Mansion house & premises, w th all 
 it siugularc the appurtenances unto the said Thomas Dexter 
 my sonno his heires and assignes for ever, to the only use 
 it proper behoofe of the said Tho : Dexter my sonne his heires 
 and assignes for ever. And also I doe for the considerations 
 aforesaid give & grant unto the said Thomas Dexter my 
 sonnc, one plough or teamc \v th fourc oxen it one horse or 
 mare, w th all necessaries to the same, To have it to hold to 
 him my said sonne, his executors, administrators and assignes 
 for ever. And I grant it hereby promise to my said sonne 
 that if he shall not think good to accept of the premises 
 hereby granted, that I will pay him the summe of live hundred 
 pounds upon reasonable demands. In witnessc whereof I 
 have hereunto set my hand and scale, the twenty fourth day 
 of October in the fourctecnth yeare of the raigne of our 
 Soueraigne Lord Charles King of England etc. Annocp Dili 
 1638. l In p r ncia nrn. Anthonij fcwiinmer ct mci T. L. 
 [2s. Qd. Dexter & Dexter.] 
 
 [15] This Indenture made the thirtieth day of October in 
 the fouretcenth yeare of the raigne of our Sovcraignc lord 
 Charles by the grace of Cod King of England Scotland 
 
 1 On a subsequent page will lie found returne into these parts of New Eng- 
 a bond given by Thomas Dexter, the l;md, or not lie well advanced in mar- 
 son, in consideration of this deed, for riage according to the good likeing of 
 the payment of 100 to each of his the said Thomas." One of the daugh- 
 sisters, Mary and Frances Dexter, in ters of Thomas Dexter, Sr., married 
 case the said Thomas (junior) "should John Friend, of Boston, October, 1639 
 marry a wife and dye at sea before lus (see pp. 20, 21, j)ost). [T.] 
 
26 LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 France & Ireland &c. Annocp Dili 1038, Betweene Katherine 
 Coytmorc, 1 late of Wapping in the County of Middlesex], 
 and now of Charles Towne in New England, widdowc, In 
 crease Nowell 2 of Charles Towne aforesaid, Esq r , & Parnell 
 his wife, Thomas Graves of Wapping aforesaid, mariner, & 
 Katherine his wife, and Mary Eaglesfeild daughter & hcirc 
 of Susanna Eglesfeild deceased, sister of the said Parnell & 
 Katherine Graves, all three daughters of Thomas Grey, late 
 of Harwich in the county of Essex mariner, deceased, & of 
 the said Katherine Coytmorc sometimes his wife, of the one 
 parte, and Robert Kidd of Sutton in the county of Suffolke, 
 yeoman, of the other parte, witnesseth, that the said Kather 
 ine Coytmore, Increase Nowell & Parnell his wife, Thomas 
 Graves & Katherine his wife, and Mary Eaglesfeild, for and 
 in consideration of the somme of flive hundred & fiifty pounds 
 of lawfiill money of England to them in hand payd before the 
 sealing and delivery of these presents by the said Robert Kidd, 
 whcrof and wherewith the said Katherine Coytmore Increase 
 & Parnell Thomas Graves & Katherine his wife & Mary doe 
 acknowledge themselves to be satisfied & payd & therof and 
 of every parte therof doe remise release & for ever quitt 
 clayme the said Robert Kidd his heires executors adminis 
 trators and assignes by these presents Have aliened, granted 
 and cnfcoffed, and by these presents doe alien grant and cn- 
 feofi e unto said Robert Kidd, the one moity and halfendeale 
 
 1 This indenture supplies some addi- fluous to remark that this Airs. Coyt- 
 
 tional information, respecting the family more was not, at a later period, Gov- 
 
 of Airs. Coytmore, to that which has ernor Winthrop s wife, but his wife s 
 
 been gathered by Mr. Froth inglmm mother-in-law. 
 
 (History of C hnrlcstown, p. 86) and 2 Increase Nowell came with Win- 
 Mr. Savage, showing that she was the throp in 1630 ; and was one of the found- 
 daughter of Robert Myles, of Sutton, er.s of the church at Charlestown. He 
 County Suffolk, and had by her first was at first Ruling Elder ; but it being 
 husband, Thomas Grey, of Harwich, thought that he could not hold this 
 County Khsex, three daughters : Par- oflice together with that of assistant, 
 nell (married Increase Nowell), Kath- he gave it up. He was for many years 
 erine (married Thomas Graves), and Secretary of the Colony, and was as- 
 Susanna (married Eaglesfield), who sistant from 1629 to his death in 1G55. 
 died before the making of this inden- His wife was Parnell Grey, daughter of 
 ture, leaving one daughter, Mary Ka- Katherine Coytmore by Thomas Grey, 
 glesticld. [T.] It is probably super- as here shown. 
 
LECffFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 27 
 
 of all and singulare those freehold lands and tenements late 
 of Robert Myles, of Sutton aforcsayd, yeoman, deceased, 
 fl ather of the said Kathcrine Coytmore, now or late in the 
 tenure or occupation of the said Robert Kidd or his assignes, 
 situate, lying <fc being in Sutton aforesaid, and in the manners 
 or towncs or villages of Sutton Storkerland <fc Campscy, 
 Houslyc, Setleburgh, Ufford, Blacksall, or any other towncs, 
 villages, hamlets or mannors, w th in the county of Stiff, 
 wheresoever, w th all and singulare the appurtenances thereof, 
 And all deeds, evidences writings escripts & minuments 
 whatsoever concerning the same in whose custody soever 
 they be that they the said Katherine Coytmore Increase 
 Par noil Thomas Graves and Katherine his wife & Mary or 
 any of them caii or may come by w th out suit of law. And 
 all their & every of their right title clay me interest and de 
 mand of in and to the premises and every parte & parccll 
 thereof To have & to hold the said moity & halfendealc of 
 the said ffreehold Lands & Tenements & all & singulare the 
 premises wth the appurtenances unto the said Robert Kidd 
 his hoi res & assignes for ever To the only use & proper be- 
 hooi c of the said Robert Kidd his heircs assignes forever 
 To be holdcn of the cheife Lord or Lords of the flee or ffccs of 
 the premises by the rents & services therefore due & of right 
 accustomed. And they the said Katherine Coytmore In 
 crease <fe Parncll Thomas Graves & Katherin his wife [16] 
 and Mary doe for themselves their heircs executors and ad- 
 ministrat" Covenant promise and grant to and wth the said 
 Robert Kidd his heires and assignees by these presents that 
 hee it they shall or may lawfully from tyme to tyme & at 
 all tymes hereafter have hold & enjoy the premises hereby 
 granted and every parrte thereof freed & discharged of & 
 from all former <fc other grants bargains sales fcoffments 
 iudgmcnts statutes, merchant of the Staple, Recognizances 
 (lines issues amcrciamcnts Joynturcs dowers titles of dower 
 and of and from all other titles troubles charges & incum- 
 brances whatsoever had made done or suffered or to be had 
 made done or suffered by the said Katherine Coytmore In 
 crease and Parncll Thomas Graves & Katherine his wife & 
 
28 LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 Mary their heircs or assignes or any of them or hy their or 
 any of their assent meanes or procurement wthout the let 
 trouble or eviccon of them or any of them or of any other 
 person or persons lawfully clayming from by or under them 
 or any of them And Also that they & every of them their 
 and every of their heircs and assignes shall & will from 
 time to tyme and at all tymes hereafter wthin the space of 
 twenty ycarcs next ensuing the date hereof at the reasonable 
 request and at the cost & charges in the law of the said 
 Robert Kidd his heircs or assignes make doe acknowledge 
 levy & suffer or cause to be made done acknowleged Icvyed 
 & suffered all and every such farther & other lawfull & rea 
 sonable act & acts thing & things assurances & conveyances 
 in the law whatsoever for the more better & sure conveying 
 & sure making of the premises hereby granted & every parte 
 thcrof unto the said Robert Kidd his heircs ancl assignes as 
 by him or them or his or their Councell learned in the Lawe 
 shall be reasonably advised devised or required soe that for 
 the making doing acknowledging levying or suffering thcrof 
 the said Katherinc Coytmore Increase & Parnell Thomas 
 Graves and Katherine his wife & Mary their heires and 
 assignes or any of them be not compelled to travcll out of 
 the Jurisdiccon of the Massachusetts in New England. And 
 the said Katherine Coytmore Increase & Parnell Thomas 
 Graves & Katherine his wife & Mary have constituted and 
 ordained, ct in their place have put, & by these p scnts do con 
 stitute & ordaine & in their place put their welbeloved & hon 
 oured friends S r William Wiseman of Canfeild Hall 1 in the 
 county of Essex, Knight and Baronet, Robert Mather of Sutton 
 aforesaid, gent., and Henry llalfin of the same, yeoman, their 
 true and lawfull atturneys, ioyntly & severally for them <fc in 
 their names to enter into & upon the premises hereby grated 
 
 1 Sir William Wise-man, created a He was born in 1GOO, and succeeded to 
 
 baronet in 1628, and appointed she* riff the family estates on the death of his 
 
 of the County of I-^sex in IGoS, was elder brother, Robert, April 21, 1028. 
 
 the second son of Thomas Wiseman, He had three sisters, named Mary, 
 
 " who married Alice, daughter and heir Susan, and Parnell (Morant s History 
 
 of Robert Mylcs of Sutton, in Suffolk, of Essex, ii. 283, 4G2). [T.] 
 ES<I.," and sistiT of Mrs. Coytmore. 
 
LECIIFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 29 
 
 & possession tlicrof to take, and after such possession thcrof 
 liad <fc taken for thorn <fc in thoir names full <fc peaceable pos 
 session, loving and Seizin tlicrof unto the said Robert Kidd 
 or his eertaine Atturney in this behalfe to deliver according 
 to the tenor force forme <t effect of these presents Ratefying 
 tt allowing all & whatsoever their said Attorney or Attor 
 neys or any or cither of them shall doe in the premises In 
 witnessc whereof the partyes aboucsaid have hereunto inter 
 changeably sett their hands and scales the day and yearc first 
 abovcAvritten, In p r ncia nrii. Johis Wintrop & me T. L. Signed 
 sealed <fc dd. by Kathcrine Coytmorc Increase N. & Parncll his 
 wife & Mary B. in p r ncia nrii. [6s. Sd. 5s. 0. Mrs. Coytmorc 
 & others & Ividd.] 
 
 [17] To all Christian people to whomc these presents shall 
 come Wee Katherine Coytmorc late of Wapping in the County 
 of Midd and now of Charles Townc in New England Widdow 
 Increase Nowcll of Charles Townc aforesaid Esqr. & Parnell his 
 wife Thomas Graves of Wapping aforesaid Mariner & Kather 
 ine his wife and Mary Eaglesfeild Daughter & hcirc of Susanna 
 Eaglesfcild deceased, Sister of the said Parnell & Katherine 
 Craves all three daughters of Thomas Grey late of-IIanvich in 
 the County of Essex Mariner & of the said Katherine Coytmorc 
 sometimes his wife send greeting in our Lord God everlast 
 ing, Kuowe yee that AVO have made constituted ordained and 
 appointed and by these presents do make constitute ordaine & 
 appoint our Avelbelovcd and honoured ffriends S r William Wise 
 man of Canfcild Hall in the County of Essex Knight & Baro 
 net Robert Mather of Sutton in the County of Suff. gent and 
 Henry Ilalfin of the same yeoman and every of them severally 
 our sufficient and lawfull Atturnoy and Atturnevs at some 
 Court or Courts holdcn for the Mannor or severall Mannors of 
 Sutton, Sutton Storkerland & Campsey Ilouslye, Setleburgh, 
 Ul ford, Blacksall or any other Mannor or Mannors \v th in the 
 County of Suffolk e or for any the said Mannors for us or any of 
 us and in our names steads & places or in the name stead or 
 place of any of us to surrender into the hands of the Lord or 
 severall Lords of the said Mannor or Mannors the one moity and 
 
80 LECll FORD S MAX l> SCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 halfendoalc of all those our Coppihold or Customary lands 
 mcsuagcs or Tenements late of Robert Mylcs of Sutton afore 
 said yeoman deceased ffathcr of the said Katlierine Coytmorc 
 now or late in the tenure or occupation of Robert Kidd of Sutton 
 aforesaid yeoman or his a$ss and all our or any of our Coppy- 
 liold or Customary lands tenements & hereditaments whatso 
 ever in the said Manner or Manners [18] holden of the said 
 Maimor or Mannors or any of them by Coppy of Court Roll to 
 the only use & hehoofe of the said Robert Kidd his hcircs and 
 assignes according to the custome & sevcrall customes of the 
 said Maimor or Mannors And further for us and every or any 
 of us and in our names & places and in the name or place of 
 every or any of us to doc execute and suffer or cause to be done 
 executed & suffered all and every such further lawfull act and 
 acts tiling & things whatsoever whereby the said moity and 
 halfendeale of the said Coppihold or Customary mcsuagcs lands 
 Tenements & hereditaments late of Robert Mylcs aforesaid 
 now or late in the tenure or occupacon of the said Robert Kidd 
 may be lawfully surrendered sctlcd estated assured and con 
 veyed upon him the said Robert Kidd his heires and asss accor 
 ding to the custome or severall customes of the said Maimor or 
 Mannors as to them our said Atturneys or any or either of them 
 shall secmc nicctc fit or expedient Ratcfying allowing approv 
 ing and confirming all and every such thing and tilings as our 
 said Attorney or Attorneys or any or cither of them shall doe 
 execute or suffer touching and concerning the execution and 
 performance of this their power and authority to them and 
 every of them herein and hereby granted. In witnesse where 
 of we have hereunto set our hands and scales the thirtieth day 
 of October in the fourteenth ycare of the Raigne of our Sover- 
 aigne Lord Charles by the grace of God of England Scotland 
 France & Ireland Arc. KingAnnocp Dili 1638. In p r ncia nrii. 
 Johis Wintrop & mci T. L. [M ri . 3 Coytmorc & others and S r 
 Williii Wiseman & others 3s. 4d. 3*. 4cZ.] 
 
 Me Kathcrinam Coytmorc imp de Wapping in Com. Mi etc? et 
 mine dc Villa Caroli in Nova Anglia viduam tencr &c. Willo 
 Wiseman De Aula de Canfeild in Com Essex Militi et Baronetto 
 
LECUEomrs MAxuscnirr NOTE-KOOK. "1 
 
 in inillo libris <tc. Dat. oO.S. enram nobis .lobe AVinlrnp me 
 T. L. 
 
 Tlic Condicon of this obligation is such that whereas the 
 said Kathoriuc Coytmorc together w th Increase Nowell Esqr 
 and Parnell his wife and Thomas Graves Mariner and Kath- 
 crinc his wife & Mary Eaglcsfcild have by their deed indented 
 made bctwccnc them of the one partc <fc .Robert Kidd of the 
 other purte for the snmme of live? hundred and nifty pounds 
 of lawful I money of England aliened granted tt enfcoffcd 
 and made their letter of Attorney for the surrendring the one 
 moity and lialfcndeale of ccrtainc ffrechold and Coppihold 
 mesuages lands tenements & hereditaments late of Robert 
 Mylcs deceased, ffather of the said Kathcrine Coytmorc <fc 
 nov, r or lahi in the occ.upaiion or possession of the said 
 Robert Kidd lying & being in the sevcrall Mannor or Mau- 
 nors Towncs villages or hamlets of Sutton, Button Storker- 
 laml and Campsey Ilouslye Sctleburgh Ufford Blacksell or 
 [19] any other Maimor or Mannors Towncs villages or Ilam- 
 blets wtliin the County of Suffolke whatsoever unto tlu^ said 
 Robert Kidd his heires and assignes and unto his juid their 
 use for ever as by the said deed indented and Letter of 
 Attorney both bearing date w th these p r nts more at large it 
 doth and may appcarc And by the last will and testament 
 of Thomas Orcy, sometimes husband of the said Katherine 
 Coytmore it is appointed, willed & devised that when the 
 said hinds & tenements should be sold by the said Kathcrine 
 Coytmore, slice should enter into one bond of a thousand 
 pounds condiconed that she should with the said moneys 
 raised by sale of the said lands and tenements, buy tt pur 
 chase lands for the use bchoofe of hcrselfe for her life 
 and afterwards for the use and bchoofe of the said Parnell 
 and Katherine Graves and Susanna Eaglcsfcild, and their 
 hcircs or w oh said Susanna dying left the said Mary her 
 daughter and heirc, If therefore the said Kathcrine Coytmorc 
 shall accordingly w th the said five hundred and fifty pounds 
 purchase ct buy land to and for the use & bchoofe of her- 
 sclfc for her life and afterwards for the use and behoof c 
 of the said Parnell <fe Kathcrine Graves Mary and their 
 
32 LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 heires, Then tins obligation shall be voyd and of none effect, 
 or els shall rcmaine & be in full power strength and vertuc. 
 [M r . 3 Coytniore & S r Williii Wiseman 2s. Gd. 2.6. Is. 0.] 
 
 To all Christian people Unto whome these presents shall 
 come, I John Cotton, 1 Teacher of the Church at Boston in 
 New England send greeting in our Lord God everlasting : 
 Whereas Edmund Diggle, laic of Sutterton 2 in the parts of 
 Holland in the County of Lincolnc, Clerke, deceased, by his 
 last will & testament made & ordained me, the said John 
 Cotton, Overseer of his said last will & testament, Now Knowe 
 yce, that because I rcmaine by the good providence of God in 
 these parts of New England, & for divers good causes <fc con 
 siderations me thcrimto moving, 1 have constituted, made & 
 ordained., & by these presents doe constitute, make & ordaine 
 <fe in my place put my wclbeloved & respected freind John 
 Browne late of Boston in the said county of Lineolne and now 
 of Poynton or Horbling in the same county, gent., my true & 
 faithfnll deputy, Attorney, and Proctor, for me and in my 
 name to oversee the said last will & testament & the perform 
 ance thereof, and all and every lawful! & reasonable thing or 
 things, motion or motions, suit or suits, for me & in my name 
 concerning the same, and according to the tenor of the said 
 last will & testament, to make, doe, promo vc, & follow, or 
 cause to be made, done, promovcd or followed, for the due 
 execution of the said trust in me reposed, as effectually to all 
 intents & purposes as if I myselfe Avcre there present in Eng 
 land, Ratefying, allowing, & approving whatsoever my said 
 deputy, Attorney and Proctor shall lawfully or reasonably 
 doc or cause to be done in the premises. In witnessc whereof, 
 I have hereunto sett my hand & scale the thirtieth day of 
 October Anno Dili, 1G38, 14 Car. Coram nobis. [Mr. Cotton 
 & Mr. Browne 2s. 0.] 
 
 1 John Cotton, Lorn at Derby Doc. Boston in New England from 1633 until 
 
 4, 15S5; died, Dor. 23, 1652. Ho his (loath. 
 
 was entered at Trinity College, Trim- - Sutterton parish is about six miles 
 
 bridge, and was afterwards a Fellow of from Boston, where Mr. Cotton 
 
 Emmanuel, lie preached at Boston in preached before coming to New Eng- 
 
 Lincoliiohire from 1G12 to 1G03, and at land. [T.] 
 
LECTIFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 33 
 
 [20] To all to wliome these presents shall como greeting, 
 Knowc ycc, tliat I Thomas Paynter l of Boston in New Eng 
 land, joyner, for twenty eight pounds of good & lawfull money 
 of England to mo in hand satisfyed and ])ayd before the scal 
 ing & delivery hereof, Doe by this present writing, grant, 
 bargaine, & sell unto George Barrcll of Boston aforesaid, 
 Cowper, my dwelling house and garden lying in Boston afore 
 said w th Ihe appnrtenees thereunto belonging, To have A* to 
 hold the said dwelling house tv garden and all the premises 
 w th the appurtenances whatsoever, unto the said George l)ar- 
 rell his heires and assignes for ever. And 1 grant for me <t 
 my heires that we will warrant unto the said George <\ his 
 heires the tenements aforesaid against me the said Thomas 
 and my heires for ever. Tn witnesse wherof, I have hereunto 
 set my hand A seale the thirty one day of October, Anno Dili 
 1038, Annocp Regis Carol i decimo quarto. Oorani nobis. 
 [Pay ntcr & Barrel!.] 
 
 Me Georgium Barrcll de Boston in Nova Anglia Cowp. 
 tener etc. Thome Pnynter in sexdeeim libris ete. Dat. 81. 8. 
 Coram nobis. 
 
 The (ondicon. of this obligation is such that if the above- 
 bounden George Barrcll his heires executors administrators or 
 assignes shall well truly pay or cause to be payd unto the 
 abovcnamed Thomas Paynter his executors or assignes the 
 soinme of eight pounds of lawfnll money of England upon 
 the twenty fourth day of the fourth moncth next ensuing the 
 date hereof if it be not the Lords Pay, if it be, then the next 
 
 1 Thomas Paynter of Boston left town. He had a houso in Boston (down 
 traces throughout Now England, at in the fio )k of Possessions, O, 20), near 
 Providence, where he had a lot of land, Dock Square, r.eorge Barrel! in the 
 at llingham (1G37), then at Charles- 7*Wj of Fowwin-ns is given a lot directly 
 town, New Haven, Rowley, and Ming- north of Paynter s ; from which I infer 
 liam again (before ]643, .says Savage ; that Paynter retained some of his prop- 
 but under this date, 1038, lie calls erty. It was on tin; purchase of this 
 himself of Boston). In Hingham he property by Barrcll that he was admit- 
 got into trouble for his religious views, ted a townsman, on condition of "inof- 
 aml moved thence to Providence, then fen si ve carry age" (Boston Town Records, 
 to Newport, and lastly, in 1661, to p. 36). 
 Westerly, with the first settlers of that 
 
34 LECIIFORD S .MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 day after, at or in the now Dwelling house of the said Thomas 
 this day by him passed to the said George then this obligation 
 shall be voyd & of none effect or els shall be & rcmaine in 
 full force strength <fc vertue. [Barrell & Payntcr.] 
 
 Me Thomii Dexter do Sandwich in Nova Anglia, agricola, 
 tcncr <tc. Thome Dexter patri suo, in quadringent. libris <tc. 
 dat. 30. 8. coram me T. L. 
 
 The Condicon of this obligation is, that whereas the said 
 Thomas Dexter the ffathcr by his deed poll under his hand 
 & seale bearing date the Twenty fourth Day of this instant 
 moneth of October, hath given and granted unto the above 
 bouudcn Thomas Dexter ccrtaiuc lands tt tenements in the 
 precincts <fe bounds of Sandwich aforesaid in New England 
 together w th one plough or teamc wth fourc oxen and an horse 
 or marc & the appurtenances and if the said -Thomas Dexter 
 above boundcn shall not accept the said Land & premises then 
 the said Thomas Dexter the [21] ffathcr granted to pay unto 
 the said Thomas Dexter above boundcn, the some of live hun 
 dred pounds upon reasonable demand as more at large by the 
 said deed poll it doth and may appcarc. And whereas the said 
 bouuden Thomas Dexter hath agreed to and w th his said t father 
 Thomas Dexter in Consideration of the said grant & grants, to 
 pay or cause to be payd unto Mary Dexter & Frances Dexter 
 his daughters, for and towards their porcons the summe of 
 one hundred pounds to each of the said daughters at such 
 time as the said Thomas Dexter abovcbounden shall enter into 
 & upon the said lands and tenements after his marriage, or 
 at such time as he or his executors administrators or assignes 
 shall demand & receive the said five hundred pounds, in case 
 the said Thomas Dexter above boundcn should marry a wife 
 and dye at sea before his returne into these parts of New Eng 
 land, or not be well advanced in marriage according to the good 
 likeing of the said Thomas Dexter the ffathcr. If therefore 
 the said Thomas Dexter above bounden, his heirs executors 
 administrators or assignes shall well & truly perform fulliill <fc 
 kcepe the said agreement or cause the same to be well and 
 truly performed fulllilled & kept then this obligation shall 
 
LECHFQRD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 35 
 
 be vovcl and of none effect or els shall rciuainc <fc be in full 
 power strength & vertue. [Dexter & Dexter 2s. Gd.] 
 
 To all to whome these presents shall come greeting Knowe 
 yee that I Kathcrine Coytmore late of Wapping in the 
 county of Midd and now of Charles Towne in New England 
 Widdow, for divers good considerations me thereunto moving 
 have hereby ordained appointed and in my place put my 
 wellbelovcd ffrcinds William Bates of Wapping aforesaid 
 Shipwright George Philips of the same Mariner and Ellen 
 his wife my attorneys baylics and receivers joyntly or sever 
 ally to receive my rents out of my lands in Sutton in Suf- 
 folke for me ct in my name & to make & give acquittances 
 for the sumo and to bring or cause to be brought any ac<?6ns 
 thereabout for me & in my name witnessc my hand & scale 
 the xxxj th day of October Anno Dni 1088. Coram nobis 
 Johe Wintrop & me T. L. [Is. 4d.] " 
 
 To all Christian people to whome these presents shall come, 
 I John Wintrop 1 Esq r , Governor of the Massachusetts in New 
 England send greeting: Knowc yce that Whereas Thomas 
 Ewer 2 late of Charles Townc in the Massachusetts aforesaid 
 Deceased, had divers goods & debts due to him in the Realmc 
 of England, I have hereby given power and Authority soe 
 farro as in me lycth,unto Anthony Dyaper Citizen and Draper 
 of London and Andrew Blake of Strowdc in the County of 
 Kent, gent., ioyntly or severally, to gather up the said goods 
 & debts and to use all lawfull ineanes for the same and being 
 soe gathered to pay out of the same unto William Woodcocke 3 
 of Soapcr lane, London, merchant, the somme of forty pounds 
 
 1 John "\Vinthrop, the son of Adam of the years 1634, 1640, 10 \ 5, when 
 
 \Vinthrop, Lorn at Edwardstonc, near Thomas Dudley was elected, and the 
 
 Croton, in Suffolk, Jan. 12, lf.88, died, years 1035, 10:56, 1641, and 1044, when 
 
 March 26, 1649. He was chosen gov- Haynes, Vane, Bellingham, and Kndi- 
 
 ernor of the Company of Massachusetts cott respectively licld the office. 
 Hay, Xov. 20, 1629, and set sail for 2 Thomas Ewer came in the ship 
 
 New England, March 29, 1630, arriving ". Tamos" from London in 1635, and 
 
 at Salem, June 12 of the same year, died in 1638 (Jf ifman). 
 He was governor of the colony from his 3 For more concerning Woodcock, 
 
 arrival until 1648, with the exception see pp. 204 ct snj., pout. 
 
36 LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 and to one M? Williams of London, eight pounds, and all 
 other debts owing by the said deceased party and the rest of 
 the said goods and debts Due to the deceased to returnc hither 
 into the Court heere, to be disposed of to the wife and chil 
 dren [22] of the said Thomas Ewer according to Lawe. In 
 witnesse whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the pub- 
 lick scale of o r Colony, Dated at Boston in the Massachu 
 setts aforesaid, the Thirty one Day of October Anno Dni 
 1G38, Anncp RR. Caroli Angliue <fcc. decimo quarto. [Mf 
 Govern? Dyaper & Blake for Ewers goods. 2s. 0.] 
 
 Be it knowno unto all men by these presents that we Ralfe 
 Sprague, 1 sometimes of Fordington in the County of Dorset, 
 ffuller, and now of Charles Towne in New England, Planter, 
 and Joane Sprague wife of the said Ralfe, one of the daugh 
 ters of Richard Warren late of Fordington aforesaid, yeoman, 
 deceased, Doe by these presents constitute, ordaine & appoint 
 our welbeloved ffreinds William Derby of Dorchester in the 
 County of Dorset, gentleman, our true and lawiull Attorney 
 for us & in our names and to our use to demand & receive all 
 such porco*ns & porcons, summc & summes of money and 
 childs parte of the goods & chatties reall or pcrsonall, late of 
 the snid Richard Warren, that is, are, or may be due or be 
 longing unto us or either of us, by any right whatsoever, of 
 and from any person or persons whatsoever that ought to pay 
 or render the same unto us or either of us : And further, for 
 us & in our names to commence & followe or cause to be 
 commenced & followed any suit or suits accon or accons in 
 any Court or Corts Temporall or Ecclesiasticall w th in the 
 Realme of England for the same against any person or per 
 sons that are or shall be lyablc therunto & the same of them 
 to recover levy and receive by due processc of lawe unto our 
 use : And also to doe & performe any act or thing requi 
 site therunto or touching the performance of his power & 
 
 1 Ralph Sprague, of Up\vay, in Dor- own request dismissed from the Boston 
 
 setshire, came to New England in 1G29, church. Of these Thomas James was the 
 
 as is generally agreed. He was one of pastor, and Increase Nowell the most 
 
 the thirty-three original members of the prominent man. Sprague became captain 
 
 church at Charlestown who were by their shortly, and was often representative. 
 
LKCUFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-HOOK. - 7 
 
 authority hereby given unto him for us & in our names as 
 effectually and fully to all intents and purposes as if our 
 selves were there present & llatcfying, allowing, & conlirm- 
 inf whatsoever our said Attorney shall lawfully doe in the 
 
 O " 
 
 premises. In witncsse whereof we have hereunto set our 
 hands <fc scales, the eighth day of November, Anno Dfii 1G-38, 
 Anntp RIl. Carol! Anglian, CYC. decimo quarto, eoram nobis, 
 Johe Wintrop, Governor of the Massachusetts in N. E. & inei 
 T. L. [Spraguc & ux. & Derby 2* GcZ.] 
 
 To ?;/ rrry worthy and good ffrcind M r . William Derby at his 
 house in Dorchester or at his lodging in Terme tyme at the 
 Suyerloafe in Sheerelane, London, these d [diver], 
 
 Worthy S r , I heare that my wife s i father is Deeeased, and 
 that he leaft a fairc estate behindc him. I knowc not 
 whether lice made a will or no: my wife and I hope that 
 there is a child s par to due unto us, because that she had noo 
 porcon as yet from her (Tat her in his life tyme. These are 
 therefore to cntrcate you to bo pleased to dcalc for us as ef 
 fectually & circumspectly in this businesse as you can and to 
 take all advantages for us in the thing, and that you would 
 receive what is, due to us, pay yo r selfe for all charges A; labour 
 in it out of what you receive, & retunio us the rest, by my 
 Sister Alice Eamcs at Po ml jerry mills. We thank the Lord 
 we are heere [23] well & in health, and we hope you arc so 
 also, and that worthy and godly man M^ White yo r Pastor, 
 to whome my wife I remember our service and vo r sclfe & 
 M? Pealc, beseeching the Lord (>od to keepe you & defend 
 you ct his Churches all in this evill tyme. So 1 rest 
 
 Yo r very loving ffreind 
 
 HALFE SPUAOUE. 
 BOSTON iii N. E. 8. 9. 1038. 
 
 Wee have sent you here-inclosed a letter of Attorney sealed 
 before our worthy Governo to the purpose in this letter 
 menconed. The writer hereof wbo hath given bis advise 
 in this businesse salutes you in the Lord. And 1 leave all 
 to vo r wiscdomc and discreation. 
 
38 LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 To my Loving Sister Alice Eames at Pomberry milles neare 
 Dorchester, these d. 
 
 Loving Sister, my love to you & o r frcinds w th you remcm- 
 bred, whereas I sent you a letter formerly to treate w th my 
 wife s ffathers executors about our porcon, I doe hereby 
 rcvoakc those letters & yo r power by them committed to you, 
 & desire you would goe to Mr Derby whome we have made 
 our Attorney, & knowe of him what is or can be done in the 
 matter, & if he shall recover any thing then you are to re 
 ceive it & send it to me <fc dispose of it according to my for 
 mer direccons, but howsoever I pray let us heare what is or 
 shall be done in the businesse. Soe the Lord keepe you & 
 yo 
 
 Yo r loving Brother 
 
 RALFE SPRAGUE. 
 BOSTON in N. E. 8. 9. 1638. 
 
 Mr. Throgmorton a draught of an Assignment, 23. 9. 1638. 
 
 To all to whome these presents shall come greeting, Knowe 
 yee that I John Graves l of Roxbury in New England, Cow- 
 leech, gardian of Sarah Graves my Daughter under age, Doe 
 hereby constitute and make my wellbeloved freinds Robert 
 Wood of Harlowe in the County of Essex, shoemaker, and 
 Nicholas Campo of Nasing in the said County, husbandman, 
 my true and lawfull Attorneys joyntly and severally for me 
 & in myne name and my said daughters name to demand and 
 receive and by suit of law if need be to recover of Lydia Ford 
 late of Nasing aforesaid, widdow, my Sister, the summe of 
 scaven pounds and tenne shillings, for six yeares rent of a 
 certainc peicc of meadow in Nasing aforesd, to be ended 
 the Twenty list day of March next ensuing the date hereof, 
 being parte of my said daughter s legacy, according to the 
 
 1 John (Intvos AV;IS a friend of John from the town of Nosing, in Essex, and 
 Eliot the Apostli-, coming, as did Eliot, living in Roxbury. IIo died in 1044. 
 
LKCIIFOUD S MAXrxriUPT NOTE-BOOK. 80 
 
 last will cv Testament of Thomas Finch lute of Hertford 
 in the county of Hertford, yeoman, deceased. And acquittance 
 or acquittances therefore in my name and my said Daughters 
 name to make upon such receipt, and the same money re 
 ceived to returne unto my wclhelovcd freind Nicholas Parker 2 
 of Boston in New England, Planter, whome 1 have appointed 
 to receive the same, llatefying [24] and allowing all and 
 whatsoever my said Attorneys or either of them shall law 
 fully Doc in the premises. In witnesse whereof I have here 
 unto set my hand it scale, the twenty third day of Novemb 1 " 
 Anno Put 1G-38, Annoup HR. (la roll Anglitc tte. decimo quarto. 
 Corain nohis, Tho : Savage et mei T. L. scr hujus. [1. 0] 
 
 To all to whome these presents shall come, I John Win- 
 trop Esq r (Governor of the Massachusetts in New England 
 send greeting in our Lord (Jod everlasting, Knowe yce that 
 Elizabeth Woolcott and Mary Woolcott, Daughters of John 
 Woolcott 3 heretofore of Glaston in the County of Somerset, 
 
 1 This provision for one of the 
 daughters of John Graves may ac 
 count lor the omission of her name in 
 his will, made. Nov. 1, 1014, by which 
 his estate was lefb to his wife, mother, 
 and children, except Sarah. Perhaps 
 she. was the only surviving child by 
 a .second wife (daughter of Thomas 
 Finch), who died shortly after his ar 
 rival in Xew England in May, 1033, 
 or of Judith Alward, or Allan), whom 
 he married in December, 1G35, his 
 third wife (compare Savage; see Jlox- 
 b u ry La n d lice >rds, p. 81). [T. ] 
 
 2 Nicholas Parker, of whom much 
 will, be seen from time to time in the 
 Note-look, had been a merchant of 
 lloxbury, where he lived at first, 
 but soon removed to Boston. lie 
 was probably brother of Richard Park 
 er, who also appears frequently in the 
 Note-look ; but I believe there is no 
 direct evidence to show that this was 
 the case. 
 
 8 "John Wolcott, Cambridge or 
 Watertown, freeman, 4th March, 1G35 ; 
 representative, May following ; died in 
 July, 1033. His inventory, taken 17th 
 of that month by three of the chinch 
 members, Ilev. George Philips being 
 one, and the prefix of respect, show 
 that lie was a man of esteem" (Suv- 
 <j< ). His first wife died probably 
 before his coming to New England. 
 He left a widow, Winifred, who after 
 wards married Thomas Allen, of 1 Jam- 
 stable (Bond s IVatcrtown, p. G(>S. 
 On p. 97o Bond refers to a notice of 
 John Wolcott in History of JJronkfidd, 
 pp. 37, 38). Tho memorandum to 
 "write to Henry Wolcott, of Wind 
 sor," to inform him of the choice of 
 guardians by Hie daughters, indicates 
 the relationship of John Wolcott to the 
 Windsor family. The elder daughter 
 bore the .same name with the wife of 
 Henry Wolcott, Elizabeth [Saundersl. 
 May not John have been the eldest 
 
40 LECIIFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 yeoman, and laic; of Watertowne in New England, planter, 
 deceased, and of Mary sometimes his wife also deceased, are 
 at the tyme of the making hereof in full life and good health, 
 and further they have before me chosen and intreated their 
 Uncles Richard Yaylo of Glaston aforesd, yeoman, and Chris 
 topher Atkins of the same, mercer, to be their guardians 
 joyntly and severally for them and in their names to take up, 
 occupy and enjoy all those their Goppihold Lands and Tene 
 ments lying in or neare Glaston aforesaid, in whatsoever 
 maimor or mannors in the said County until they shall re 
 spectively be of full age or married, and then to render them 
 an account of the issues and profits of the same Lands A: 
 Tenements, and also the possession thereof according to their 
 right. And that in the meancwhile they their said uncles 
 would for them and in their names do or cause to be done 
 all such suit & service to the Court or Courts of the Lord 
 or Lords of the premises, and all other things, as shall be 
 requisite according to the Law and cnstome or customes of 
 the Maimor or Mannors where the said lands & tenements 
 doe lye, for the better obteyning, holding and enjoying the 
 premises accordingly. In witnesse whereof I have hereunto 
 set my hand and the publiquc scale of our Colony. Dated 
 at Boston in the Massachusetts aforesaid, the 2u th Day of 
 November, Anno Dili, lu oS, Annocp R R Caroli Angliie 
 etc. 14. [Is. (M. Wooleott.] 
 
 [ The folloiviny noted in the mar<jin.~\ Write to Henry Wool- 
 cott of Windsor in N. E. at M. George Scarle mercer in Tanton 
 
 son of Henry and Elizabeth, born in ily record makes no mention of him." 
 
 1607, who did not accompany his pa- The.sc daughters of John Wolcott, of 
 
 rents to New England, hut was living Wutertown, probably returned to Kng- 
 
 in Wellington, Somersetshire, in 1(531 ? land to the care of their guardians, 
 
 In a notice of "Henry Wolcott and which, on the supposition of the iden- 
 
 his Children " in the Congregational tity of the father with the son of 
 
 Qa<(ii( //// for April, 1859 (vol. i. p. 149). Henry, would account for the disap- 
 
 the writer, l!ev. Samuel Wolcott, says pearanre of their names from the fam- 
 
 tliat the eldest son, John, "apparently ily record. (This is not noticed in 
 
 never emigrated to America. He had the recently published Wolcott Family 
 
 died without issue previous to the date Memoirs, 1881.) [T.] 
 of his father s will, in 1G55. The fain- 
 
LEClll-ORirS MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 41 
 
 & Edward Woolcott of Axbridgc in Sonlsct mercer tliesc to 
 1)0 miidc gardians. 
 
 [25] Be it knowne unto all men by these presents that we 
 Elizabeth Woolcott and Mary Woolcott daughters of John 
 W^oolcott heretofore of (Jlaston in the County of Somerset 
 yeoman and late of Watertowne in New England planter 
 deceased and of Mary sometimes his wife also Deceased 
 being at this time respectively & severally under the age of 
 twenty and one ycarcs and here rcmayning beyond the seas 
 in the parts of New England doe hereby choose and intreate 
 our welbeloved Uncles Richard Yaylc of Glaston aforesaid 
 yeoman and Christofer Atkins of the same mercer to be our 
 gardians joyntly and severally for us and in our names to 
 take up occupy and enjoy all those our Coppihold Lauds and 
 Tenements lying in or nearc Glaston aforesaid in whatsoever 
 Mannor or Manners in the said County untill wee shall re 
 spectively bo of full ago or married and then to render us an 
 account of the issues and profitts of the same Lands & Tene 
 ments and also the possession thereof according to our 
 right and that in the mcanc while they our said Uncles 
 would for us and in our names doe or cause to bo done all 
 such suit and, .service to the Court or Courts of the Lord or 
 Lords of the premises and all other things as shall be requi 
 site according to the Law and customc or customes of the 
 Mannor or Mannors where the said Lands and Tenements 
 doe lye for the better obteyning holding and enjoying the 
 premises accordingly. In witucsse whereof we have hereunto 
 set our hands <fc scales the Twenty sixth day of November 
 Anno Dili 1638. Annocp R R a Caroli Anglic c. decimo 
 quarto. Coram nobis Joh Wiuthrop Gub r et T. L. [2s. 6ci] 
 
 A Bond drawen for M r5s Woolcott to M* [>W,-.] [Is.] 
 
 A writing for John Poolc l concerning the [death, erased^] 
 correction & examination of John England, 4. 10. 1688. 
 
 1 "John Poolo, for abusing his scr- Boston, Dec. 4, 1638 (Mass. Coll. 
 vant, was fined 5 " by the court at lice. i. 247). Mr. Poolc had before this 
 
42 LECHFORD^S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 [26] To all xxian [Christian] people to whome these 
 presents shall come Wee James Cade l late of Northam in the 
 County of Devon and now of Boston in New England ship 
 wright and Margaret his wife send greeting in our Lord God 
 everlasting Knowc yee that we the said James and Margaret 
 for and in divers considerations us thereunto moving Doe by 
 these presents grant a lien and cnfeorle unto George Stranire 
 gent All that one dwelling house lately erected and four- 
 tcenc acres of land lying in severall places in the parish of 
 Northam aforesaid now or late in the tenure or occupation 
 of Mary Busvyne widdow or her assignes and all rents ser 
 vices and revercons therof and all deeds and evidences only 
 concerning the same in whose custody soever they be To 
 have and to hold the said Dwelling house & land w th all 
 and singulare the appurtenances unto the said G. S. his 
 hcircs and assignes for ever To the only use and proper 
 behoofe of the said G. S. his hcires and assignes for ever 
 And Whereas I the said James Cade have interest and 
 right unto one rent charge or annuity of five pounds per 
 annu going or coining out of three mesuagcs and tene 
 ments and fowcr acres of land lying in Northam aforesaid 
 lately purchased by William Lee of the same Esq r of Chris- 
 tofer Cade ffather of me the said James or by the said 
 William Lee his heires or a555 to be payd unto me the said 
 James or my assignes after the death of Mary Hopper my 
 
 removed from Boston to Lynn. This in England. It offers an important 
 
 John England, his servant, is probably contribution to the Cade (Cady) gene- 
 
 the same who was at New Haven in alogy. James Cade, of Hinghum, 1685, 
 
 1645 and 1G47, and afterwards of Bran- "came, it is .said, from Wales, or the 
 
 ford, where he died in 1655 (New "West of England, which," as Mr. Sav- 
 
 ILn-cii Cut. liccords, i. 1(53, 294; ii. 186). ngu thought, "is very loose." This 
 
 [T.] draught shows him to have come from. 
 
 1 This conveyance was probably Xortharn, County Devon, where his 
 
 made, or designed to be made (for the father, Christopher Cade, had held 
 
 omission of the names of witnesses, laud, which he sold, charged with an 
 
 ami of the usual articles of agreement annuity to his wife Margaret, and died 
 
 creating the trust, make it doubtful if before the date of this instrument, 
 
 it was ever executed), in trust, to en- leaving sons, James and John, and 
 
 able Mr. Strange to sell and give eon- probably a daughter, Thomasine, wife 
 
 veyance of the premises to a purchaser of John Roe. [T.] 
 
LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 43 
 
 mothr for and during the lives of mo tho said James John 
 Cade my brother and Thomasin Roe wife of John line of 
 Abbotsliani in the said County Mariner and the longest liver 
 of us, I The said James doc hereby grant alien assigne and 
 convey unto the said [Wtm/,-] the said rent charge and all 
 the right title and interest of me the said James of in and to 
 the same and every parcell thereof To have and to hold the 
 said rent charge or annuity w th all and singularc [27] the 
 last mentioned premises wth the appurtcnccs whatsoever 
 unto the said G. S. and his assigncs during the tearmc 
 aforesaid And Whereas also wee the said James and Mar 
 garet hold for the life of the said Margaret one mcsuagc or 
 tenement wth the appurtenances lying in Uiddei ord in the 
 said County wee doc hereby grant and assigne unto the said 
 [&/M&] all our and each of our right title interest <fc pos 
 session of and in the said last mentioned mesuage or Tene 
 ment To have and to hold the said last mentioned premises 
 w th the appurtenances whatsoever unto the said G. S. & his 
 assigncs for and during the tearmc aforesaid. And Wee 
 the said James and Margaret doe for ourselves our hcircs 
 executors administrators and assigncs promise <fc grant to 
 the said G. S. his hcircs and assigncs by these presents that 
 wcc the saiil James and Margaret our heircs executors ad 
 ministrators and assigncs shall and will from time to tymc 
 and at all tymcs hereafter within twenty yeares next ensu 
 ing the date hereof at the reasonable request and at the 
 costs & charges in the law of the said G. S. his heircs and 
 assigncs make doc execute levy acknowledge and suffer or 
 cause to be made done executed levycd acknowledged and 
 suffered all and every such further and other reasonable act 
 and acts thing and things assurances and conveyances in 
 the Law whatsoever for the more sure conveying and sure 
 making of all and singulare the scverall premises and every 
 partc and parcell thereof unto the said G. S. his hcires 
 and assignes according to the true meaning of these pres 
 ents be it by fline or flincs rccovcrie or recoveries ffeoff- 
 mcnts grants bonds or other assurances whatsoever as by 
 the said G. S. his hcircs or assignes shall be reasonably 
 
44 LECIIFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 advised devised or required soc that for the doing suffering 
 or acknowledging thereof the said James and Margaret 
 their hcires executors administrators or assignes shall not 
 he compelled to travell out of the Jurisdiccon of the Massa 
 chusetts in New England And we the said James and Mar 
 garet [28] doe hy these presents nominate constitute & 
 appoint our wclhelovcd frcinds Walter Lawrence of Abbots- 
 haiu in the said County yeoman and Philip Gibh of Northam 
 aforesaid our true & sufficient Attorneys ioyntly and sever 
 ally for us and in our names to enter into and upon the sev- 
 crall premises hereby granted or any of them & possession 
 thcrof to take and afterwards full quiet & peaceable pos 
 session livery and seisin thcrof to deliver over unto the said 
 CT. S. according to the purporte and true meaning of these 
 presents Ratcfying and allowing whatsoever our said Attor 
 neys or either of them shall lawfully doc in the premises In 
 witnessc whereof Wee have hereunto set our hands & scales 
 the fourth day of Deccmbr Anno Dili 1638 And in the foure- 
 tecnth yeare of the raigne of our Soveraigne Lord Charles 
 by the grace of Cod King of England &. Coram. 
 
 To my loving Freind, Mr. Edmond Browne, 1 at Plymouth, 
 
 these d. 
 
 MR. BROWNE. I was somewhat grcivcd [when I was told 
 of ; crossed out] at a bitter scoffe you put upon me when you 
 were in the Bay last, about the Howe. I confessc 1 did not at 
 the present well heare what you said, or not apprehend your 
 meaning, but afterwards I understood it. I have not seen you 
 since. 1 use not to flatter or mock at those I respect, or others, 
 and I cannot but tell you it was a signe of little charitic <fe 
 respect in you towards me, w th a biting jest to add to the at flic- 
 
 1 This must be the Ilcv. Edmund show that they arrived in New Eng- 
 
 IJrown, first minister of Sudlmry, where laud hy the samo vessel, June 27, 1G38, 
 
 he was ordained in August, 1610. Mr. which Lechford notes as "the day of 
 
 Savage says that he "came over, his landing." In his first draught, 
 
 1GU7 ; " but Lechford s reference to a Lechford addressed him, with the famil- 
 
 discussion "on shipboard" (though iarity of old friendship, as Ned Browne, 
 
 subsequently crossed out) smiis to but subsequently crossed this out. [T.] 
 
LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 45 
 
 tion of the afflicted wlioine ratlicr you should have comforted : 
 so much for that. 1 tookc you for my ffreind and therefore did 
 freely open my mind to you from lime to time, ever since we 
 came acquainted. I. shewed you therefore my writings on the 
 Apocalyps and other scriptures, whereon you tookc notes and 
 promised you would write me somewhat in answerc, to rectify 
 me if .1 were mistaken in any thing, w ch yet you have not 
 done. It may be you have not had leasure [hut I shall ex 
 pect it, because by yo r contrary opinion some have been car 
 ry oil, I conceive, not only against me, but against the truth, 
 w th some prchtdice ; crossed out~\. I hope you will not deny 
 me that freimlly office of love, but give me yo r opinion as 
 soone as you can. Also, you knowe you and I differing about 
 the point of prophesying in the Churches, we agreed [on ship 
 board ; cmsscd out] to set downc our opinions therein under 
 our hands. I for my part did so, and delivered the sam<- to 
 Mr. Downing, 1 whome 1 intrcatcd to [29] communicate the 
 same to you, and so 1 belcivc he did; however [for feare of 
 failure ; crossed out ] out of respect to you <fc in performance 
 of inv word, 1 have sent you here a coppy of the propositions. 
 Now I desire that yon would also pcrformc yo 1 word and send 
 me your opinion in this thing, when you can finde loasuro and 
 opportunity, that I may be advised and rectifycd by you if L 
 mistake, or els that if you agree to me I may be confirmed in 
 the truth. I pray let us not be strangers one to another. 
 You may perceive I doe not forget you ; though you never 
 came to visit me, I visit, you by letter: but when you come 
 hither, if you please 1 shall be glad to see you, that we may 
 come to a better understanding of each other. I pray p r scnt 
 my service to Mr. Winslowe and to Mr. Chancey <J and his 
 
 1 Em ami el Downing, the brother- ford I am inclined to Ix-Hove that they 
 
 in -law of Governor \Vinthrop. Mr. were fellow-passengers from Kngland. 
 
 Savage supposed that he arrived with [T.] 
 
 Captain Peiree early in October, 1638. 2 Rev. Charles fhauncy, afterwards 
 lie and his wife were admitted mem- president of the college at Cambridge, 
 bers of the Salem Church, November 4 Avas at this time preaching at Ply- 
 following ( JFintJi., i. 330, note). But mouth as the colleague or assistant of 
 M uss. licrord^, i. 230, show that he was R,ev. John Ileyner (see irinfh., i. 330). 
 here at least as early as September 4 ; [T.] 
 and from this reference to him by Lech- 
 
46 
 
 LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 wife. Soc I pray God to blesse you in all yo r good proceed 
 ings, and notw tb standing [all former offences and jeeres ; 
 crossed out~\ anything herein seeming to the contrary, I 
 
 remainc v _ ,,, . 
 
 I o r lire in u to doe you any 
 
 offices of love very ready, 
 
 T. L. 
 
 BOSTON, 10. 10. 1G;J8. 
 
 1 Virtute Ilaru Patent Sercnissimi Dili nFi Caroli Regis 
 Anglise etc. Ego Joh 09 Winthrop Ar Gubiiator Coloniai De 
 Massachusctt in Nova Anglia, Licentiam Dedi, et per p r scntes 
 potcstatcm concede Stephano Winthrop 2 mcrcatori et Will 
 Goose Rectori sivc Nauclero navicula) vocata3 le Sparrowe De 
 Boston oncris quinquaginta dolioru vcl circiter cum septcm 
 personis cisdein adjunctis ad Insulas vocat SiuTiers Hands 
 
 [ " By virtue of these Patents of our 
 Most Serene Lord Charles, King of Eng 
 land, etc., I, John Winthrop, Esquire, 
 Governor of the Colony of Massachusetts 
 in New England, have given License, 
 and by these presents I allow power, to 
 Stephen Winthrop, merchant, and Wil 
 liam Goose, commander or master of the 
 vessel called the Sparrowe, of Boston, 
 of fifty tons burden, or thereabouts, with 
 seven persons joined to them, to sail to 
 those Islands called the Summers Islands, 
 otherwise Bermudas, and there to do busi 
 ness with the inhabitants of that region. 
 And if it shall come to pass that on ac 
 count of adverse winds you shall not be 
 able to reach the said islands, then it 
 shall be allowable for you to travel to 
 other islands inhabited by subjects or 
 allies of our King, to the peaceful accom 
 plishment of your business. And I 
 therefore ask from all Governors and 
 other Kulcrs having any jurisdiction or 
 authority whatsoever in places of the 
 kind aforesaid, that the said vessel may 
 be received with men and goods into 
 your ports, and may be permitted, hav 
 ing finished their business, to go thence 
 
 quietly ; and so may your men expect 
 and find the same kindness from us if 
 occasion should offer. Provided always 
 that by virtue of this Commission it 
 shall not be allowed the said Stephen 
 and William or their men to inflict any 
 hurt or injury upon any one, or to do 
 business with any men in islands or 
 places prohibited to the commerce of our 
 King of England, except by urgent neces 
 sity, on account of provisions or safety. 
 In testimony of this thing I have caused 
 the public seal of the said Colony to be 
 allixed to these presents, to remain good 
 for six months, and no longer. Given 
 on the twentieth day of December, in 
 the year of our Lord 1638." 
 
 2 Stephen Winthrop, fourth son of 
 John Winthrop, but first by his third 
 wife, Margaret, born 1G19, and died in 
 England, 1G52, or thereabouts. He held 
 certain offices in New England, but in 
 1(545 or 1616 went back to take part in 
 the Civil War, where he acquired dis 
 tinction, both civil and military. Of 
 his partner, William Goose, nothing to 
 speak of is known. 
 
LECIIFOUD S MAXUSCRirr NOTE-BOOK. 47 
 
 alias Bermuda navigaro ei il>i ronimcrf ia Inhere cinn incolis 
 illius loci. Et si contingat quod oh ventos adversos insuias 
 pra?dictas attingcrc non possitis, tune licobit vobis ad aliquas 
 alias insulas a Regis im subditis vel confoedcratis inhabitatas 
 applicarc ad nogotia vcstra pacificc peragcnda. Pcto itaqtic 
 ab omnibus Gubernatorib" ct aliis Jurisdiccbncm vel Authori- 
 tatcm quacunquc in huiusmodi locis habentib* 1 lit navicula 
 praxlca cum lio ibus ct bonis suis in portus vras recipiatur et 
 ncgotiis pcractis illinc quictc solvcrc pcrmittatur, ct sic can- 
 deni a nobis gratiani (occasione oblata) hoYes vestri semper 
 cxpectarc possint ct invcnicnt. Proviso semper quod favoro 
 buius Commissionis non liccbit pra>fat Hteplfo ct (ulielmo 
 vel lu/ibns suis dainnii vel gravamen aliquod alicui inferre, 
 nee ComnuTcia habcrc cum ullis bo ibus in insulis sivc locis 
 T* liege nrii Angliae morcaturii probibitis nisi urgcntc neces 
 sitate ob victa vel salutcm. In cuius rci tcstimoniu sigillu 
 publicfl Colonioj pracdictus prosscnti scripto apponi fcci f sex 
 menses ct non ultra in virttito mancro. Dat viccsimo Die 
 Dccembris Anno Dm 1G38. 
 
 [Letter from Thomas Lccliford to Ilugli Peters 1 ;] 
 
 WORTHY MB. PETERS. My service remembered to you, tbese 
 are to let you (as a friend in tbe Lord, upon whom my heart 
 much did and doth depend for counsel and ayde,) vndcrstand 
 some of my affaires ; wherein I presume upon [w^i/,-] 2 and 
 your wisdom and gracious disposition which I have ever 
 observed in you since I was your auditor and hung upon your 
 Ministry at the Graves or Sepulchres. 3 You may easily con 
 ceive how it is with me, touching my estate or livelihood, 
 being thrown out of my station in England, and [desirous to 
 
 1 Hugh Fetors, liorn 1599, came to from the short-hand copy in the Note- 
 
 New Kngland in the. " Abigail," as it is look (see Introduction to Plainc Dc.al- 
 
 thought, in 1635, was settled the fourth iny, pp. xiv and xvii). 
 
 minister of Salem, Dec. 21, 1636. He 2 Some word or words were here 
 
 went back to England, in the same omitted by the writer when making 
 
 ship with Lech ford, in 1641, and en- his short-hand copy. [T.] 
 
 g-iged vigorously in the Civil War. lie 3 St. Sepulchre s, in London, where 
 
 was executed at the return of Charles II., Hugh Peters was for some time a much- 
 
 Oct. 1C, 1660. This letter is deciphered approved preacher. 
 
48 LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 make a virtue of necessity?], in joyning to the people and 
 Churches of God here, 1 forsook preferment in a Prince s 
 court, that was offered to me, who of Christian Princes is the 
 chief for godlynesse (as I was assured) Gcorgius Ragotzki, 1 
 Prince of Transylvania and Lord of Lower Hungary, successor 
 to Bethlem Gabor ; likewise the Lords of Providence 2 offered 
 me place of preferment with them, which I will not name: 
 Hither I have come, and the Lord knows my heart, faine 
 would I joync with your Churches, hut first I desired to open 
 my mind in some matcriall things of weight concerning our 
 profession, even the Christian faith ; which I did. so God is my 
 witncsse,not lightly or hastily take up, but upon good grounds 
 and mature (as I hope) deliberation, long before I resolved to 
 betake myself into these parts of the world : therefore farrc 
 was it from mo, and shall ever be, to raise purposely any 
 stirro here; for I love quictncsso and ease too* well, and am 
 quickly discouraged. My strength is but small and my judge 
 ment young and slender in great affaires of State. I showed 
 you my books: you had not leisure to peruse them. I like 
 wise, long before, showed my inainc book to Air. Cotton. He 
 had not leisure to read it; and the first draught of that Of 
 Prophesie, it lay in his house at least five wcckes : After the 
 Court here ended, I delivered that Of Prophesie to Air. 
 Deputy [Thomas Dudley] 3 to advise thereof as a private 
 
 1 Gcorgollakoczy (orRagotzki), born the defeat of the Turks ut tho buttle 
 
 1591, was elected Prince of Transyl- of Sclmlonta in 1636, prosecuted the 
 
 vania (Siebenbiirgen) in 1G31, about war against Ferdinand II. and the 
 
 t\vo years after the death of Bethlen Roman Catholic party, until the rights 
 
 Gabor, whose daughter he had inar- of the Protestants were for a time 
 
 rie 1. lie was a zealous champion of the secured by the treaty of peace of Lintz 
 
 Protestants of Hungary and Bohemia, in 16-15. He died Oct. 14, 1648 (Zed- 
 
 who had suffered bitter persecution ler s Lexicon, art. " Kagoezy, George ; " 
 
 under the reign of Ferdinand II. and Moreri ; Encyc. Lrit., art. " Hungary "). 
 
 his successor (1637), Ferdinand III. [T.J 
 
 The Bohemians had elected as their 2 See Trumbull s note, Plainr. Dctcl- 
 
 prince Frederick of the Pl alx, son-in- in</, p. 17. 
 
 law of James I. of Kngland, with 3 See Dudley s harsh judgment of 
 
 whom Botlileu and his successor, book and man, in letter to Winthrop, 
 
 George Kakoe/cy, maintained a firm 2 Mass. Hist. Soc. Proc., pp. 311-312, 
 
 alliance. The latter, having estab- and also in another letter, 4 Mass. Hist. 
 
 lished himself in his principality by Soc. Coll., vii. 111. 
 
LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 49 
 
 friend, as a godly man and a member of tho Church, whether 
 it were fit to be published. The next news 1 had was, that at 
 first dash he accused me of heresy and wrote to M? Governor 
 [Winthrop] that my book was litter to be burned. Wot you 
 what that heresy was ? Why a thing 1 never intended, neither 
 did you see when you read it ; that I said the Apostles of 
 churches had not power of to command, and I thought 
 the Apostles of Christ claimed no other power than according 
 to the word and will of Christ ; therefore, (say he and some 
 other,) I implied the Apostles of Christ might erre : and 
 indeed my words might have been so strained. But the truth 
 is, Apostles ought to rcmainc in the Churches, likewise Evan 
 gelists and Prophets, as well as Pastors or Teachers, else we 
 must be beholden to the sins of men for the propagation of 
 the Cospell : we must stay at home till they persecute us 
 abroad, and then we may preach the Gospell. Not that I hold 
 myself (the Lord knows my heart and my insufficiency!) fit 
 for any of these great workes. Likewise, Prophcsie is as I 
 have said, as I verily believe; and also Tongues ought to be 
 learned and spoken, as 1 have proposed. 1 speake according 
 to my light, and dare do no otherwise. If hotly pursued me 
 Master Deputy, I impute it to his zealc against errors: I am 
 not angrie witli him for it : but when I saw seven shepherds 
 and eight principall men called out against me, as if 1 were 
 an Assyrian, 1 I thought there might be something in me to 
 bee reproved, and that it concerned mce to lookc about mcc. 
 I dealt plaiuely : I told that I held, and so doe from my heart, 
 the Apostles neither did nor could crrc, because infallibly in 
 spired by the Holy Ghost. Thereupon my book was referred 
 to the consideration of the Elders. Having intimated a word 
 of my other mainc taskc to M 1 ! Deputy, they all now press 
 me to produce that: 1 told them it was not ready for theire 
 view; 1 must fa ire write it, and alter some things; yet at 
 length, upon promise that I should have it againe (for if it be 
 no error, I will not part with it for 100.) I promised to let 
 them see it. I have accordingly left it to Mr. Deputy and the 
 
 1 The allusion is to Micah v. 5. [T.] 
 4 
 
50 LECIIFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK, 
 
 Governor (who also desired to see it). Now the reason I 
 open these things to you so, is this : First, that if you hearc 
 of some of these things, you may from me understand the 
 truth itselfe : Secondly, that I may not he judged upon [im 
 perfections ?] in my writings, hy your ayde and counscll to 
 the contrary : Thirdly, that the assembly of the Elders may 
 he full when you undertake to sifte the maine matters ; and 
 that you shall be one, M* Warde l another, and M? Parker of 
 Newbury ; and that M^ Norton and M^ Phillips may likewise 
 be called, for it will concerne you all. The maine question 
 will be, whether the hierarchy of Rome, or papacie, although 
 antichristian, be that Man of Sin [etc.] ? I meane the maine 
 that will trouble either mee or the churches : the other things 
 
 O 
 
 I confessc arc also of great consequence, but they all concerne 
 the day of Judgment and things [after ?] in the great and 
 excellent Kingdom of our Lord : and I wrote you this letter 
 (because of some receipt of injury that hereof is) to let you 
 know that I appeal to all the teaching Elders of the Churches 
 within this Jurisdiction, et vos omnes testor per nomen caris- 
 simum Domini nostri Jesu Christi, that you soundly and 
 maturely would advise and consult of the matter ; and regard 
 with all lawfull favour 
 
 Your unworthy servant, 
 
 THOMAS LECHFORD, 
 BOSTON, 3. 11? 1G38. 
 
 [ 31] Let all men knowc by these presents that whereas I 
 Richard Walker 2 of Lynnc in New E., planter, upon the 
 special instance and request of [Wanfc] Howes, 3 late of Lynne 
 aforesd and now of Mattachecs, pltr, became suerity for him 
 for a certaine debt of his lately owing unto one Samuel Smith, 
 
 1 These are evidently Nathaniel for some years, and then afterwards for 
 Ward and John Norton, of Ipswich, Reading, whither he removed aliout 
 Thomas Parker, of Newbury, and George 1050; he returned, however, to Lynn, 
 Phillips, ofWatertown. where he died, very aged, in 1G87. 
 
 2 Richard Walker, of Lynne, thought 8 Two of the name, Samuel ami 
 to have come in 1630, was an officer in Thomas Howes, were at Yarmouth 
 the militia, so called, and a represen- (Mattachces, or Mattakrese) in 1G38. 
 tutive for Lynn in the General Court [T.] 
 
LECIIFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 51 
 
 the said Howes promising and undertaking to save me harmc- 
 lesse of the sayd suertiship and all Daimnagcs that sliould 
 arise and eomc upon me by reason of the same, and the said 
 Samuel Smith presented his accon for the said Debt against 
 both me and the said Howes, before the Governor Councell 
 and Assistants of the Jurisdiccon of the Massachusetts in 
 New E. in the Court there holden before them, the fourth day 
 of the tenth moncth of this present yeare and thcrtipon re 
 covered against me and the said Howes the siimmc of thirty 
 bushells of corne and tenne shillings for costs of suit in dis 
 charge whereof I was compelled to pay the summc of nyne 
 pounds and tennc shillings, the said Howes not having payd 
 any parte thereof, and also I have ben put to other charges 
 in travcll &, expcnces hereabout, to the summe of twelve shil 
 lings. Now I the said Richard Walker doe hereby authorize 
 and appoint my wclbeloved frcind Edward Dillingham of 
 Sandwich in N. E. gent, my true & lawfull Attorney to sue 
 the said [Wc/fc] Howes for me <fc in my name upon this my 
 accon of trespas upon the case, and my Dammagcs thereupon 
 to recover of and against him the said [blank ] Howes, to my 
 use, before the Governor and Court of the Jurisdiccon of New 
 Plimouth or elsewhere, Witnesse my hand and scale hereunto 
 set, the Twenty nynth day of the eleventh moncth, Anno Dni 
 1G38. In p r ncia mei T. L. [Is.] 
 
 This Indenture made the last Day of February, in the foure- 
 tecnth yeare of the raigne of our Soveraigne Lord Charles by 
 the grace of God King of England c. Annocp Dm 1638, 
 Betwecnc Samuel Cole of Boston in New England, Inholder, 
 of the one parte, and Captaine Robert Sedgwicke 1 of Charlcs- 
 towne in New England aforesaid, of the other parte, Witncss- 
 eth, that the said Samuel Cole 2 for and in consideration of 
 
 1 Robert Sedgwick,* a man of groat 2 "Samuel Cole set up the first 
 
 consequence, came in lf>35 to Charles- house for common entertainment" in 
 
 town ; died in .Jamaica, 1650. He was Boston in 1633 or 1634 ( JJ infh., i. 124- 
 
 ii prominent military man, captain of the 125). Tie was licensed by the General 
 
 artillery company in 1640, commander Court, September, 1635, under the Act 
 
 of the Castle the next year, and after- for the Regulation of Ordinaries passed 
 
 wards major-general of the Colony. the year previous (Mass. Rccords/i. 159) ; 
 
52 LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 the sumine of two hundred pounds of lawfull money of Eng 
 land to him in hand satislied & payd by the said Captainc 
 Sedgwicke, before the sealing and delivery hereof , whereof and 
 
 and his was the principal, if not the 
 only, inn of Boston until September, 
 1638, when, as appears by this convey 
 ance, and the articles of agreement which 
 follow, he sold it to Captain Robert Sedg- 
 wick. The position of the inn has al 
 ways been supposed to have been "on 
 the west side of Merchants Row, mid 
 way from State Street to Faneuil Hull " 
 (Whitman s Hist. Ancient and Hon. Ar 
 tillery Co., 2d ed., p. 45 ; see also Drake s 
 Boston, pp. 232, 240, and Memorial 
 History of UostoH, vol. ii. p. xx.). It 
 seems, however, from this deed that its 
 position was immediately to the north 
 of Edward Hutchinson s estate, whereon 
 the Old Corner Bookstore now stands. 
 The grounds for this opinion are as fol 
 lows : Cole kept an inn and sold beer 
 and wine, suffering various fines and 
 punishments, until March 12, 1G38, 
 when he received leave to sell his house 
 for an inn. This deed in the text is 
 dated the last day of February, 1638 ; 
 there is nothing to show that it was 
 immediately executed. The last men 
 tion of Cole as an innkeeper is May 2, 
 1G3S. In 1042, "whereas Capt. Sedg- 
 wick hath before this time set up a 
 brew-house at his great charge, & very 
 commodious for this part of the country, 
 he is freely licenced to brew beer to sell," 
 etc. (Muss. Records, i. 214). Thus it 
 would seem that Sedgwick, having pur 
 chased the inn, took up the business of 
 innkeeping as Cole dropped it. It seems 
 that the business was carried on upon 
 the spot named above rather than by 
 the waterside, from the fact that Srdg- 
 wiek is given this piece of ground alone 
 in the Hook of Possessions, and that 
 nlthough the land in the text is not 
 accurately described, the idea to be got 
 
 therefrom is that it was to the north of 
 Mr. Hutchinson s estate. That Cole 
 kept his inn on this spot seems clear 
 from the fact that ho is said in the deed 
 to have lately dwelled there, and also 
 from his having at this time no other 
 land (known to us), except perhaps a 
 piece which he sold in 1645 to George 
 llalsall, a blacksmith and ferryman, 
 who had no license to sell beer or keep 
 an inn ; from which it would seem that 
 none had been kept there. 
 
 [For this reasoning I am indebted to 
 Mr. George Lamb, who was kind enough, 
 upon iny application^ *to look up all the 
 property held by Cole and by Seilg- 
 wick, and to send me his opinion upon 
 the subject. E. E. H., Jr.] 
 
 In June, 1637, the young Lord Ley, 
 son of the Earl of Marlborough, arriving 
 at Boston when Governor Winthrop was 
 absent, "took up his lodging at the 
 common inn ; " and afterwards declined 
 the Governor s invitation to become his 
 guest, "saying, that he came not to be 
 troublesome to any, and the house where 
 he was, was so well governed that he 
 could be as private there as elsewhere " 
 (}Viuth., i. 230). A few months after 
 wards (Nov. 15, 1637) Mr. Cole " being 
 convented for having had much disorder 
 in his house, selling wine contrary to 
 order, and beare above the price or 
 dered," was fined 30 ( Mass. Records, i. 
 208). At the same Court his name ap 
 pears among those of " Boston men to 
 be disarmed" for their sympathy with 
 Mr. Wheelwright and Mrs. Ilutchinson. 
 In March, 1638, his fine Avas "respited 
 till the next Court, and hce hath lib 
 erty to sell his house, for an inne " 
 (Ibid., p. 226). And after he had effected 
 the sale, his fine was again remitted, 
 
LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 wherewith the said Samuell Doth acknowledge himsclfe sat 
 isfied & paid, and thereof and of every purtc thereof 
 doth acquitc, release & forever discharge the said Captaine 
 
 and finally " discounted," by a grant 
 of 10, iu November, 1639 (Ibid., pp. 
 245, 279). Subsequently Mr. Cole lived 
 at I umney Marsh (Chelsea), where he 
 had a "great allotment" of laud, 
 laid out in 1037. He was one of the 
 constables of Boston in 16-48 ; select 
 man, 1653, and for several years after 
 (Drake s Boston, pp. 235, 312, 333, etc.). 
 
 It appears by this conveyance and 
 the accompanying articles of agree 
 ment, that in September, 1638, or 
 shortly before, he was living in the 
 south half of a new house, adjoining 
 the old (which was yet standing), the 
 north part of which was sold to Thomas 
 Marry ott (or Marrett) and others ; and 
 that Mr. William Hutchinson and his 
 wife were his next-door neighbors un 
 til the removal of Mr. Hutchinson to 
 Khode Island. 
 
 Whether Captain Sedgwick occu 
 pied for a time the house purchased 
 of Mr. Cole, or let it to some other 
 person as an ordinary, does not ap- 
 penr. In November, 1637, he had 
 " set up a brew house," and was li 
 censed by the Court to brew and sell 
 beer (Mans. Records, i. 214). In No 
 vember, 1639, he "was admonished 
 to take heede of oppression" (Ibid., p. 
 279), but of what kind, the record does 
 not inform us. A few months later 
 (April 30, 1640) William Hudson 
 having been chosen by the town of 
 Boston to keep an ordinary was 
 allowed by the Particular Court, and 
 by the General Court in May follow 
 ing (Iltid., pp. 287, 290). 
 
 Josselyn says: "In 1637 there were 
 not many houses in the Town of Bos 
 ton, amongst which were two houses 
 of entertainment, called Ordinaries " 
 
 (Second Voyage,, p. 173; 3 Mass. Hi fit. 
 Coll., iii. 337). Mr. Drake thought 
 that "if Josselyn meant that there 
 were two inns in 1637, he probably 
 included the/ one in Charlestown," as 
 there is nothing in the records to show 
 that there was more than one in Bos 
 ton (Hist, of Boston, p. 240, note). 
 But it is certain that William Baulstou 
 (or Balstone) was "licensed to keepo 
 a house of intcrtainment and ... to 
 sell such claret and white wine as is 
 sent for," in June, 1637 (Mass, Rec 
 ords, i. 199). Balstone, like Samuel 
 Cole, was an adherent of Mrs. Hutch 
 inson ; like Cole, he was lined prob 
 ably for "disorder in his house" in 
 November, 1637, and disarmed, with 
 other Boston Antinomians, the same 
 month ; having been previously fined 
 and disfranchised for signing the peti 
 tion in favor of Mr. Wheelwright. 
 The following March he was licensed 
 to depart the jurisdiction of Massa 
 chusetts (with Coddington, Coggeshnll, 
 and others), and not long afterward? 
 removed to Portsmouth, II. I. (.l/ii-w. 
 Records, i. 207, 208, 212, 223 ; Sav 
 age, Gcneal. Diet., s. n.). In August, 
 1638, the town of Boston authorized 
 Mr. Thomas Cornnell to "buy brother 
 Willyam Balstone s house, and to be 
 come an inhabitant" (Town Records, 
 p. 35) ; and in September the General 
 Court licensed Cornnell, or Cornhill [or 
 as I.eohford once writes the name, far 
 ther on, Cornish], " to kcepe an inn, in 
 the roome of William Banlston " (Muss. 
 Records, i. 238). Cornhill was not more 
 fortunate than were his predecessors in 
 retaining the favor of the Court. In 
 June, 1639, after having been fined 
 "for several offences," he was "alowed 
 
54 LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 Sedgwickc, his [32] heircs, executors and administrators and 
 every of them by these presents, Hath granted, bargained & 
 sold, and by these p r sents doth grant, bargaine & sell unto the 
 said Captaine Sedgwicke, all that parte of one new mansion 
 house in Boston aforesaid wherein the said Samuel [yet dwell- 
 eth, crossed out,] lately dwelled [together with the old house 
 and leanetoos and stable, hogstyes, and house of ollicc, yard 
 and garden, betwixt the house & garden of Mr. Williu Ilutch- 
 inson on the south parte and that other parte of the said 
 mansion house, of the said outhouses crossed out,] w ch lyes 
 to the south end of the said house beyond the sommer or 
 beanie w ch lyes overthwart the great chamber, and up and 
 downe by the said beame from the bottome of the seller to 
 the top of the house, and in breadth from cast to west the full 
 extent of the said house and shcdds adioyning (excepting 
 roome on the south parte of the said bcame, next to it, for the 
 making of a stacke of brick chimneys from the seller to the 
 top of the said new house, for that part of the same house 
 assured to the said Thomas Murryot & others) And also all 
 that parte of the garden belonging to the said house w ch 
 lyes from the north parte of the corner post of the new gar 
 den pale southward, and soe through the garden to the west 
 end of it, [And also the northcrne halfe of the brew house, 
 and all that parte of the court yard lying opposite to the old 
 house, reaching six foote from the corner of the shedd of the 
 new house to the corner of the shedd of the old house w ch is 
 on this & from the said shedd south westward to the end of 
 the said yardc crossed out,] And also the old house and leau- 
 toos, yard & garden thereto belonging, and all wayes, case 
 ments, lights & fences to the premises belonging, except as 
 much ground of the said yard of the old house as rcacheth 
 straight alonur from the corner of the shedd of the new house 
 
 a month to sell of his Leare \v ch is upon his pi-tit ion for the remission of the 
 
 his huml, and then to cense from keep- penalty, June 6, 1639 (Xote-book, p. 55, 
 
 ing intcrtaimnent, and the towne to post). Jan. 11, 1639-1640, Cornell sold 
 
 provide another" (Ibiil.j pp. 260, 266). his house and lands to Edward Tyug 
 
 The offences for which he incurred the (Sit/. Deeds, ii. 26). [T.J 
 displeasure of the Court are set forth in 
 
LECIIFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 55 
 
 within six footc of the corner of the shedd of the old house, 
 and except put supra, To have & to hold all and singulare the 
 p r mises w th the appurtenances, except below cxceptcd, unto 
 the said Captain Scdgewick his heires and assignes for ever 
 To the only use and proper bchoofe of the said Captain Sedge- 
 wick his heiros and assignes for ever. And the said Samuel 
 Cole doth for himself his heires executors and administrators 
 Covenant promise and grant to and w th the said Captain Scdge 
 wick his heires and assignes hy these presents that he and they 
 shall or lawfully may quietly and peaceably hold and enjoy 
 the premises and every part thereof hereby mentioned to be 
 granted freed and discharged of all incombrances whatsoever 
 for any thing done or to be done by the said Samuel Cole his 
 heirs executors administrators or assignes to the contrary 
 thereof notwithstanding. And further that he the said Samuel 
 Cole his heires and assignes and his wife shall and will do and 
 make any further assurance in the law whatsoever [33] for 
 the more sure making of the premises hereby mentioned to 
 be granted unto the said Captain Scdgewick his heires and 
 assignes according to the purport of these presents, w th war 
 ranty against him the said Samuel Cole and his wife and their 
 heirs and against all manner of persons clayming or that shall 
 or may clay me from by or under him them or any or either of 
 them and by the said Captain Sedgewick his heires or assignes 
 shall be reasonably advised devised or required any time w th in 
 the space of seven yeares next ensuing the date hereof so that 
 for the doing or making thereof the said Samuel Cole and his 
 wife and their heires and assignes shall not be compelled to 
 travell out of the jurisdiccon of the Massachusetts bay in New 
 England. In witncsse &c. [6s.] 
 
56 LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 Articles of agreement indented made the ffirst Day of Septem* 
 ber x in the yeare of our Lord 1638, Betiveene Samuel Cole 
 of Boston in New England, Inholder, of the one parte and 
 Captaine Robert Sedwicke of Charlestowne in New England 
 of the other parte, in manner and forme following : 
 
 1. Imprimis the said Samuel Cole for himselfe and his wife 
 and their heires shall for two hundred pounds firmly convey & 
 assure unto the said Captaine Sedgwicke, his heires and 
 assignes for ever, all that parte of the new house wherein the 
 said Samuel lately dwelled in Boston aforesaid, and the old 
 house adjoyning w th the shedds, court yard, garden and appur 
 tenances, to be divided from that parte of the said new house 
 and garden w th the appurtenances assured to Thomas Marryot 
 & others, and the old house and leantoos, yard and garden 
 thereto belonging, w th the appurtenances. 
 
 2. It iii, the said Captaine Sedgwicke is to find one hoggshcad 
 of lyme and the said Samuel Cole shall therewith cause to be 
 mended the backe of the chimney of the leantoo and the rough 
 cast of the outsydc of the new house, the said Samuel finding 
 all other materialls necessary thereunto. 
 
 3. Itiii, the said Captaine Sedgwicke shall have the buildinges 
 and materialls of the stable, hogstyes and house of office on 
 that parte of the said new house, yard & garden assured 
 to Thomas M. & others now standing, to be removed by the 
 said Captaine Sedgwicke when he will, or when he shall be 
 required so to doc by the said Thomas M. and others or their 
 assigncs. 
 
 4. It in, that the said Captaine Sedgwicke, his heires and 
 assignes, shall at their costs & charges cause the premises to 
 him and them to be granted, to be divided from that parte of 
 the said new house and garden and yard assured to Thomas 
 Marryot and others as aforesaid, and remove & build chim 
 neys & doe all other things, as the said Samuel Cole is bound 
 to doe by a ccrtaine writing under his hand & scale made 
 unto the said Thomas Marryot and others, Dated the tenth of 
 
 1 First written (and crossed out), "the twentyeth day of February." [T.] 
 
LECHTORD S MAXUSCRJJ T NOTE-BOOK. 57 
 
 Aprill last past, whereof the said Oaptaine Sodgwicko may 
 take a coppy. 
 
 5. ItiTi, the said Captaine Scdgwickc shall at his cost and 
 charges cause to be clapboardcd round the house frame of the 
 said Samuel Cole now in rearing next M. Grccnesmith s ! in Bos 
 ton precincts, and cause to he layd two floares in the said house 
 w th hoards, and shall pay for the thatching of the said house, and 
 lend the said Samuel Cole a lighter to fetch the thatch for 
 the same. [2s. Qd. and a coppy of M? Marriotts hargaine, 8d] 
 
 [34] This indenture made the sixteenth day of March, 
 Anno Dili 1638, Betweenc Richard Evcred 2 of Dcdham in New 
 England, Pharier, of the one partc, and Thomas Nelson 3 of 
 Boston in New England, gent, of the other partc, Witnesseth, 
 that the said Richard Evered for the sumo of tcnnc pounds to 
 him in hand payd by the said Thomas Nelson, whereof the 
 
 1 This was probably Steven Green- 
 smith, who had incurred the displeasure 
 of the Court in March, 1637, " for 
 ailiniiing that all the ministers (except 
 Mr. Cotton, Mr. Whcelright, and hee 
 thought Mr. Hooker) did teach a cove 
 nant of works." For this he was fined 
 40, and required to give satisfaction 
 to the ministers and the churches. In 
 August following he was committed 
 for non-payment of his fine (Mass. Rec 
 ords, i. 189, 196, 200; Jf r intJi., i. 234). 
 In September, 1636, Mr. Cole was fined 
 for the breach of a town order, in selling 
 a lot to Mr. Greenfield [Greensmith] 
 without consent of authority ; and soon 
 alter "Mr. (Jreensmyth " is named as 
 the proprietor of land near Mr. Cole s 
 ground at Huniney Marsh (Drake s Uos- 
 ton, pp. 194, 195). [T.] 
 
 2 Mr. Savage says this name " is 
 uniformly given Everard." The name 
 of Ezekiel Rogers, as a witness to this 
 mortgage, suggests the possible affinity 
 of this Richard Everard to " Sarah, 
 daughter of John Everard, citizen of 
 
 London," who became the second wife of 
 the Rev. Daniel Rogers, of AVethersficld, 
 Essex county, son and successor of the 
 Rev. Richard Rogers, and elder brother 
 of the Rev. Ezekiel Rogers (Candlcr 
 Manuscript, corrected rending by Colonel 
 J. L. Chester, in Proc. Mass. Hist. Soc., 
 1860-1862, p. 496). This instrument 
 shows Everard to have been a pro 
 prietor and householder at Cambridge, 
 if not an inhabitant, before his set 
 tlement at the new plantation of 
 Dedham. [T.] 
 
 3 Thomas Nelson came, probably 
 with the Rev. Ezekiel Rogers [witness 
 to this indenture], in the summer of 
 1638, and was living at Boston until 
 the establishment of the Rowley Com 
 pany in their new plantation (see p. 1, 
 ante, note). In his will of Aug. 6, 1648, 
 he names as his executors his "uncle, 
 Richard Dummer," and Governor Bel- 
 lingham (Hist, and Gcncal. Jlcg., iii. 
 267). He married Joanna, daughter of 
 Thomas Dummer, of Salisbury, and 
 niece of Richard (Savage}. [T.] 
 
58 LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 said Richard Evcrard doth hereby acknowledge the receipt and 
 that he is thereof and therewith satisfied hath granted, bar 
 gained & sold and by these presents doth grant bargaine & 
 sell unto the said Thomas Nelson All that his house and lott 
 lying in Cambridge in New England and six acres of arrable 
 land thereto adjoyning, and five acres of medowe thereto be 
 longing, w th the appurtenances, To have and to hold the prem 
 ises with all an<^ singulare the appurtenances unto the said 
 Thomas Nelson his heires and assignes for ever to the only 
 use and proper behoof of him the said Thomas Nelson his 
 heires and assignes for ever. And the said Richard Evered 
 doth hereby covenant, promise & grant to and w th the said 
 Thomas Nelson his heires and assignes by these presents that 
 they shall or may lawfully quietly hold the premises freed of 
 all incumbrances whatsoever notwithstanding any thing done 
 or to be done by him the said Richard Evered his heires ex 
 ecutors administrators or assignes. Provided always that if 
 the said Richard Evered his heires or executors shall truly 
 pay or cause to be payd unto the said Thomas Nelson, his 
 heires or assignes, the summe of tenne pounds, at the house 
 of Richard Bellingham Esq r in Boston aforesaid, upon the 
 thirtieth day of September next ensuing the date hereof, then 
 this grant bargaine & sale shall be voyd. In witnesse <fcc. 
 Ez. Rogers, Jacobi Luxford, & mei. [3s.] 
 
 To all to whome these presents shall come greeting, 
 Whereas I Richard lies 1 of Charlestowne in New England, 
 Carpenter, did heretofore retcyne one servant named Ambrose 
 
 1 His name is here written as it ap- accustomed caution, notices this Richard 
 
 pears in the record of his will, on the under the several surnames of "lies or 
 
 first page of the Suffolk Probate Records, Hills," "Hill or Hills," and " Eells, 
 
 vol. i. (Hist, and Gencal. Rcg. y ii. 102, Ells, Eels, orEales;" but finds "much 
 
 186). Mr. T. W. Harris, in notes on plausibility " in the argument for Hills 
 
 this will (Ibid., p. 218), said that Rich- (Geneal. Did., ii. 105, 419). Elsewhere 
 
 ard Hills, " incorrectly written lies" Lechford writes, "John lies of Dorches- 
 
 \vas a cooper ; admitted an inhabitant tcr," whose name usually appears as 
 
 of Charlestowri in 1638 ; and that he Hills, or Hill (p. 90, post). But he 
 
 was probably a younger brother of Mr. writes "Joseph Hills of Charlestown," 
 
 Joseph Hills, who became an inhabitant as in deposition, July 30, 1639 (p. 91, 
 
 at the same time. Mr. Savage, with post). [T.] 
 
LE C II FORD S MA XL SCR IP T NO TE-BOOK. 50 
 
 Sutton to serve me in the trade of Carpentry by the space of 
 five yearcs from the last day of May last past to be fully com- 
 plcatc and ended, for certain wages agreed on betwccne me 
 and the said Ambrose by Indenture made betwccne me & 
 him, and whereas I appointed him to worke for me at the 
 Island called Aqueduct, where he received three pounds and 
 t\velvc shillings for his workc, w ch money is due to me, being 
 his Master, notwithstanding the sayd Ambrose contrary to his 
 duty is departed from my service, carrying w th him the said 
 money. Therefore hereby I doe authorize and in my place 
 put my [35] much esteemed freind M Isaackc Allerton my 
 lawfull Deputy and Attorney for me and in my name to pur 
 sue, findc out, apprehend and recover my said servant and the 
 said money, by the authority of any magistrats or governors 
 whatsoever, either Christian or heathen, and him to bring 
 or cause to be brought backc to me, ratefying and allowing 
 whatsoever my said Attorney or Deputy shall lawfully Doe in 
 the p r mises. In witnesse <fcc. 19 Martii, 1688, in p r ncia mci 
 & Thome Yeowe. 1 
 
 The description of the said Ambrose Sutton. He is aged 
 26 yearcs, of browne blacke haire, a full face, a black eye, a 
 sharp nose, some haire upon his upper lip, of middle stature, 
 well sett. His cloathcs, a coloured white russet hat, a sute of 
 kersy home-made cloath neare a lead colour. And he was 
 borne in Wcstwell ncare Burford in Oxfordshire. [Is.] 
 
 To all Christian people unto whome these presents shall 
 come, 1 Nicholas Parker of Boston 2 in New England, yeoman, 
 
 1 Thomas Yo\v is named as a land- supplies yet another, in his mention of 
 
 holder in Boston in 1648 (Look of Pos- "Thomas Yau, master of a vessel clear- 
 
 sessions, p. 45) ; and I have not met with ing [from Boston] for the Kenebec," to 
 
 the name earlier, on this side of the whom the Father was "very particu- 
 
 Atlantic, except in this instrument, and larly commended" by "Sieur Guebin," 
 
 in a mortgage by Allen Yewe, of Boston, [Major Gibbons] (Coll. N. Y. Hist. Soc., 
 
 mariner, executed in 1640 (and copied 2d ser., iii. 315, 310). [T.] 
 
 on a subsequent page from Lechford). 2 Nicholas and Richard Parker, 
 
 Mr. Savage gives Yow, Yeo\v, and Yew both of Boston in 1639, were joint 
 
 as varieties of the surname Yeo ; and owners of a house and lot (next Mr. 
 
 Father Druillettes, in the Journal of Thomas Welde s) in Roxbury, which 
 
 his embassy to New England, in 1650, they sold, July 18, 1639, to William 
 
60 LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 send greeting in our Lord God everlasting, Know yce that I 
 for the summc of thirty pounds of currant money of England 
 to me in hand payd by [Walter] Blackborne l of Roxbury in 
 New England, [gent.,] Doe hereby grant, bargaine and sell 
 unto the said [Walter] Blackborne, all that my parccll of 
 meadow or pasture ground inclosed lying in Roxbury afore 
 said, conteyning five acres or thereabouts, abutting upon the 
 lands of M? Welles, pastor of Roxbury on the east, upon the 
 highway leading from Boston to Roxbury on the west, upon 
 a foot path leading from Roxbury to Dorchester on the north, 
 and upon the land of Mr Samuel Hagburne, late M. r Pinchions, 
 on the south, To have and to hold the said parcell of meadow 
 or pasture ground w th the appurtenances unto the said [Wal 
 ter] Blackbourne his heires and assignes for ever To the only 
 use and proper behoof of the said [Walter] Blackbourne his 
 heires and assignes for ever. In witnesse etc. * 
 
 To all to whom these presents shall come greeting, Whereas 
 Thomas Beech now remayning att the Dutch Plantation stand- 
 cth indebted unto me Peter Garland of New England Mariner 
 the sinnme of thirty three pounds fourc shillings and six pence 
 upon account between me and him in writing signed with my 
 hand the day of the date of these presents and whereas there is 
 due to me also divers other debts amounting [36] to the sinnnie 
 of six pounds three shillings and nyne pence from sundry per 
 sons as by the particulars at the foot of the said account ap- 
 pcareth w ch I have authorised the said Thomas Beech for me 
 and in my name to collect and take up, Now Know yee that 
 I have hereby appointed in my place put my trusty ffriend 
 Isaacke Allcrton of New England mariner my lawful Attorney 
 
 Cheney, of Roxbury. Richard was ad- Hum Cheney, Sopt. 30, 1639, describing 
 
 niitted an inhabitant of Boston, Sept. himself in the deed as "late of llox- 
 
 30, 1639. Nicholas had lived at Rox- bury." In 1640 or 1641 he returned to 
 
 bury, from his coming to New England, England (Stiff. Deeds, i. 20), whither 
 
 in 1633, until 1635 or 1636, when he his wife Elizalxjth probably soon fol- 
 
 removed to Boston. [T.] lowed him, as she made a letter of at- 
 
 " Walter Blackburne, of Boston, torney in July, 1641, to Joseph Wcldc 
 
 1640, had perhaps lived at Roxbury " and John Johnson, of Roxbury, to coi- 
 
 (Savage, in Gcncal. Did.). He sold Icct debts due her husband and remit 
 
 his house; and land in Roxbury to Wil- the money to him. [T.] 
 
LECIIFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 61 
 
 for me & in my name to demand <fe recover the said surnmo 
 of the said Thomas Beech his executors and administrators 
 and also for me to receive the said six pounds three shillings 
 and nync pence of the said Thomas Beech from whome the 
 same is due to me, to my use ; and acquittances sufficient in 
 my place thereupon to make Ratcfying and allowing whatever 
 my said Attorney shall lawfully doe in the p r mises. In wit- 
 ncssc, cvc. nrn : Robto. Scdgwickc & mci. [Is.] 
 
 A coppy of the Account <f- Dehts, signed lij Peter Garland. 
 
 Thomas Beech, I prny you pay unto my good ffrcind Mf 
 Isaacke Allorton 1 the abovesaid somme of thirty three 
 pounds foil re shillings and six pence. And 1 further desire 
 you to demand, recover and receive for me the abovesaid 
 somme of 6/. 3*. 9t7. of the said partycs who owe the same 
 unto me, and upon payment give them acquittances, w ch when 
 you have received pay over to my said ffrcind M* Isaacke 
 Allcrton according to my Letter of Attorney to him made the 
 Day of the Date hereof in that behalfc. Witnesse my hand 
 the twenty nyneth day of March. Anno Dili 1G39. 
 
 At the foote of the account and note of the said particulare 
 Debts. Coram llbto. Scdgwickc tt me. [I*.] 
 
 To all Christian people to whome these presents shall come, 
 I William Coddington 2 of Aquedneckc in New England, gen- 
 
 1 Isaac Allerton, formerly of Ply- the Massachusetts Colonial Records in 
 
 mouth, came in the " Mayflower," and regard to a debt of his for 100. In 
 
 was one of the signers (the fifth in order) Lechford he is twice mentioned as being 
 
 of the Cape Cod Compact. He was sued for debt. His fishing operations 
 
 Assistant at Plymouth for some time, at Marblehead wore not very successful 
 
 and at this period of his life was one (see 3 Mnxs. Hist. Coll., vii. 249, and 
 
 of the richest of the Pilgrims. Subse- Mass. Records, i. 1 10). He had ivla- 
 
 quently his affairs became disturbed, tions with Virginia, naturally enough, 
 
 He was embarrassed, for instance, by and also with " New Holland," as here 
 
 the loss of a trading wigwam at Machias appears (sec also p. 151, footnote) ; but 
 
 in 1633 ; " by the wreck of his pinnace lived towards the end of his life at 
 
 from Port Royal in 1634; and still further New Haven, where he died in debt, 
 
 impoverished by the loss of his bark at 1659. 
 
 Cape Ann, in 1635" (3 Mass. Hist. Coll., 2 William Coddington, formerly of 
 
 vii. 241). In 1634 he is mentioned in Boston, at this time of Aquidneek. 
 
62 
 
 LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 tleman, send greeting in our Lord God everlasting, Knowe yee 
 that I for and in consideration of the summe of one thousand 
 and three hundred pounds of lawfull money of England, to me 
 in hand satisfyed and pay d before the sealing and delivery 
 hereof by William Tynge l of Boston in New England, mer 
 chant, Doc by these presents grant [37] bargaine and sell 
 unto the said William Tynge, all that my Dwelling house situ 
 ate in Boston aforesaid adjoyning to the house of Richard 
 Bellingham Esq r , w th the garden and the orchard, and a cer- 
 tainc parcell of land, meadow or pasture, thereto adjoyning 
 <fe belonging, and all outhouses, yardcs, wayes & easements 
 thereunto belonging, And all my land in the Forte Field 
 in Boston-neckc, and all my right in Spectacle Island, 2 and 
 my ffanne house at Mount Wollaston and all outhouses, 
 barncs, stables, yards, gardens and orchards thereto belong 
 ing, as well on the one syde as on the other of Mount Wollas 
 ton river there and two acres of ground be it more or lesse 
 allrcady marked out neare adjoyning to the barne on the 
 
 Chosen assistant, in 1630, in England. 
 He was Treasurer of the Colony from 
 1633 to 1636, and was then left out of 
 ofliee on account of his religions opin 
 ions, and early in 1638 went to Rhode 
 Island, where he was first made judge 
 of the settlement at Portsmouth ; but 
 shortly being driven thence with his 
 supporters by some faction, he removed 
 with them and settled at Newport. 
 The people at Portsmouth desiring to 
 unite again, Coddington was chosen the 
 first governor of the Colony in 1640. 
 He was again chosen in 1678, and died 
 in the same year. Articles upon him 
 are printed in the Hist. & Gcncal. Reg. 
 for January, 1874, p. 13, and for April, 
 1882, p. 138. 
 
 As for this land at Mount Wollaston, 
 the reader may gain some additional 
 knowledge thereon by comparing this 
 deed with a purchase made by William 
 Tyng, of the Hutchinsons, who owned 
 land just beyond " Mr. Coddington a 
 farm and Mr. Wilson s " (Boston Town 
 
 Records, i. 7), note of which may be 
 found pp. 212, 214, post, as well as by 
 referring to the Records, as above. The 
 bounds are so vague that it is hardly 
 possible to place the lots with any ac 
 curacy; but a general idea of their posi 
 tion may be obtained. The land here 
 spoken of as belonging to Judith Quin- 
 sey is, in the references made, called 
 land of Edward [Edmund] Quinsey, 
 her husband. 
 
 1 William Tyng was a prominent 
 Boston merchant. He arrived in New 
 England about a week after Lech ford, 
 in his own ship. He became one of 
 the first men of the town, frequently 
 its representative in the General Court. 
 In his later days he moved to Braintree, 
 wherein may be seen, throughout the 
 Note-book, ho had many dealings in 
 lands. He died Jan. IS, 1652. 
 
 - What follows in the draught is 
 crossed out, with the direction " vcrte 
 fol." and re-written on the fourth page 
 following, from which I copy. [T.] 
 
LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 63 
 
 south syde of tlic said river, and all my land, meadow, pasture 
 and wooddy ground conteyning five hundred acres be it more 
 or lesse lying at Mount Wollastou aforesaid in two parcells, 
 the one greater, bounding on the common sewer there towards 
 the north and north cast, on Mount Wollaston River aforesaid 
 towards the south and on a parcell of land belonging to Judith 
 Quinsey towards the northwest, the lesser parcell thereof 
 bounding on the common sewer aforesaid towards the north 
 east, on the other syde of the said land belonging to the said 
 Judith Quinsey towards the south east, and on the lands of 
 John Wilson, 1 pastor of the Church of Boston, towards the 
 northwest, And also a parcell of land wooddy ground and 
 pasture conteyning thirty acres be it more or lesse lying on 
 the south syde of the said river, bounding on the proper allot 
 ment of Samuel Wilbore 2 towards the south and on another 
 parcell of land belonging to the said Judith Quinsey towards 
 the west, And all wayes, easements, proffits and commodities 
 thereto belonging w tb the appurtenances, To have and to hold 
 all the said houses, lands and Tenements and all and singu- 
 lare the premises w th the appurtences unto the said William 
 Tynge his heires and assignes for ever. In witncssc whereof, 
 I have hereunto set my hand and scale, the nyneth day of 
 Aprill, in the fifteenth yeare of the raigne of our Soveraigne 
 Lord Charles King of England <fcc. Annocf Dili 1639, in p r ncia 
 nrii. Johis Oliver, Georgii Gardiner & mei. 
 
 1. A bond for the payment of 5001 to Mr Coddington. 
 
 Me Willin Tynge de Boston in Nova Anglia mcrcatorem 
 tener & firmiter obligar Willo Coddington gen in Mille libris 
 etc. Condiconed to pay 500 1 at M? Tynge s house in Boston, 
 1 Maij, 1639. 
 
 2. Me WilliTi Tynge, de Boston in N. A. mercatorcm, tener 
 &c. Willo Coddington geiT in 4001, condicon ad sol vend 2001 
 
 1 John Wilson. This land was 2 Samuel Wilbore was also one of the 
 
 granted him in 1H34, or perhaps before, settlers of Rhode Island (see Savage). 
 
 See Boston Toicn Records, pp. 2, 4, 6, 9, lie married Elizabeth, widow of Lech- 
 
 where is much mention of his lands at ford (Hist. & Gencal. licg., 1876, xxx. 
 
 Mount "\VoUaston. 202). 
 
64 LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 loco Deo 1 Maij, 1640, si non sit Dies Dominicus, sin sit, 
 tune Die pp. sequen . 
 
 3. Me Williii Tynge de Boston in N. A. M. ten eidem in 
 400 h Condicon ad solvend 200* loco Deo 1 die Maij, 1641, si 
 non &c. 
 
 4. Me eundem ten eidem in 400 1 <fcc. ad solvend 2001 1 
 Maij, 1642, ut supra. 
 
 5. Me eundem ten eid in 4001 ad solv 2001 1 Maij, 1643, 
 ut supra. 
 
 [This entry, from 1 to 5, seems to be crossed out.~\ 
 
 This Indenture made the tenth day of Aprill in the ffif- 
 tecnth ycarc of the raigne of our Soveraigne Lord Charles 
 King of England &c. Annocp Dni 1639, Betweene William 
 Tynge of Boston in New E. merchant, of the one partc, and 
 William Coddington of Aquednecke in New England, gent, of 
 the other parte witnesseth that the said William Tynge for 
 and in consideration of the summe of eight hundred pounds 
 [38] of lawfull money of England w ch he oweth unto the said 
 William Coddington Doth by these presents mortgage and 
 grant unto the said William Coddington all those lands tene 
 ments & hereditaments at Mount Wollaston in New England 
 w ch he the said William Tynge lately purchased of the 
 said William Coddington To have and to hold the said lands 
 & Tenements and all and singulare the prmiscs w th the ap 
 purtenances unto the said William Coddington his hcires and 
 assignes for ever. Provided allwayes that if the said William 
 Tynge his hcires executors admors or assignes shall pay or 
 cause to be payd unto the said William Coddington his exe 
 cute ad : or assignes or to his ctaine Atturney the summe of 
 eight hundred pounds of lawfull money of England at or in 
 the now dwelling house of the said William Tynge situate in 
 Boston aforesaid in manner and forme following that is to say 
 two hundred pounds thereof on the first day of May w ch shall 
 be in the yeare of our Lord 1640. two hundred pounds more 
 thereof on the first Day of May w ch shall be in the yeare of 
 our Lord 1641. two hundred pounds more thereof on the 
 first Day of May w ch shall be in the yeare of our Lord 1642. 
 
LECH FORD S ^f A Xi r SCRIPT NOTE-HOOK. fr~> 
 
 and two hundred pounds the residue thereof on the first d;iy 
 of May w ch shall he in tlie yeare of our Lord 104 >. (Saving 
 that if any of the said Daves of payment shall fall out to he 
 upon the Lords Day then the payment to he made the next 
 day after respectively) Then this mortgage & grant shall 
 he voyd and of none effect or els it shall stand in full force & 
 vertue. Provided also that the said William Coddington his 
 hcires executors administrators or assigncs shall not enter 
 upon the premises to enjoy the same (excepting on some partc 
 thereof for this next winter as is expressed in certainc arti 
 cles of agreement indented made hetwecne the said partyes 
 hearing date the Day before the Date of these presents) un- 
 lesse the said William Tyngc his heires executors admdrs or 
 assigncs shall make Default in payment of the said summes 
 of money or one of them And lastly it is concluded and 
 agreed betweene the partyes to these presents that the said 
 Wm Coddington his executors admrs or assigncs or his cer 
 taine Attorney receiving the said summes of money shall 
 upon the said severall payments made give a sufiicient Dis 
 charge in writing unto the said Willm Tyngc his heires exe 
 cutors admrs <fe assignes for so much money as lie or they 
 shall pay and that upon the last payment above mentioned 
 this present mortgage shall ho delivered up to the said Wm 
 Tyngc his heires or assignes to he cancelled. In witnesse <fcc. 
 [All these writings 15s.] 
 
 [39] Articles of agreement indented made the nynetli Day of 
 Aprill Anno Dm 1G39, betweene WILLIAM TYNGE of Boston 
 in New England, merchant, of the one parte, and WILLIAM 
 CODDINGTON, of Aquednecke in New England, gent, of the 
 oilier partc. 
 
 Whereas the said William Coddington hath sold unto the 
 said William Tyngc his farmehouso <fe outhouses and cer 
 taine lands at Mount Wollaston in New England, among other 
 things It was and is originally and now agreed bctwccne the 
 said partyes in manner and forme following : 
 
 Imprimis, that the said William Coddington shall have 
 
 5 
 
C6 LECUFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 liberty and free ingrcssc, crgresse & rcgrcsse to and for him 
 <fc his servants to cut, reape and thresh all his conic now upon 
 the said lands sowen or planted. 
 
 Item, that the said William Coddington shall have lib 
 erty, this spring, to sowe and plant all the land that hath bin 
 there by him broken up (except thirty acres,) and to reape 
 and in the conic thereof. 
 
 Item, that the said William Coddington shall have barne 
 roomc for his corne there planted or sowen or to be sowen or 
 planted this yearc, & liberty therein to thresh the same and 
 chamber roomc to put it in when it shall be threshed. 
 
 Itm, Tliat the said William Coddington shall have one of 
 the cellers for milkc, and house roomc for his servants and 
 house roome for thirty head of cattcll and roomc to fodder 
 them in, until the end of the next winter, and liberty during 
 one yearc next ensuing the date hereof for to remove and 
 fetch away, or cause to be fetched away, at seasonable times, 
 all his cutt wood, timber and trees now felled on the said 
 lands, and all his moveablc goods whatsoever that now are 
 or at the end of the said tcrme shall be, upon or in the 
 premises, except the Dungc that shall be made thereupon. 
 
 Item, Whereas the said William Coddington hath granted 
 unto the said William Tynge twenty acres of land on the 
 other side of Mount Wollaston river, over and above [40] the 
 five hundred acres on this sydc the said river, next the said 
 farme house and the lands of M^ John Wilson, pastor of the 
 Church of Boston, as by the said grant bargainc . sale in 
 writing appcarcth, the said William Coddington shall lay 
 forth and assignc the said twenty acres of good ground con 
 veniently for the use of the said William Tynge. In witnesse 
 
 &C. 1 
 
 Itm, that the said William Coddington, his hcires executors 
 admrs and assigncs shall have and enjoy the wood and tim 
 ber trees growing on the soyle of thirtcenc acres parte of the 
 parccll of land, wooddy ground or pasture, conteyning thirty 
 
 1 Tho last paragraph is crossed out. lineations and cancellings ; so that it is 
 This was evidently the first draught of not possible to decide, in every instance, 
 the agreement, and has numerous inter- what was the final reading. [T.] 
 
LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 67 
 
 acres be it more or lesse lying on the south sydc of Mount 
 Wollaston River, and shall have liberty from time to time at 
 seasonable and fitt times to cut, fell and carry away the sayd 
 wood and timber trees, and shall have free ingressc, egresse 
 & regrcssc for him and them & his servants and theirs to 
 that end, the said thirteene acres to be measured w th equall 
 distance as neare as conveniently may be from the swampe 
 there. 
 
 [41] I Sergeant Collacot l of Dorchester in N. E. doe owe 
 &c. to Willm Coddington gent. 1231 5* 9* , 1 Maij, 1689. 
 Dat 12 April 1639, in p r ncia Georgii Gardiner & mei. [Gd.~\ 
 
 Rec d of M* Keaync 2 for a silver laced coate and a gold 
 
 wrought cap. [2* 10s.] 
 
 Rec d of my Lady Moody 3 22. 2. 1639. [11 11s.] 
 
 I borrowed 6* of M. Story, whereof I payd him 41; 27" 2i 
 
 [Crossed out.] [21 0.] 
 
 [42] Knowe all men by these presents that 1 John Throck- 
 morton 4 of New Providence, gent., for and in Consideration 
 of the summe of ffifty pounds of lawfull money of England 
 
 1 Richard Collacot was a prominent 8 Deborah, Lady Moody, most prob- 
 man in Dorchester, of whom the reader ably, who removed from Lynn to Long 
 will find frequent mention in the latter Island about 1(543. "Winthrop s earliest 
 pages of the Note-book. He had been a mention of her, as " a wise and an- 
 sergeantin the Pequot Avar, just finished, ciently religious woman," is under date 
 and held also at various times the offices of June, 1643 (vol. ii. p. 123). The 
 of selectman and of representative. Colony had granted her, three years 
 
 2 Mr. Robert Keayne was a public- before, four hundred acres of land 
 spirited and prominent merchant at this (J/a.s.s. Records, i. 290). [T.] 
 
 time. His house and garden were, on 4 John Throckmorton, already men- 
 
 the south side of the market-place, where tioned (p. 1), was excomrftunicated from 
 
 the Old State House afterwards stood the church at Salem when Hugh Peters 
 
 (Book of Possessions, p. 102). He was was minister there, and wenjt to Provi- 
 
 oneof the charter members of the Ancient dence with Roger Williams, where he 
 
 and Honorable Artillery Company, and, lived until his death. His daughter 
 
 indeed, is usually spoken of as Captain married John Coggeshall, one of the 
 
 Robert Keayne. His name constantly settlers on Aquidneck, who moved 
 
 occurs in the Colonial and Boston Town thither after the Hutchinson persecu- 
 
 Records, as well as in the Note-book. tion. 
 
68 LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 to me in hand payd by Richard Parker of Boston in New 
 England, merchant, whereof and wherewith I acknowledge 
 my selfe satisfied and payd, and thereof and of every parte 
 thereof Doe acquit release and discharge the said Richard 
 Parker his heirs executors and administrators by these pres 
 ents, Doe hereby grant, bargaine and sell unto the said Richard 
 Parker the One moiety or halfendealc of all that Island here 
 tofore called by the Indians Chibatchuwese, now called Pru 
 dence, 1 lately purchased of Canonicus and Miantinomie, Clieife 
 Sachems of the Narrigansctts, w th all and singulare the appur 
 tenances, writings and escripts thereunto belonging, To have 
 and to hold the said moiety and halfcndeale of the said Island 
 and all and singular the premises w th the apurtenances what 
 soever unto the said Richard Parker his heires and assigns 
 for ever. In witnessc tc. [2s.] 
 
 This Indenture made the 2 Day of the 3 d month, 1639, 
 bctweene John Winthrop Esqr. Governor of the Massachu- 
 sets bay in New England, and Richard Parker 2 of Boston in 
 New England merchant, of the one parte, and John Throek- 
 morton gent, of the other parte, Witnesseth, that the said 
 John Winthrop and Richard Parker for divers good causes 
 and considerations them thereunto moving, Doe by these 
 presents demise, grant & to fannc lett unto the said John 
 
 1 Chibatchuwese, or Prudence Isl- (Boston Town Records, i. 42, 48). He 
 and, was purchased of Cunonicus by was a prominent merchant for many 
 Roger Williams, jointly with Governor years ; first selectman in 1651. 
 Winthrop, in November, 16.37. Mr. By the indentures immediately fol- 
 Williams hud sold his half of the isl- lowing it appears that Mr. Parker, 
 and. Governor Winthrop retained his having purchased Mr. Throckmorton s 
 interest, which he l:ft by will to his half of Prudence Island, joined with 
 son Stephen (ll inth., ii. 2, app. i.)- Governor Winthrop in a lease of the 
 
 2 Richard and Nicholas Parker, who whole island to Mr. Throckmorton for 
 were probably brothers, sold their three years and a half; that at about 
 house and land in Roxbnry in July, the same time he purchased "the 
 1639 (see p. 76, /*>/), having for some wharf, crane, and warehouses in Boston," 
 time previously resided in Boston, and conveyed one half of the same to 
 Richard was admitted an inhabitant Mr. Edward Bendall, who had been one 
 of Boston, Sept. 30, 1639 ; and in Fcb- of the former proprietors, and by whose 
 ruary, 1640, had a grant of four hun- name the wharf was lor many years 
 dred acres "at the Mouiit " Wollustou afterwards called. [T.] 
 
LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. C9 
 
 Throckmorton, All that their Island called Prudence, w th the 
 appurtenances To have and to hold said Island w th the appur 
 tenances unto the said John Throckmorton his executors, 
 administrators and assigncs, from henceforth forth untill 
 the first Day of November next ensuing the date hereof, and 
 after for and during the space of three yearcs from the last 
 Day of October next ensuing the Date hereof fully to be com- 
 pleate and ended, yeelding and paying therefore yeurely unto 
 the said John Winthrop and Richard Parker their hcires and 
 assigncs the full summe of forty pounds by the ycare at one 
 entire payment upon the last clay of October in every of 
 the said three yeares. And it is covenanted, concluded and 
 agreed by and betweene the parties to these presents that the 
 said John Winthrop and Richard Parker shall presently deliver 
 unto the said John Throckmorton the summc of forty pounds 
 to stock the said Island w th swine, these to remaine during 
 both the said tonnes, [43] and in the end thereof the said 
 John Throckmorton shall yeild up the said Island w th the 
 appurtenances unto the said John Winthrop <fc Richard 
 Parker, their heires and assigncs, fully stocked w th forty 
 pounds worth of swine. And if the said John Throckmor 
 ton, his executors, adm or asss shall build upon and im 
 prove the ground of the said Island, as it shall be lawfull 
 for them to doe, then in the end of the said terme of 
 three yeares he or they shall be reasonably satisfyed for 
 the same by the said John Winthrop and Richard Parker, 
 their heires or assignes. Provided allwaycs that the said 
 John Throckmorton his executors administrators and as 
 signcs shall not Doe any wast upon the premises and shall 
 Duely pay the rent aforesaid at Boston aforementioned. In 
 witncssc etc. [5$-] 
 
 To all Christian people to whome these presents shall 
 come We Thomas Lcverit one of the Elders of the Church of 
 Uoston in New England, William Ilutchinson gent., John 
 Cogan merchant, John Coggeshall, John Newgate, James 
 Pennc, Edward Ilutchinson, Thomas Savage, Edward Bcndall 
 m r cht., [William] Dyer, Thomas OrifTeii, [Richard] Tuthill, 
 
70 LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 [Thomas ?] Flint, and [Mary ?] Hudson, 1 widdow [of Ralph ?] 
 send greeting in our Lord God everlasting, Knowe yee, that 
 we for and in consideration of the summe of One hundred and 
 seventy pounds of lawful 1 money of England to us in hand payd 
 before the sealing and delivery of these p sents, by Richard 
 Parker of Boston, aforesaid, Merchant, whereof and where 
 with we acknowledge ourselves satisfied and payd and thereof 
 and of every parte and parcell thereof Doe remise release 
 and discharge the said Richard Parker his heires executors 
 administrators and assignes by these presents, Have granted, 
 bargained and sold, and by these presents Doe graunt, 
 bargaine and sell unto the said Richard [44] Parker all 
 that our wharfe, Crane and warehouses lying in Boston 2 
 aforesaid, w th all Customes, rights, privileges and appurten 
 ances whatsoever thereunto belonging and all our right, title, 
 interest and demaimd of, in and to the same To have and to 
 hold, receive, perceive and take, the said wharfe Crane and 
 warehouse and all and singulare the premises w th the appur 
 tenances unto the said Richard Parker his heires and assignes 
 for ever. And also for the consideration aforesaid and to 
 wards the maintenance of the premises, we Doe hereby grant 
 unto the said Richard Parker as much as in us lyeth one 
 hundred acres of land lying at Mount Wollaston 3 parcell of 
 
 1 It would be more in keeping with "where Quincy Market now is," ac- 
 the plan of this annotation to describe cording to Mr. Drake (History of Bos- 
 each one of these persons in this note, ton, p. 804). November 31, 1649, the 
 as being the first appearance of their selectmen sold the reversion of "the 
 names in the Note-book. But this seems Dock or Cove, Called by the name of 
 impracticable ; and as almost all of them Bendall Docke," and the Hats belonging 
 appear later, I must reserve notice of to it, to James Everill, who had previ- 
 them until they appear separately. ously bought land fronting on the dock 
 
 2 "The dock, or cove, which was in from John Shaw (Boston Town Records, 
 early times the principal seat of trade i. 98 ; Sit/. Dcetlt, i. 115 ; Book of Pos- 
 in Boston, was long called by [the] sessions, 19). [T.] 
 
 name [of Edward Bendall], because 8 Jan. 21, 1638-39 (two months be- 
 
 he owned part of the upland around fore the date of this conveyance), the 
 
 it, and had a warehouse on it. It has town had granted one hundred acres 
 
 since been called the town dock ; but at Mount Wollaston to the " owners of 
 
 the exact boundaries, north and south, the wharfe and crane," towards keeping 
 
 cannot probably be explained" (Savage, them in ivpair (Boston Tuwn Records, 
 
 in note to Wintii., ii. 72). It was p. 37). [T.J 
 
LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 71 
 
 the lands belonging to the said Towne of Boston, To have and 
 to hold the said one hundred acres unto the said Richard 
 Parker his heires and assignes forever. And further we 
 grant that if this conveyance shall not be snflicient to settle 
 the said one hundred acres of land unto and upon the said 
 Richard Parker his heires and assignes according to the true 
 meaning hereof, That then We will cause and procure the 
 Townesmen of Boston to settle the same unto and upon the 
 said Richard Parker his heires and assignes, in such manner 
 & by such conveyance as the said Richard Parker or his 
 Counsell shall reasonably advise or require. In witnesse 
 whereof we have hereunto set our hands and scales the 
 Twenty fifth Day of the ffirst moncth Anno Dili One thousand 
 six hundred & thirty nync. 1030. [3*. 4d.j 
 
 Me Richardum Parker De Boston in Nova Anglia, Mcrca- 
 torem, toner & firmiter obligur Thome Leverit vni prcsby- 
 teror ccclesie de Boston pred in 170* Dat ut supra. 
 
 The Condinon &c. to pay 85i, 25. 4 . 1639, at Boston, at 
 M? Leverits house. [Is.] 
 
 This indenture made the Twenty sixth Day of the flirst 
 moncth, In the yeare of our Lord one thousand six hundred 
 and thirty nync, 1639, Betweene Richard Parker of Boston 
 iu New England, merchant, of the one parte, and Edward 
 Bendall of the same, merchant, of the other partc, Wit- 
 ncsseth, that the said Richard Parker for and in consid 
 eration of the summc of seaventy and live pounds [45] of 
 lawful money of England to him in hand paid by the said 
 Edward Bendall wherof <fc wherwith the said Richard Parker 
 doth acknowledge himself satisfyed & payd and therof and 
 of every parte thereof Doth acquite release and Discharge 
 the said Edward Bendall his heires executors and adminis 
 trators and every one of them by these presents Hath granted, 
 bargained and sold and by these presents doth grant, bar- 
 gaine and sell unto the said Edward Bendall, All that the 
 one moiety and halfendealc of the wharfc, Crane and ware 
 house lying in Boston aforesaid w th the moity and halfendealc 
 
72 LECIIFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 of all customs, rights, privileges and appurtenances whatso 
 ever thereunto belonging, To have and to hold receive per 
 ceive and take the said moiety and halfendeale and all and 
 singular the premises hereby mentioned and intended to 
 be granted w th the appurtenances whatsoever unto the said 
 Edward Bendall his heirs and assignes forever. In witness 
 etc. [36-. 4J.] 
 
 Me Ed rum Bendall De Boston in Nova Anglia mercatorem 
 tener et firmiter obligar Ric Parker mercatori, in 75 1 Dat. 
 ut supra. Condiconed for payment of 37 10* To Richard 
 Parker 24. 4. p. [Is.] 
 
 This Indenture made the flirst Day of the third moucth in 
 the year of our Lord One thousand six hundred and thirty 
 nine, 1639, Between Richard Parker of Boston in New Eng 
 land, merchant, of the one parte, And Echvard Bendall 
 of the same, merchant, of the other parte, Witnesseth that 
 the said Richard Parker for divers good causes and consid 
 erations him thereunto moving, Hath demised, granted and 
 to farme letten, and by these presents Doth Demise, graunt 
 and to farme lett unto the said Edward Bendall All that the 
 one moity and halfendeale of all the wharfe, Crane and ware 
 houses lying in Boston aforesaid, w th the moity and halfen 
 deale of all customs, rights, privileges and appurtenances 
 whatsoever thereunto belonging, To have and to hold receive 
 perceive and take the said moiety halfcndeal and all and sin 
 gular the premises hereby mentioned and intended to be 
 demised w th the appurtenances whatsoever unto the said 
 Edward Bendall his executors administrators [46] and as 
 signes from the Day of the Date of these presents for and 
 During the space of one year from thenceforth next ensuing 
 fully to be compleate and ended. Ycilding and paying there 
 fore unto the said Richard Parker his heires and assignes the 
 full and whole summe of twenty pounds at two scverall pay 
 ments, viz* upon the fiirst Day of the nyncth moneth of this 
 ycarc and upon the first day of the third moneth of the yeare 
 next ensuing the Date hereof, by equall portions to be payd. 
 And the said Edward Bendall for himselfe, his executors 
 
LEClirORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 73 
 
 admrs & asss doth hereby Covenant w th the said Richard 
 Parker liis heires & asss that he the said Edward Ben- 
 dall att his and their costs and charges well & suffi 
 ciently shall and will repayre mainteine supply & uphold 
 the premises hereby Demised w th all nddfull & necessary rep 
 arations tacklings & materialls as often as need shall require 
 During the said terme and in the end thereof yeild up the 
 same soe well and sufficiently repay red maintayncd sup- 
 plyed & upheld unto the said Richard Parker his heires 
 or assignes. [3. 4.] 
 
 This Indenture made the ffirst day of the third moneth in 
 the ycare of our Lord one thousand six hundred and thirty 
 nyne, 1639, Betwecno Richard Parker of Boston in New 
 England, merchant, of the one parte, and Edward Bcndall of 
 the same, merchant, of the other parte, Witnesscth that the 
 said Richard Parker for and in divers good Considerations 
 him thereunto moving Hath demised, granted and to farme 
 letten, and by these presents Doth demise grant and to farme 
 lett unto the said Edward Bendall the one moity a nd halfen- 
 deale of one grcate lighter w th its tacklings and appurtenan 
 ces w th the moity and halfendeale of all proffits, commodities 
 and advantages that thereby <fc therewith shall be gotten, and 
 also the moity and halfendeale of the proffitts, commodi 
 ties and avantages that shall be gotten by one one servant 
 called Thomas Hedger * in and w rth the said Lighter to be iin- 
 ployed, To have and to hold receive perceive and take the said 
 moiety es and halfendealcs and all and singular the premises 
 with the appurtenances unto the said Edward Bendall his 
 executors administrators and assignes from [47] the Day of 
 the Date of these presents for and during the space of one 
 year thenceforth next ensuing fully to be compleate & ended, 
 yeilding and paying therefore unto the said Richard Parker 
 his heires and assignes the full and whole sume of thirty 
 pounds at two severall payments viz* upon the ffirst Day of 
 the nyneth moneth of this year and upon the first Day of the 
 
 1 A Thomas Hedger was afterwards for many years a resident of Warwick, 
 R. I. (Savage). [T.] 
 
74 LECIIFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 third moneth of the year next ensuing the Date hereof by 
 equal porcons to be paid. And the said Edward Bendall 
 Both hereby for himseli e, his executors administrators and 
 assigues Covenant with the said Richard Parker his heires 
 and assigncs that he the said Edward Bendall his executors 
 administrators and assigncs shall and will at his and their 
 proper costs and charges, well and sufficiently repaire, maiii- 
 tayne, uphold & supply the said Lighter with all needful and 
 necessary reparacons, implements, tacklings and materialls as 
 often as need shall require during the said terme and in the 
 end of the said terme shall surrender & yiclde up the moiety 
 & halfendcale of the said Lighter soe well and sufficiently 
 maintcayncd repayred upheld, & supplyed as the same is at 
 this time present reasonable wearing excepted and if the said 
 Lighter shall not be cast away, (w ch God forbid) unto the 
 said Richard Parker, his heires or assigncs. In witnesse, <kc. 
 [3. 4.] 
 
 WORTHY SIR l : I heartily pray that this honest young man 
 Henry Grey, may find all lawful favour with you. His 
 freinds have advised him to make a journey on purpose to 
 
 1 The following letter was copied, sister of his brother John s wife. Her 
 
 or drafted in shorthand, on page 47, father was an "old acquaintance" of 
 
 but subsequently cancelled by lines Lechford. The "honest young man" 
 
 drawn across. Blanks are left in place must have found favor with Mr. Frost, 
 
 of the words that cannot be confidently for the couple were married not many 
 
 deciphered. It was probably written months after. Sept. 18, 1640, Henry 
 
 to Mr. William Frost, one of the early Gray and his wife Lydia conveyed their 
 
 planters at Uncowa (Fairiield), "be- house in Boston in trust to Thomas 
 
 yond Connecticut." John Gray (or Lechford (see after, p. 176) ; and both 
 
 Grey, as Lechford uniformly wrote the John and Henry removed to Uncowa. 
 
 name), of Boston, 1639, an older Lechford, in Flainc Dealing (p. 43), 
 
 brother of Henry, had married Eli/a- names among others who were living in 
 
 beth (widow of John Watson), a daugh- the plantations "beyond Connecticut," 
 
 ter of Mr. Frost. Henry Gray, "now his "old acquaintance, Master Hoger 
 
 of Boston, heretofore citizen and mer- Lmllow, Master Frost, sometime of 
 
 chant of London," had a house-lot Nottingham, and his sons, John Grey 
 
 granted him by the town, Feb. 19, and Henry Grey." The latter became 
 
 1637-38. "The maid who had prom- a man of some prominence in the plan- 
 
 ised him," and was "fully satisfied" as tation, and was a deputy from Fairiield 
 
 to his estate and "all other things," to the General Court in 1656 and 1657. 
 
 was doubtless Lydia Frost, the younger [T.] 
 
LECHFORD S MAXUSCIUPT NOTE-BOOK. 75 
 
 you, about your satisfaction (?) in the particulars of his 
 estate, which yet the maid doth not stand on, 1 am in 
 formed, but is fully satisfied thereabout and all other things, 
 and her affections to him remain [ ]. 1 have seen a 
 
 passage in his father s letter, whereby he bestows 201 upon 
 him more than formerly, in respect of his charge of building ; 
 yet not as his full portion, as I verily believe. His brother 
 also, a citizen of London, hath promised to stock him with 
 1001 worth of commodities from time to time, if the Lord 
 kccpc open the way, and he is to have half the profit, which 
 may be of especial advantage. [ ] will show you by 
 
 his account book that his estate is above 50 1 for the pres 
 ent, which is as much as her sister here desired and more 
 than the maid herself ever stood on. The maid hath prom 
 ised him, and he her, as I heare, and the young man doubts 
 whether it may be broken off ; wherefore if you rcmaine un- 
 satisfyed thereabout, whether the promise be good or not 
 he will refer [ ] to yourself and 2 other ministers 
 
 meete to be deciders, when you come, next into the Bay. For 
 my selfe, I [ ] this favour of you, that you would be 
 
 pleased to seale up my treatises and send them to nice by 
 this bearer, for 1 am forced to show them to some Elders ; 
 and also I would pray you to send me my letter that I for 
 merly wrote unto you, if you thinke good, for sonic reasons 
 which 1 will show you when, please God, I see you next; 
 wherein you shall do me a great favour. With my best re 
 spects to yourself and your beloved yokefellow in the Lord, 
 wishing you all [ ] grace and prosperity from heaven, 
 
 I remain yours to be [ ]. 
 
 THOMAS LECHFORD. 
 BOSTON, 11. 3. 
 
 Peter Palfrey l of Salem for 66* 13 s . 4? conveyed to George 
 Richardson, mariner, 200 acres of land, meadow, pasture 
 and wooddy ground, lying at the end of Basse River in 
 
 1 Peter Palfrey came to Salem, it is first. He died in 1663. George Eich- 
 thought, in 1629, with Roger Conant. ardson, of "Watertown, may be found 
 He was admitted freeman among the (with a small family) in Bond. 
 
76 LECHFOIWS MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 Salem for ever, and to lay out & sever the p r mises. Dat 
 13. 3. 1G30. The money to be payd by bill, upon the 13 of 9 
 next. Coram Hugh Peters, Will Hathorne, & me. [Is.] 
 
 [48] Edmund Batter l of Salem for 50* conveys to 
 George Richardson, mariner, all that his Dwelling house and 
 garden and two acres of land more or lesse thereunto belong 
 ing, w th the appurtenccs, lying in Salem, for ever. And is to 
 provide & deliver 500 pales & rayles & posts answerable for 
 the fcnccing of the same before 1. 2. p r x. Dat 13. 3. 1G39. 
 Coram Gervasio Garford, Will Ilathorne, Tho. L. [Is.] 
 
 This Indenture made the fifteenth Day of the third moncth 
 Anno Dm 1639, Betweene George Richardson, mariner, and 
 Michael Gabilloe, Frenchman, of the one parte, and Edmund 
 James 2 of Watcrtowne in New England, planter, of the other 
 partc, Witnesseth that the said George Richardson for the 
 sunimc of eight pounds to him in hand payd for the passage 
 of the said Michael, by the said Edmund James, doth assigne 
 and put over the said Michael, and the said Michael Doth put 
 himsclfe a servant unto the said Edmund James, him his 
 executors administrators and assignes truly & faithfully to 
 serve from the day of the Date of these presents for and Dur 
 ing the space of seaven yeares thenceforth next ensuing fully 
 to be compleat & ended. And the said Edmund James shall 
 finde and provide to & for his said servant sufficient & reas 
 onable meate drinkc lodging <fc apparell during the said 
 terrne, and in the end of the said termo shall give his said 
 servant double apparell five pounds in money. Mei et 
 Alex : Iluntridge. [2s.] 
 
 1 Edmund Batter, of Salem, was a marriage (Aug. 11, 1610), of Rearm, 
 maltster from Salisbury, in the county widow of one Edmund James, of Water- 
 of Wilts. town. Not much is known about either 
 
 2 Bond notes an Edmund James, of them, however, and nothing at all 
 proprietor, (in Watertown) 163-637, of Michael Gabilloe, as might be sur- 
 selectman 1638. See Savage for the mi&ed. 
 
LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 77 
 
 To the rif/ht wor H the Governor, Counwll and Assistants of 
 the Jurisdiction of the Massachusetts Bay in New England, 
 and to the general Court there assembled, 22 3 1039. 
 
 The linmble petition of Samuel Gough in behalfe of Tliomas 
 Gough ! of London, merchant, his fi ather, and of himselfe. 
 
 [49] Yo r Petitioner humbly praycth you the Hono r ablc 
 Governor and the Court, that you would be pleased to best-owe 
 upon his said ffather and himselfe a competent parcell of 
 ground as well for yo r petitioners present imploymcnt as for 
 his ffathers benefit, if it shall please God of his goodnesse to 
 bring him and his ffamily into these parts ; wherein yo r peti 
 tioner liopeth and doubteth not but you will favourably re 
 spect the good of his ffather as well as himselfe, being that 
 his said ffather is better knowne unto you and approved then 
 himselfe is as yet; and yo r petitioner hopeth the Lord will so 
 guide his yo r petitioners wayes that you shall not have cause 
 to repent of any yo r goodnesse & bounty unto him or his said 
 ffather. 
 
 Yo r petitioner is and shall be ever he hopeth a Petitioner to 
 the throne of grace for yo r prosperity and of the whole 
 State. [2.?. Grf.j 
 
 This Indenture made the Twenty fourth Day of the third 
 moncth In the yeare of our Lord One thousand six hundred 
 and thirty nyne, Betweene Willm Hudson 2 of Boston in 
 
 1 Thomas Gofle, a merchant of Lon- office as an assistant, Mr. Simon Brad- 
 
 don, had been interested in the colony street being elected in his place (Mass. 
 
 at New Plymouth, and was afterwards a Col. Jlcc., vol. *i.; Mass. Hist. Coll., 
 
 patentee of the Massachusetts Company, iii. 48 ; Savage, in IVinth., i. 8). 
 
 by whom he was chosen deputy-gov- It appears from this petition that so 
 
 ernor in 1028 and 1629, and was desig- late as 1639 he had not entirely aban- 
 
 nated by the Court, in November, 1G29, doned the purpose of emigration to 
 
 with Winthrop, Saltonstall, and the Massachusetts. Was his son Samuel 
 
 other principal members of the com- already a resident hero? [T.] 
 
 pany, as one of the "undertakers for 2 William Hudson at this time had 
 
 the joint-stock." He did not accom- not been recommended to the Gene- 
 
 pany his associates to New England, ral Court by the Town of Boston to 
 
 and at the meeting at Southampton, keep an ordinary. He was allowed by 
 
 March 18, 1629-1630, was left out of the Court, April 30, 1640; and there are 
 
78 LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 New England, Baker, and Henry Mether of the same, of the 
 one parte, and Thomas Cornish 1 of Boston aforesaid, In- 
 holder, of the other parte, Witnesseth that the said Williin 
 Hudson for and in consideration of the summe of tennc 
 pounds to him in hand payd by the said Thomas Cornish 
 before the sealing & delivery hereof doth put over and the 
 said Henry Mother doth put and place himselfe servant unto 
 the said Thomas Cornish by these presents w th him to dwell 
 and serve by the space of fowcr yeares from the Date of these 
 p r sents fully to be complcate and ended During all w ch time 
 the said Henry his said master shall well and faithfully serve 
 his commandos lawfull & honest he shall obey and doe his 
 said masters secrets he shall keepe his goods he shall not 
 wast nor purloyne from his said service he shall not himselfe 
 w th draw or eloygne. And the said Thomas Cornish shall 
 During the said tyme fynd & provide for his said servant suffi 
 cient meate drinke lodging <fc apparcll. In witness <tc. 
 [Is. GJ.] 
 
 Be it known unto all men by those presents that I Robert 
 Fekc 2 of Watertownc in New England gent Doe hereby con- 
 stititute and make & in my place put my welbelovcd ffrcind 
 Robert Harding of Boston in Now England Merchant my true 
 and lawfull Atturncy for me and in my name to sue arrest 
 
 in Lechfcml one or two mentions of his to the General Court, and in 1636 was 
 
 house, in agreements "to be paid at appointed one of the magistrates to 
 
 Wm. Hudson s house," which I sup- keep county courts at Watertown. 
 pose to refer to the inn. His house, as Robert Harding came in the lleet with 
 
 noted in the Book of Possessions, was "\Vinthrop, and his name is among the 
 
 on the south side of State Street, close to early signatures of the church covenant, 
 
 the water (near Kilhy Street), where he He was an ensign in Captain Underbill s 
 
 had a wharf running out over the company, then captain, and was for a 
 
 marsh. long time selectman of Boston. He 
 
 1 Cornell or Cornhill ? See note was an adherent of the Hutchinsons, 
 on p. 31, ante-. [T.] and in 1639 removed to Rhode Island, 
 
 2 Robert Feke, of "NVatertown, is where he was an assistant in 1641. In 
 thought to have coine over in the nYet the Xotc-book later (p. 183) he is called 
 with Win thro p. He was made freeman "Cap. Robert Harding, of Newport." 
 May 18, 1631, and lieutenant Septem- In 1646 he went back to England, and, 
 ber, 1632 ; he was several times deputy I suppose, remained there. 
 
LECIIFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 79 
 
 and implcadc ITcnry Flecte l late Captainc of the I>arkc 
 AVaricke ffor the sumc of [50] One hundred pounds Currant 
 money of England w ch he oweth unto me to be payd in in 
 good merchantable cornc at six shillings a bushell to be deliv 
 ered unto me at Watertowne in New England (the \v ch should 
 have ben payd and Delivered unto me there upon the last Day 
 of July Anno Dili 1632 as by one bill obligatory under the 
 hand and sealc of the said Henry Fleet dated the twenty 
 third Day of March Anno Dili 1031 appeareth) and the same 
 Debts and dammages for the Deteyning thereof to recover and 
 receive to my use before any his Majesties Governor or Gov 
 ernors in any Cort or Corts wheresoever or by their authority 
 howsoever. And Whereas heretofore I made a letter of At 
 torney unto George Ludlowe gent authorizing him to receive 
 and recover the said Debt of the said Henry Flecte for me 
 and to my use I Doe hereby also authorize and appoint the 
 said Robert Harding my now Attorney for me and in my 
 name to call and bring the said George Ludlowe to account 
 for the same and in case he hath received the said Debt or 
 any parte thereof the said Robert Harding to receive and 
 recover the same of him for me and in my name and to my 
 use before any his Majesties Governor or Governors in any 
 Court or Corts wheresoever or by their authority howsoever 
 And further I authorize and appoint my said Attorney for 
 me & in my name to doe <fc make any other lawful I act or 
 thing in and about the recovery and receiving of the Debt <fc 
 Dammages aforesaid as fully and effectually as if I my selfe 
 
 1 Henry Fleet sailed from England rally in July, 1634, allege that, l>y 
 
 in 1631, in the employ of George Grif- authority of Sir John Harvey, Gov- 
 
 fith and others, proprietors of the l>ark ernor of Virginia, Fleet had restrained 
 
 " Warwick," of London, on a voyage to the vessel and profits, to their great 
 
 New England and Virginia for trade loss (Colonial Ptiprrs, Hi. 21 ; in Sains- 
 
 and discovery. Winthrop mentions bury s Calendar, i. 184 ; Winih., i. 71, 
 
 her arrival at Nantasket, March 14, 72). 
 
 1631-1(532, "having been at Pascata- George Ludlow probably removed 
 
 quack and at Salem to sell corn, which from Massachusetts to Virginia as early 
 
 she brought from Virginia;" April 9, as 1031. He was there, at any rate, in 
 
 "the bark, with Mr. Maverick s pin- 1639, and was appointed one of Sir 
 
 nace, went out towards Virginia." The William Berkeley s Council in 1650 
 
 proprietors, in a petition to the Admi- (Sainsbury s Calendar, i. 292, 340). [T.] 
 
80 LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 were present, Ratefying and allowing whatsoever my said 
 Attorney shall lawfully Do in the premises. In witnesse &c. 
 30. Maij 1639. 
 
 A Coppy of the bill aforesaid tcstyficd before John Win- 
 throp Governor. 30 Maij prd. [Is. 8.] 
 
 William Cockcrell a of Ilingham ffisherman, pit. William 
 Cockcrham of the same, mariner, deft, in a mixt accon. 4. 4. 
 1639. The Plaintiffc sheweth & complayneth that the ffrce- 
 mcn of Ilingham aforesaid did in or about the sixth moneth 
 in the yeare of our Lord, 1637, by their ioynt consent and 
 general! vote assigne and allot out unto this Pltiffe. fower 
 acres of ground lying at a place called Broadcovc in Ilingham 
 aforesaid next adjoyning to the hinds of the Defendant there 
 towards the west, to have and to enjoy to him the said plaint- 
 iffe & his heires for ever. The plaintiffe made his clayme and 
 entry unto and upon the said lands in or about the sixth 
 moneth of the last yeare, 1638, and this yearc in the first 
 moneth, and since hath endevoured to plant and build his 
 dwelling house upon the said lands, but the said Defendant 
 knowing hereof hath forbidden [51] and hindred the Plain 
 tiffe both in building and planting therupon hithcrunto, so 
 that he must buy all his corne and garden fruits this yeare 
 for himselfe and his family & pay for houseroomc els where, 
 and is otherwise hindred & damnifyed to the summe of twenty 
 pounds for w ch as well as for the said lands he brings his 
 suit. [Is.] 
 
 * 
 
 William Sprague of Ilingham, Planter, plaintiff & Thomas 
 Clap of the same Towne, Planter, defejidt. 4. 4. 1639, in an 
 action upon the case. 
 
 The plaiutiffe complayneth that whereas upon the twenty 
 fifth- day of the third moneth of this yeare, 1639, he was 
 poss d of one good milch Cowe of the age of twelve yearcs, 
 the Defendant had also another Co\v w ch was wont to push 
 
 1 Strangely enough, Cockercll and had made up the whole business out of 
 Cockerham are l>oth known characters ; his head. Little is known of them, 
 though it would seem as if Leehford however. 
 
LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 81 
 
 and goarc cattle and thereof the defendant had notice and 
 warning, but the Defendant did not rcstraino his said Cowe, 
 soc that on the said twenty fifth day of the said third 
 moneth last past the defcndts said Cowc did goare the plain 
 tiffs said cowe so that her gntts and bowclls fell out and 
 her belly being thrust through, to his dammage 20 1 , w ch the 
 Defendt. hath not rendred unto the pit. although he hath ben 
 required the same, and therupon the pit. brings his suit. 1 
 [la.] 
 
 Thomas Moulton of Charlestowne, fisherman, aged about 
 30 yeares maketh oath that one Batman dwelling by the river 
 of Saco on or about the last day of the first moneth Anno 
 Dm. 1638, did place his daughter Margery Batman servant 
 unto Henry Lawrence of Charlestowne ffisherman, w tb him to 
 Dwell & serve for the space of five yeares from that time to 
 be compleate and ended, for the w ch service the said Henry 
 Lawrence was to deliver unto the said Batman, her father, one 
 shc-goate for the benefit of the said Margery, at Charles 
 Towne aforesaid, and therupon the said Batman the ffather 
 Did deliver the said Margery to the said Henry, at Sacoe river 
 aforesaid, to be brought to Charlestowne aforcsayd, on or 
 about the last day of the first moneth aforesayd, and accord 
 ingly the said Henry [52] Lawrence brought the said Margery 
 unto his house at Charlestowne where she remayned w th him 
 about a quarter of a yeare and no longer, and then the said 
 Batman the ffather came to Charlestowne aforesaid and tooke 
 his said daughter from the said Henry Lawrence againc, why 
 the sayd Depon t Doth not knowc, and the said Batman hath 
 since placed his said daughter w th one Elias Parke since 
 dwelling at Kenccticot. And whereas the said Henry Law 
 rence Doubted to receive and carry her the said Marg. away, 
 for fcarc she should be a servant to some body, the said Bat 
 man bid the said Henry Lawrence not to fearc, for that he the 
 said Batman would discharge him of any trouble or dammage 
 
 1 From a later entry in the Note- suit, on the ground of Mr. Sprague s 
 book (p. 113), it would seem as if there fences being in a bad state of repair; 
 might have been some defence in this but such matters are for conjecture only. 
 
 6 
 
82 
 
 LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 that should come upon him for carrying the said Margery 
 away, if it should cost him forty pounds. And the said Henry 
 Lawrence did provide and give the said Margery some 
 cloathcs, but of what value this depont knoweth not. 1 [Is.] . 
 
 4:4: 1639 
 
 John Lawrence of Charlcstowne, 2 fisherman, aged about 
 twenty fourc yearcs makcth oath that <c. againe because his 
 said { father would not give him the said Batman 41 in money 
 instead of the said shc-goate, w ch was contrary to the first 
 agreement, and <tc. 
 
 Thomas Ilett of Ilingham, Cowper, Pltiffe, Thomas Shave 8 
 late of the same, planter, defend 1 . In an accon of trespas 
 
 1 This and the following depositions 
 probably relate to a matter noticed in 
 the Colony Records. At a Quarter 
 Court at Boston, June 4, 1639, " Henry 
 Laurence was for the p r sent discharged 
 about Capt. Bonito his servant" (Musx. 
 Records, i. 265). With a mark of 
 contraction over the final o, Captain 
 Bonito may stand for Richard Bony- 
 thon, or Bonighton, of Saco, and a 
 magistrate there in 1636; and it may 
 be inferred that Margery Batman 
 brought from Saco by Henry Lawrence 
 in 1638 was claimed by Captain Bo 
 ny thon as his servant by prior inden 
 ture or agreement. 
 
 There was a Stephen Batson at Saco 
 in 1636, who had a daughter Margery : 
 he removed to Cape Porpus in 1653 
 (Folsom, History oj Saco, pp. 33, 124). 
 Possibly the two names indicate the 
 same man ; but whether Batman or 
 Batson is correct I have no means of 
 deciding. More may be found of Moul- 
 tou iu another connection, punt, p. 152. 
 
 IT.] 
 
 2 John Lawrence, "of Chariestown " 
 in 1639, is shown to be the son of Henry 
 Lawrence of the same town. There 
 can be no doubt of his identity with 
 
 John Lawrence of Watertown, 1636- 
 1662, afterwards of Gro ton ; and his age 
 at the time of deposing, refers his birth 
 to the yeai 1614 or 1615. The Lawrence 
 Ceiiealogy ( Bond s Watertown, pp. 1080- 
 1081) proves John Lawrence, who was 
 "in New England" July, 1639, to have 
 been a son of Henry Lawrence, of Wis- 
 set, Co. Suffolk, England, " supposed 
 to be the Henry Lawrence of Charles- 
 town, as early as 1635, who died between 
 1638 and 1647." But the same genealogy 
 shows that one John, son of Henry, 
 was baptized at Wisset, Oct. 8, 1609, 
 and a brother, Robert, baptized Sept. 
 16, 1612. The discrepancy in ages 
 thus indicated may be reconciled by 
 supposing the John whose date of bap 
 tism is given in the genealogy to have 
 died young, and that John of Water- 
 town was a second son of the same 
 name, two or three years younger than 
 his brother Robert, who remained in 
 England. [T.] 
 
 8 "Thomas Shaw, Ilingham, 1637, 
 removed before 1643 to Barnstable. . . . 
 Some have written the name Shave " 
 (Savage}. This declaration shows that 
 Shave had removed from Ilingham 
 before June 4, 1639 ; probably shortly 
 
LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 83 
 
 upon the case, 4. 4. 1039. The Plaintiffe complayneth that 
 whereas a certaine parcel of meadow or marish ground con- 
 teyningfive acres or ncare therabouts lying in Hiugham afore 
 said, was heretofore wrongfully deteyned by the townesmen of 
 tlie said Towne from the Defend upon conference thcrof had 
 by and betweene the said Plaintiffe & Defend 1 on or about the 
 first day of the fifth moncth in the ycarc 1G37, at Ilingham 
 aforesaid, The said Defend* did promise the Plaintiffe that in 
 consideration he would help the defend 1 in obteyning the said 
 lands againe into his possession that he the Defend* would 
 give the pl tiffe [53] the one halfe of the sayd lands to have 
 and to enjoy to him and his hcires for ever. And the pl tiffe 
 saiththat indeed he did help the Defend* in obteyning the said 
 lands againe into his possession & he hath since enjoyed the 
 same and taken the promts thereof above the space of one 
 ycarc last past, Notw th standing the Defend 1 not regarding 
 his promise aforesaid but intending to defraud the said pltiffe 
 of the one halfc of the said lands & the proflits thereof, hath 
 refused to give the said one halfe of the said lands to the 
 Pl tiffe but hath taken the proftitts thcrof wholly to himselfc 
 Although the Pit. Did on or about the last Day of the fifth 
 moncth of the yearc 1638 last past require the Dcfendt. to 
 performe his said promise unto him this Plaintiffe. To the 
 Dammagc of the Plaintiffe 10* , and thereupon he brings 
 this suit. [Is. Jonathan Bosworth & Benjamin Bosworth 
 witnesses for the Pit.] 
 
 THOMAS HETT of Hingham, Cowper, pit. ) j n a roa ] ac on 
 JOHN TOSE of the same, planter, Defendant ] 4. 4. 1<>39. 
 
 The Pit. shewcth that whereas Thomas Shave late of Iling 
 ham aforesaid, planter, did on or about the tenth Day of 
 the first moneth, Anno Dni 1G37, give unto the Plaintiffe the 
 one halfc of a certaine parcell of meadow or marish ground 
 contcyning five acres or neare therabouts lying in Hing 
 ham aforesaid, Now the said Defend* claymeth and holdeth 
 
 before that date, as the word "late" was interlined before "of Hingham," after 
 the first draft. 
 
84 LECIIFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 possession of all the said lands and rcfuscth to let the pltiffe. 
 have & enjoy the said one halfc of the said lands & profiits 
 thereof. And for the enjoyment of the said halfe of the said 
 lands the Plaintiffe brings his suit. [Is. Witnesses afores d .] 
 
 [54] Jonathan Bos worth l of Hingham, taylor, aged about 
 26 yearcs, maketh oath that Thomas Shave about the bcgin- 
 inge of the fifth moneth 1637 upon occasion of conference 
 betwecne him & this Deponent about a parcell of ground in 
 Ilingham conteyning about 5 acres then kept from him told this 
 dcpoiit that he had promised to give halfe therof to Thomas 
 Hctt for to help him to obteyne the possession of the said 
 ground and at another time this deponent was present when 
 the said Thomas Het and Thomas Shave talked together of 
 the said promise wherof this deponent remembreth this pas 
 sage that Thomas Hctt asked the said Thomas Shave whether 
 he would be as good as his word, he sayd yes. Then sayd 
 Thomas Ilett you are like to have yo r ground againe but 
 whon you have it againe I doubt you will be unwilling to let 
 me have halfe of it Noe said Thomas Shave you shall have the 
 one halfe if ever I get it and I shall be glad of the other halfe. 
 
 Benjamin Bosworth l of Hingham planter aged about 24 
 ycares maketh oath that Thomas Shave about the begin 
 ning of the fifth moneth 1637 upon occasion of conference 
 betwecne him and this Dcpoiit about a parcell of ground in 
 Ilingham conteyning about 5 acres then kept from him the 
 said Thomas told this Dcpoiit that he had promised to give 
 Thomas Hctt halfe therof for to help him recover the same 
 and the said Thomas Shave said further that when he did get 
 the said ground Thomas Hot should have halfe of it w th 
 heart tv good will and that he the said Thomas Shave should 
 be glad of the rest himselfe & prase God for it. [6(Z.] 
 
 1 Benjamin, Jonathan, and (as I in- and probably sons of Edward, who 
 
 fcr from an entry on a subsequent page, died on his passage to New England, 
 
 as well as from Mas*. Col. Jlcc., i. 152) or before July, 1635. 
 Nathaniel Bosworth were brothers, 
 
LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 85 
 
 [55] To the Right Wor 11 the. G-overno r , Councill and Assist 
 ants of the Jurisdiction of the Massachusetts bay in New 
 England, $ to the generall Court there assembled, 0. 4. 1039- 
 
 The humble petition of Thomas Cornell 1 of Boston In- 
 keeper. 
 
 Shcweth that whereas in the winter tymc when provisions 
 were Dcare & scarce and yo r petitioner had much losse by his 
 small bcare by the frost, he did sell some stronger bcerc w ch 
 he was at cost to preserve from the frost by fire, for the ne 
 cessary use of strangers, unto some others, for 2d. a quarte, 
 and did since draw out about a rundlct of sacke in his house, 
 not knowing any law to the contrary, scing Mr Fortcscue 
 told him that he had liberty to Draw by the gallon, or 2 or 3 
 gallons, yo r petitioner hoping that he might so Doc & save 
 himselfe a labour of sending to the tavcrne. But seeing yo r 
 petitioner now undcrstandcth that these things are against 
 the lawcs, he is very sorry for his offences and all other offen 
 ces that have been taken notice of by the Court, beseeching 
 you to consider that some miscarriages may passe in such an 
 house against his will and w th out his knowledge, but he hath 
 ben hitherto carefull and shall hereafter Godwilling be more 
 carefull to keepc a good conscience in the said place if you 
 shall please to continue him therein, if not he shalbe ready 
 to leave the same as soone as he can get a chapman for his 
 house, for that he hath not ben heretofore accustomed to 
 
 1 Thomas Cornell, or Cornhill, as ing entry in the records of the Quarter 
 
 has been before mentioned, was the Court, June 4, 1639, shows the occa- 
 
 successor of William Balston in the sion of this petition. " Thomas Corne- 
 
 second of the two inns or ordinaries hill was fined 30 for acverall offences, 
 
 licensed in Boston before 1639 (see selling wine w th out license, and bearo 
 
 note on p. 31, ante). With consent at 2 d a quart. Hoc had warning the 
 
 of the townsmen, Aug. 20, 1638, he 10 th 4 th mo" (Mass. Col. 7?cc., i. 266). 
 
 bought Mr. Balston s house, yards, gar- On the sixth of June the Court abated 
 
 den, and one close "on the backside 10 of his fine and respited the re- 
 
 of Mr. Coddington s," one acre, more mainder ; but provided that he should 
 
 or less, two acres in the Mill Field, "cease from keeping intertainraent, and 
 
 three at Hog Island, and eighty at the town to provide another" (Ibid., 
 
 Mount Wollaston (Town Records, i. p. 260). [T.] 
 35 ; Suff. Deeds, i. 26). The follow- 
 
86 LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 such a housekeeping and these are his first offences and his 
 first warning. 
 
 All W cli Considered yo r petitioner humbly praycth the Co rt 
 to be pleased to remit his ifine lately imposed upon him by 
 the Court of Assistants for the said offences, and as long as 
 he continueth in the said housekeeping he promiseth by the 
 help of God to be carefull not to offend in such things or in 
 any other, and shall as his duty by mis him pray for your 
 long life & prosperity & the whole State. [2s. 6c?.] 
 
 A Coppy of a Deed betwecnc Mathew Allyn of Kenecticot, 
 gent, and Margaret his wife, 1 of the one parte, and Thomas 
 Allyn of Barnstablc in the County of Devon, yeoman, of the 
 other parte, Dated 17. 10. 1038. being a Conveyance of lands 
 in Devonshire to the said Thomas. [3s.] 
 
 Me Mathew Allyn De Ilartforde super flumcn dc Kenecticot, 
 in America gen. tencr 1 <tc. Thome Allyn in duobus mille 
 libris &c. Dat 6. 3. 1G39. 
 
 The condition of this obligation is such that if the above- 
 bounden Mathew Allyn and Margaret his Avife, and their 
 hcires, shall from time to time and at all times hereafter 
 well and truly observe performc & keepe all such grants 
 Covenants & agreements as are menconed and [56 ] ex 
 pressed in one payre of Indentures dated the seavcnteenth 
 day of December last past before the date of these presents, 
 made betwccne the said Mathew Allyn and Margaret his wife 
 of the one partc and the abovenamed Thomas Allyn of the 
 other parte w ch on the parte & bchalfe of the said Mathew 
 Allyn and Margaret his wife and their hcires are to be ob 
 served, performed and kept, And if the said Mathew Allyn 
 and Margaret his wife shall Doe and execute all such further 
 
 1 Mathew Allyn was at Cambridge and 1664. The lands granted to Tho- 
 
 in!6;l2. Jlu removed to 1 1 art ford, where mas Allyn, of Harnstaple, Devonshire, 
 
 he had a considerable allotment in the we. re ]>robahly the same, "in Uowport 
 
 fir.->t division of lands, but soon after Street," which Thomas Allyn, then of 
 
 settled at Windsor, lie was an assist- Barnstable in New England, sold in 
 
 ant from 1658 to 1607, ami a comnu s- 1641 to John Hells, of Dorchester (seo 
 
 sioner for the United Colonies in 1660 copy of the conveyance, post, p. 227). 
 
LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 87 
 
 assurances as by the said Indentures they have covenanted 
 to Doe so that they be not required for the Doing thereof to 
 travell out of the Jurisdiction of Kcnecticot plantation above- 
 said and so that the said assurances be tcndrcd unto them 
 w tb in the space of scavcn ycares next ensuing the date here 
 of then this obligation shall be voyd and of none effect or els 
 shall remaine & be in full power strength & vertue. [3s.] 
 
 BOSTON IN NEW ENGLAND 7 Junii 1639. 
 
 At thirty Days after sight of this my first bill of exchange 
 my second or third not being payd, be pleased to pay unto M. r 
 Richard Hutchinson of London, Linnen Draper, Dwelling at 
 the sign of the Angell and Starre in Chcapsyde, or his as- 
 signes, the summe of one hundred pounds of Currant money 
 of England, for so much received here of Mf John Cogan l of 
 Boston in New England merchant. I pray make good pay 
 ment and place it to account according to advice, 
 
 for me, JAMES FoRRETT. 2 
 
 To the right Hon ble the Earle 
 of Starling Secretary for the 
 Kingdom of Scotland, at his 
 house iii Goveut Garden in. Midd. [Is. 6t/.] 
 
 [57] A Paper of Certain Propositions 3 to the general Cort 
 made upon request 8. 4. 1639. 
 
 1. It were good that all accons betweene partyes were en- 
 trcd in the Court booke by the Secretary before the Courte 
 sittes. 
 
 1 John Cogan. See note on p. 138, inson, the ironmonger in Cheapside. 
 post. Forrett returned to England in 1641 
 
 2 James Forrett, agent of William, (see JVinth., ii. 4, 5; Conn. Col. Ilcc., 
 Earl of Stirling, for his patent of Long ii. 93, note). 
 
 Island, was in Boston in 1639, as 8 Though these propositions of 
 
 appears by this bill, drawn on his em- Lochford looking to his employment 
 
 ploycr, in favor of Richard Hutchin- as "publick notary" were not adopt- 
 
 son, brother of William, of Boston and ed, they may have led to the passage 
 
 Newport, and uncle of Richard Hutch- (at the next session of the General 
 
88 LECIIFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 2. That every accon be declared in writing and the De- 
 fendts answer general or speciall as the case shall require be 
 put in writing by a Public Notary before the cause be heard. 
 
 3. The Secretary to take the verdits & make forth the iudi- 
 cial commands or writts. 
 
 4. The public notary to Record all the proceedings in a faire 
 bookc and to enter satisfaccons acknowledged and executions 
 or commands done. 
 
 5. The frees in all these to be no more then in an inferiour 
 Court of Record in England w ch fees to be allowed by the 
 generall Court or Court of Assistants. 
 
 The benefit hereof to the publicke good. 
 
 1. It will give an easy and quicke dispatch to all causes for 
 thereby the Court and Jury will quickly see the .point in hand 
 and accordingly give their verdict & judgmt. 
 
 2. The Court shall the better knowc constantly how to judge 
 the same things : and it is not possible that Judges from time 
 to time should all way es remember clca; ily or know to proceed 
 certainly w th out a faithfull record. 
 
 3. The partycs may hereby more surely and clearely obteync 
 their right for through ignorance & passion men may quickly 
 wrong one another in their bare words without a record. 
 
 4. Hereby shall the Law of God and justice be Duly admin- 
 istred to the people according to certaine and unchangeable 
 rules so that they may know what is the Law and what right 
 they may lookc for at the mouthes of all their Judges. 
 
 5. Hereby the subjects have a greate parte of their evi 
 dences and assurances for their proprieties both of lands <fc 
 goods. 
 
 The people may also use the publicke notary in Divers 
 cases to the ease of the Magistrates and for making scverall 
 writings &c. 
 
 - 
 
 Court), in September, 1639, of a law posterity," and also providing for the 
 
 requiring "that henceforward every record of wills, inventories, etc., and of 
 
 judgment, w to all the evidence, bee lands (Mass. Col. lice., i. 275, 276). 
 
 recorded in a booke, to bee kept to [T.] 
 
LECIIFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 89 
 
 [Bcloiv is the following note, in ciplier : ] 
 
 The Court was willing to bestow employment upon me, 
 but they said to me that they could not doe it for fcare of 
 offending the Churches, because of my opinions. Where 
 upon I thought good to propose unto them as followeth 
 over leaf : 
 
 [58] Certaine propositions to the generall Co r t, 11. 4. 1G39. 
 
 Whereas I have delivered that prophesying in the Church 
 is properly & therefore ought to be mainely of propheticall 
 scriptures, and that Apostles, Evangelists & Prophets ought 
 to be continued as well and as long as Pastors <fc Teach 
 ers, or any other the undoubted officers by vcrtue of the Insti 
 tution, Some apostles^ some prophets c., and that it is probable 
 there shall come yet a greater Antichrist then ever hath 
 bin, <tc. 
 
 1. I Doe not refuse Church Communion w th any that hold 
 the contrary. 
 
 2. If the Elders upon perusall of my bookcs & hearing 
 me will give their censure and reasons in writing or otherwise 
 against the maigne propositions in my bookes, if they cannot 
 satisfy me so far as to recant yet I shall be content to be 
 silent. 
 
 3. If the Elders upon perusall of my bookes & hearing 
 me can convince me of error in the maigne propositions, I 
 shall be ready to retract, yea, to burne my bookes. 
 
 4. If the State & the Elders thinke that the matters I 
 trcatc on are not tanti l or that they are just occasion of Dis 
 turbance, I shall be content they will advise of them 12. 
 moncths or more, w th silence on my parte During that space 
 saving to the Elders and cheife men, provided that I may have 
 imploymcnt to subsist among you, and in the meanc while be 
 
 1 The manuscript is seemingly plain ; but this word tanti is curiously 
 chosen. [T.] 
 
90 
 
 LECIIFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 admitted to the privileges of God s house ; for that all I write 
 may be held or not held salvafide, as I conceive. W th all Due 
 submission to this hono ble Co rt . 
 
 Yo r humble suppliant 
 
 THO : LECHFORD. 
 
 \JTke following is in cipher, except the first four words.~\ 
 
 A Draught of reasons for 3 deputies to be sent from each 
 town to the General Court: A sheet of paper: At the request 
 
 of 
 
 Bcllingham 1 : 19. 4. 1639. 
 
 [0-0.] 
 
 Coppy of a bill or letter of Attorney to Mr Rob 1 Harding 
 to receive 41 15? of George Ludlowe 2 for Richard Callacott. 
 Dated 19. 4. 1639. 8d. 
 
 [Tlds in cipher. ] 
 
 Received of Mr 1 Glover 3 in May or the beginning of the 
 month of June, 1G39. [10*.] 
 
 1 The name of Bcllingham is writ 
 ten in the cipher in accordance with 
 its popular pronunciation of the period 
 as BdHticjc in (with ;/ .soft). [T.] 
 
 It appears from this entry by Lech- 
 ford that Mr. l>ellingham though 
 himself out; of the assistants was 
 opposed to the order of March, 1639, 
 by which towns were prohibited from 
 sending more than two deputies, and 
 which "occasioned some to fear that 
 the magistrates intended to make them 
 selves stronger and the deputies weak 
 er, and so, in time, to bring all power 
 into the hands of the magistrates ; so 
 as the people in some towns were much 
 displeased," etc. ( H r i,Uh. t i. 300). [T.] 
 
 Mr. Bellingham and Mr. Saltonstall, 
 as Governor Winthrop complains, 
 "held together, and joined with the 
 deputies against the rest of the magis 
 
 trates," in "cases where any difference 
 was" (jy-inth., ii. 186, 210). Yet, he 
 concedes, "these gentlemen were such 
 as feared God;" and "where they 
 went aside it was merely for want of 
 light, or their eyes were held through 
 some temptation for a time, that they 
 could not make use of the light they 
 had." So mild a judgment on of Fenders 
 who "went aside" towards democracy, 
 and perhaps went so far as to maintain 
 the right of petition for the repeal of 
 an obnoxious law, a measure which, 
 in the Governor s opinion, "savored of 
 resisting an ordinance of God," is the 
 highest evidence of his charity and 
 goodness of heart [T.] 
 
 2 George Ludlow came over in 1630, 
 but returned to Kngland very soon. 
 
 8 For Mrs. Glover, the wife of the 
 Rev. Josse Glover, see note, p. 119, post. 
 
LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 91 
 
 [59] Articles of Agreement indented made the twentieth 
 Dai/ of the fourth moneth in the year of our Lord One thou 
 sand six hundred thirty nync Betweem RICHARD COOKE 1 of 
 Boston in Neiv England, tayler, of the one partc, and ARTHUR 
 PERRY of the same, tayler, of the other parte. 
 
 1. Imprimis, it is Covenanted, agreed, and fully concluded 
 by and bctwccnc the said parties to these presents, that they 
 shall and will be Co-partners in the trade of Taylery, from 
 the Date of these prsents for and During the space of scaven 
 yearcs thenceforth fully to be compleatc and ended, if it shall 
 please Almighty God that they two shall so long live, During 
 all w cb time they shall be and continue together daylie in one 
 shoppc and be at cquall costs and charges in providing <fc 
 paying for shoproome and all necessary utensills and things 
 requisite to their said trade;, and shall each of them have one 
 Apprentice servant in their joynt shop}) from time to time 
 during the said terme of sea veil yearcs. 
 
 2. Item, it is Covenanted, agreed & fully concluded by and 
 bctwcenc the said parties to these presents that all the prof- 
 fitts, commodities and advantages w ch shall be gotten by 
 them in their said trade, and by the industry and workc of 
 them the said partyes to these presents, and of their Appren 
 tice servants therein During the said terme of scaven yearcs 
 shall be equally Due and be divided and parted from time to 
 time unto and bctwecnc the said parties to these presents. 
 
 3. Item, further it is Covenanted agreed and fully concluded 
 by and betweene the said partyes to these presents that neither 
 
 1 Richard Cooke and Arthur Perry, been appointed in 163S with a salary of 
 
 the tailors, had, in 1645 or earlier, two 5 for "drumming to the company on all 
 
 houses on School Street. Whether their occasions." Later, however, he agreed 
 
 partnership had by that time dissolved, to "give his Hcst diligence in Teaching 
 
 or whether they still did their business George Clifford and Nathaniel Newgate 
 
 in one shop, I cannot say. Cooke- was in all the skill and use of the drum 
 
 later known as a military man, being of needfull to all common service in mili- 
 
 the Artillery Company, and rising in tary affayres." And this agreement I 
 
 1656 to the rank of lieutenant. As for suppose he carried out ; for in a year or 
 
 Perry, his rank was more humble. lie two he ceased from drumming, at least 
 
 was at this time town drummer, and in public, 
 held the place for some years, lie had 
 
92 LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 of them shall in their said trade Doe nor permit to be done by 
 their said servants anything w th out the assent & consent of 
 each other of them the said pties to these priits, During the 
 said terme. 
 
 4. Item, It is Covenanted agreed and fully concluded by 
 and betwcene the said partyes to these p r sents that in the 
 case of sicknesse or other necessary occasion of absence of 
 them the said parties to these presents from their said joynt 
 shopp during the said tcrme, if the said absence shall be by 
 the space of a Day or more, that then the one of the said par- 
 tics shall allowe unto the other xij<* for every Daycs absence 
 of each other. 
 
 In witnesse <c. Coram Johe Cogan & mcipo. [2s. Gu?.~] 
 
 Articles about a bargaine betweene Lieutenant Richard 
 Morris 1 and Mf Richard Parker for 7000 o clapboards 
 pypestaves at 181 p millc, to be Dd at Pascattaquay any time 
 after the last Day of the 5 th moneth. Dated 20. 4. 1639. 
 Coram me. [4s. 6d.] 
 
 [60] Be it knowne unto all men by these presents that I 
 Mary Fayreweather 2 of Boston, widdowe, in consideration of 
 my naturall love and good affection that I beare unto my 
 sonne John Fayreweather, Doe hereby give and graunt unto 
 the said John the one halfe of all my lands lying in Pullin- 
 point nockc 3 and Hogg Island, w lh the appurtenances, equally 
 
 1 Richard Morris was a military man Point Neck, Jan. 8, 1637 ( Town lice- 
 
 from Roxbury. He had been disarmed, ords, i. 30). He died late in 16138 
 
 in 1637, with others of the Hutchinson (Suvaye). John, his son, who in 
 
 party, and had gone to Exeter with Mr. 1689 was made commander of the cas- 
 
 W heel \vright, and is met with fre- tie after it was surrendered by An- 
 
 quently in the Note-book, in transac- dros, was born (about) September, 
 
 tions like the present. Richard Bulgar, 1634 ; and so was not five years old at 
 
 also a Roxbury man, who was disarmed, the date of this deed of gift. A revised 
 
 went at first to Rhode Island, but after- draft of this deed of gift, with addi- 
 
 wards to Maine, where he is met with tional provisos, is found on another 
 
 in connection with Morris later in the page. [T.] For John Evered, alias 
 
 Note-book. Webb, or John Webb, alias Evered, 
 
 2 Widow of Thomas Fayerweather, see pp. 138, 224, post. 
 
 an early settler, who had an "allot- 8 Pullin Point (now Point Shirley, 
 
 merit" in the division of lands at Pullin Chelsea) was so called, as Wood informs 
 
LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 93 
 
 to be Devilled, To have <fc to hold the said one luilfo of the 
 said lands unto him the said John Fayrcweathcr his heires 
 and assignes for ever. And I doc hereby graunt unto the said 
 John Fayreweather that I and the said John shall & will 
 stand seized of the other halfe of my said lands unto the use 
 of myselfe for my life and afterwards to the use of such 
 child and children that shall be lawfully begotten betwecne 
 me and John Everet als. Webb whome I intend by the grace 
 of God to take to my husband, and the heires of such childe 
 or children forcvf and for default of such issue to the use of 
 the said John Fayrcweathcr, his heires and assigncs for ever. 
 And lastly, I Doe hereby give and graunt unto the said John 
 Fayreweather one heyfcr of two yeares old, To have and to 
 hold the said heyfer unto the said John Fayreweather his 
 executors administrators & assignes for ever. In witncsse 
 whereof I have hereunto set my hand & scale the twenty first 
 Day of the fourth moncth, Anno Dim. 1639. [2s. 4.] 
 
 Copic of a grant of Powderhorne Hill l by Henry Vane 
 Esq^ to William Brampton gent. Dated 2. 1638 [sic], [6d.] 
 
 Vincent Potter 2 gent, [places f] and John Johnson places 
 himselfe unto Daniel Pierce of Watertowne, blacksmith, for 
 9 yeares from this Day for 12*, double apparcll, & 5*. Coram 
 me <fc Duobus aliis tcstibus. [2s. 6t?.] 
 
 This Indenture etc. Dated 25. 4. 1639. 
 
 [The next two entries are in short-hand. ,] 
 Received of My Hibbins 25. 4. 1639. [10s.] 
 
 Received of M! Bellingham for loan or gift [illegible], which 
 I please; but if [it] please God that I am able [illegible], I 
 intend to pay him. [11.] 
 
 us, because those who passed it in ance to William Brampton (Rrenton?) 
 
 boats, when the tide was strong, "are was probably executed in England. [T.J 
 constrayned to goe ashore, and hale 2 Vincent Potter came in "1635, 
 
 their boates by the sealing, or roades " aged 21, was next year a soldier at the 
 
 (New England s Prospect, p. 45). [T.J castle" (Savage). See later in the Note- 
 
 1 In Chelsea, where Vane was one of book, pp. 65, 119. 
 the largest proprietors. This convey- 
 
94 LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 [61] Articles of Agreement Indented made the ffowerteenth 
 Daij f ^ te secon d moneth Anno Dni One thousand six hun 
 dred thirty and nyne Betiveene WILLIAM TYNG of Boston 
 in New JEnyland, merchant, of the one parte, And JOHN 
 llKADE 1 of Way mouth in New England Planter, of the 
 other parte, in manner and forme following. 
 
 It is Covenanted, agreed and fully concluded by and be- 
 twecne the said party es to these presents, Imprimis, that the 
 said John Reade shall and will occupye and enjoy all that the 
 said William Tyng s ffarmc house and ffarme at Mount Wol- 
 laston called Salter s ffarme, w th all the appurtenances lately 
 by him purchased of William Coddington late of Boston, 2 
 gent., from the Day of the Date hereof for and During the 
 space of Tenne yeares thenceforth next ensuing, fully to be 
 compleate and ended. 
 
 2. It in, that the said William Tyng shall and will stocke 
 the said house & farme to the hand of the said John 
 Reade, in manner following, that is to say, w th tenne milch 
 cowcs, tcnne heyfers of two yeares old a peece, tenne heyfers 
 of one yeare old a pecce, ten cowe calves, One bull of two 
 yeares old and one bull calfe, Tenne Oxen, fower mares, One 
 stoned colt of a yeare old, twenty ewe goats, One goate 
 rammc, three sowes, One boare, eight store swyne, One cocke, 
 tenne hennes, One turkey cockc, two turkey hennes, One 
 gander, four geese, One Drake and fowrc Ducks. 
 
 3. Itm, that the said John Reade shall and will kcop and 
 improve all the said live stocke upon the premises as near as 
 may be from time to time During the said terme of tenne 
 yeares. And that the said John Reade shall will w th in 
 15 moneths next after the date hereof build or cause to be 
 built at his proper costs & charges on the premises, One 
 barne of seaventy foxvre fectc in length and forty feete in 
 breadth and convenient hcigth proportionable, taking all 
 
 1 John Reade had been of Dorchester, but was now a man of property and 
 influence in Weymouth. 
 
 2 Sec pp. 36-40, ante. [T.] 
 
LECIIFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 95 
 
 such material Is lhat will serve < hereunto upon the lands 
 belonging to the said farine. 
 
 4. Item, that the said John Reade shall and will from time 
 to time during the said terme at his proper costs & charges 
 well <fc sufficiently repay re, maintaine uphold <fc kecpc the 
 said ffarmc house & Barn <fc all outhouses to the said ffarme 
 belonging and all fences <fc increase fences and the garden 
 thereunto belonging and the fruit trees thereon with all 
 needful & necessary rcparacons hedges pales fences mounds <fc 
 ditches and the same so well sufficiently repayred main 
 tained upheld & kept shall <fc will leave & yield up in the end 
 of the said tcrmc unto the said William Tyngc. 
 
 5. Item, that the sayd John Reade shall and may have & 
 take in & upon the premises wood & timber for reparations 
 of the said farme houses <fc barnc & outhouses fences and all 
 nccdfull & necessary hedgbootc, gatcboote, paleboote <fe fire- 
 boote not Doing any voluntary wast upon the said premises 
 from time to time During the said tcrmc. 
 
 0. Itiii, that the said John Re-ado shall and will fyncl ct pro 
 vide sufficient seed corne for the premises tbis present ycarc 
 And shall & will from time to tymc During the said terme, 
 findc provide all necessary ploughes, ploughshares, carts, 
 harnesses for the same, Dayrie implements, cythes, axes, 
 hatchets, hammers, mattocks, pickaxes, spades, shovells, 
 rakes, saws, wedges, and all other necessary utensils for the 
 managing of the said ffarme & stockc & the increase thereof. 
 
 7. ItiTi, that the said William Tyng in the end of the said 
 terme shall & will buy of the sayd John Readc the ploughes 
 ploughshares carts harnesses for the same dayrie implements 
 cythes axes hatchotts hammers mattocks pickaxes spades 
 shovells rakes sawes wedges & all other necessary uten- 
 sills used and bought by the said John Reade for the man 
 aging of the premises at such reasonable rates <fe prizes as 
 they shall be valued at by two indifferent men bctwcenc the 
 said partycs to be chosen or by the arbitrators in these 
 presents named. 
 
 8. Item, that the said John Reade shall will from time 
 to tyme kccpe scaven men servants able for their severall 
 
96 LECUFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 imployments and two able mayd servants, and that lie shall 
 and will imploye his owne labour and industry and the labor 
 and industry of all his said servants for the improvement of 
 the said ffarme and live stocke w th its increase During the 
 sayd tcrmc. 
 
 9. I tiii, that the sayd John Reade shall not nor will put on 
 nor receive any other cattell, swyne or poultrey of his owne 
 or of any other p r son or persons to be fedd or kept upon the 
 premises, w tb out the consent of the said William Tyng, and 
 then the said William Tyng shall have halfe the profits for 
 keeping and feeding of all such other cattell, swyne or 
 poultry. 
 
 10. It in, that the said John Reade shall & will breake up 
 and improve w th the plough and plant or sowe eight acres of 
 the arrablc ground of the premises that hath not ben formerly 
 broken up or ploughed, planted or sowen formerly, every 
 yeare During the said terme. 
 
 11. Itiii, that the said John Reade shall not nor will give, 
 sell or carry any hay or strawe off the premises to the value 
 of five shillings p annu, w th out the consent of the sayd Wil 
 liam Tyng. 
 
 [62] 1 12. Item, that the said John Reade shall & will lay 
 or cause to be layd all the compost, manure or Dung w ch shall 
 be made there on the premises in husbandly manner where 
 most need shall be from time to time During the said 
 termc. 
 
 14. 2 Itiii, that the first tenne hcyfers of the said stocke that 
 shall come to the payle shall be kept for stocke, and if any of 
 them faylc, the said number to be made up out of the said 
 stockcs increase from time to time ever after during the 
 sayd tcrmc, and in the end thereof to be equally Divided 
 between the sayd partyes. 
 
 1 It may seem that tho paging hero position in the page. The page-marks 
 
 is very irregular. This arises from the have been set in where they occur; but in 
 
 fact that the articles in the present the case of pp. 62-64 they mean but 
 
 agreement have been printed accord- little, as the articles have been very 
 
 ing to the order indicated by the num- generally transferred, 
 bering rather than according to their 2 There is no item numbered 13. [T.] 
 
LECHFORD S MAXUSCIUPT NOTE-BOOK. 97 
 
 15. Itm, that the increase of llic said stocke *t brnol ilts <t 
 proffitts of the said farme shall equally belong unto it be di 
 vided unto and bctweenc the said partycs from time to tynie 
 During the said terme in manner & forme herein expressed. 
 
 [63] 10. Item, that the said John Rcade shall tt will from 
 time to time during the said terme upon one moneths warn 
 ing give an account in writing under his hand, unto the 
 said William Tyng of all increase and decrease of the said 
 stock e. 
 
 17. I tin, that the increase of the sayd stocke tt protlits 
 of the said farme shall from time to tymc during the. said 
 terme be divided, as the sayd partyes shall oil her of them 
 require of the other upon one monetlfs warning: so that 
 none of the said cattcll of the increase of the said stocke 
 shall be divided till they breed or bo wayed in the yoake, nor 
 shall the conic be divided till it be brought info the barne tt 
 threshed, tt then to be divided by the bushell. 
 
 18. I tin, that upon every dividend the continuing stocke 
 shall bo made good if any fayle from time to tymc Puringc 
 the sayd tonne out of the said stoeko s increase, saving that 
 if any partc of the said stooko Dye or fayle through the 
 wilfull default of the said John Read then he shall forthwith 
 make good ct rcpairc the same at his ownc costs ct charges. 
 
 19. It in, that from time to tymc during the said terme 
 upon every dividend, the said William Tyng shall have lib 
 erty to appoint what cattell, horses mares or swyno shall be 
 kept for the standing and continuing stooko. 
 
 20. Itiii, that the sayd John Rea.de shall in the end of the 
 sayd terme leave tt yield up unto the said Willm Tyng the 
 said farme fully stocked in such manner tt kind as the said 
 John Read rcccivcth the same from the said William Tyng. 
 
 21. Itm, that the said John Reade shall forbear to fell such 
 trees about the said farm house as the said William Tyngc 
 shall direct. 
 
 22. Itm, that the said John Read shall not nor will have 
 any dealing in any other farm or trade during the said terme, 
 except his letting <t [64] setting his farm at Weymouth, 
 w th out the consent of the savd Win Tvii jr. 
 
98 LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 23. Itm, that the said John Rcade shall not nor will during 
 the said terme do or suffer to be Done anything to the breach 
 of any of the articles of agreement or Covenants made be 
 tween the said Willili Tyng and W. Coddington a coppy l 
 whereof the said John Rcade hath in his custody. 
 
 24. Itm, that the sayd John lleade shall and will from time 
 to time during the sayd terme pay all towne rates for Mount 
 Wollaston charged upon the said farme or his person, but 
 all other rates for the sayd farme shall be payd out of the 
 increase of the sayd stocke & p fits of the said farme. 
 
 25. Itm, that the said Partyes shall equally have and enjoy 
 the improvements and profitts of & by the said servants, 
 ploughs carts <fe teames, to be equally Divided with the in 
 crease of the sayd stocke from time to time During the said 
 terme. 
 
 26. Itm, the sayd William Tyng shall and will from time to 
 time during the sayd terme pay halfe the charges for hire and 
 maintenance of workmen or women, when any shall be hired 
 & employed over and above the sayd servants, as need shall 
 require for planting, reaping, mowing and making of hay. 
 
 27. I tin, that the sayd John Reade shall and will from time 
 to time during the said terme allow unto the sayd William 
 Tyng lodging and Dyet for himself & horsemcat & stable- 
 roome for his horse when he shall come to the sayd farme to 
 survey the same, make a dividend or for any other occasions 
 w ch he shall have liberty to doe at one or more times in the 
 yeare, for the space of one moneth in the yeare, yearely During 
 the sayd tcrmc and at these tymes he shall have the use of 
 the chamber w ch M? Coddington used to lye in for his lodging. 
 
 28. Itm, that the said William Tynge shall have liberty 
 from time to time During the sayd term to fell, cut, saw, hew 
 & carry away any wood tyrnber, trees, boards, planks, pales 
 or other wood things whatsoever leaving sufficient tymber 
 frees <fc wood for the mayntenance of the sayd farme. 
 
 29. Itm, that the sayd Willm Tyng shall have liberty to 
 erect & build one watermill on the premises for the use of 
 him & his assignes and to make darnmes, floodgates or pooles 
 
 1 See pp. 39, 40, ante. [T.] 
 
LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 99 
 
 for that end, and to lay two acres of ground thereto, and 
 shall have free ingresse, cgressc regressc for him & his 
 assignes and those that shall grindc their conic therein into 
 and from the same mill when it shall be set up & huilt, the 
 said William Tyngc or his assignes from time to time During 
 the sayd terme after the said mill shall be erected <fc built 
 grinding the conic of the said John Reade for the said farme 
 house keeping, or allowing ycarcly unto the said John Reade 
 what the grinding of fifty bushells of conic shall be worth. 
 
 80. Itm, that if the said William Tyng shall hereafter at 
 any time during the said terme be necessitated to sell the said 
 ffarmc house & farmc, then the said John Rcade for fifty 
 pounds to be payd him in hand, upon six moneths warning, 
 shall & will surrender & rcdeliver unto the sayd Willm 
 Tyng the said farme house & farme <fc stocke, w th his partc of 
 the dividend, increase & profitts thereof. 
 
 31. It in, that if the sayd Willm Tyng shall hereafter at any 
 time during the sayd terme be disposed to sell the said farme 
 house and farmc for his ownc profit advantage, then the 
 said John Reade for one hundred pounds to be payd him in 
 hand upon six moneths warning shall & will surrender unto 
 the said William Tyng the sayd farmc house <t farmc 
 stocke w th all his partc of the dividend, increase & profitts 
 thereof. 
 
 32. Item, that in case any difference shall arise between 
 the said partycs their heircs or executors about or Concerning 
 the premises, that then they shall and will from time to tyme 
 perform, fullfill, stand to keepe the arbitremcnt of Thomas 
 Leverit 1 one of the Elders of the Church of Boston & of 
 William Colbron Deacon of the same or of two others Arbi 
 trators indifferently chosen or to be chosen by <fc between the 
 
 1 Thomas Leverett and William Col- fleet with Winthrop, was for a long 
 
 bron, prominent men in the church, time deacon, and later ruling elder ; 
 
 were of high consideration in Boston, often, too, selectman. Jlis opinions on 
 
 Thomas Leverett was ruling elder, and religious matters had decided leanings 
 
 also selectman from the time of his towards the heresies of Wheelwright ; 
 
 choice, shortly after he came over from but he was neither disarmed nor dis- 
 
 old Boston, in 1633, until his death, in franchised therefor. 
 1650. William Colbron came in the 
 
100 LECllFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 sayd partycs, their hoircs or executors. 1 (Rd 10s in pt 3. 10. 
 1630.) 
 
 [65] Be it known unto all men by these presents that I 
 Mury Fairewcather of Boston in New England widdow, in 
 tending by the grace of God to take to husband John Everet 
 als Wcl)l) 2 of Boston aforesaid, in Consideration of my natn- 
 rall love & good affection that T beare unto my Soune John 
 FayrcwcathcT doc hereby before tlie said marriage give and 
 grant unto the said John Faireweather the one halfe of all 
 my lands lying in Pullinpoint necke and Ilogge Island w lh 
 the appurtenances equally to be divided To have and to hold 
 the said one halfe of the said lands unto him the said John 
 Fayre\veathcr his heires and assignes for ever, Provided all- 
 wayes that if the said John Faireweather shall happen to 
 Dye without issue before he shall attaine to his age of twenty 
 and oiicycares then this grant shall ho voyd And I doe hereby 
 grant unto the said John Faireweather that I and the said 
 John Webb and the heires of our two bodies lawfully to be 
 begotten botweene us shall and will stand seised of the other 
 halfe of my said lands to the use of me and the said John 
 Everet als Webb during our lives and the longest liver of us 
 and after to the use of the heires of our bodies betweenc us 
 lawfully to be begotten and for default of such issue to the 
 use of the said John Fnyreweathcr his heires & assigncs for 
 ever And in case he Dye as aforesaid w th out issue then to the 
 use of my right heires for ever Provided allwayes that in case 
 I and the sayd John Everet ais Webb shall be disposed for 
 necessity or convenience to make sale of the said last men- 
 coned halfe of the said lands that then upon tender of six 
 pence unto a Deacon of the Church of Boston this entayle 
 shall be voyd and thenceforth it shall be lawfull for us to Dis 
 pose thereof by our joynt consent & grant in writing before 
 sutlicient witnesses. And lastly I Doc hereby give and grant 
 unto the said John Fayreweatlier one heyfer <fcc. put Devant. 
 [2*. bU] 
 
 1 It is doubtful if those articles \vere a man "of good property and influence, 
 t-xccutrd by the parties. John Ifead September, 1685 (Savage). [T.] 
 was at Hehoboth in 1C45, where lie died, 2 See p. 60 ante, and note. [T.] 
 
LECH FORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 101 
 
 William Ilutchinson of Aqucdneckc, gent, and Edward 
 Iliitcliinsoii of Boston, his sonne, of the one parte, and David 
 ^ellecke of Dorchester, soap boy lor, of the other pt, for 
 801, to pay 20* in hand and 00 l w th in 5 yea res, in the incanc 
 time the ycarcly rent of } nt 2 payments, 1 payment 
 25. 10, & [the other] 24. 4; but if the money be paytl the 
 rent to cease, sell one Dwelling house in Dorchester hereto 
 fore built by M r . Rosseter, and one acre & halfe more or lessc, 
 for the home lott or garden, 16 acres of wood ground lying on 
 the southwest syde of the plantation, and all their right in 
 Dorchester necke, 3 acres <fc halfe be it more or lesse. 1 
 
 Vincent Potter 2 gent, assignes Stephen Barret to Win Fos 
 ter of Ipswich in New England Planter for 131 in hand & 
 31 15s. a yearc for five y cares from the 21 U ? 4. Coram me 
 npore. [2-9. 6.] 
 
 Mo Rohtum Sedgwicke Do villa Caroti in N. A. Pandopato- 
 rom toner" A:c. Edw. Tyng Do P>. merchnnt in 500^. Condi- 
 couofl for payment of 1091 T.^. 8d. 29. 5 and so much G. 7. 
 pp. Pat. 2G. 4. 1039. Coram Willo Tyng & meipo. [U] 
 
 [66] This, Indenture <frc. Pat. 20. 4. 1039. Hetweene Vin 
 cent Potter gent Williii Parkc. An assigncment of Henry 
 Kenningc an Apprentice from 21.4 for 8 ycarcs &c. coram. 
 [2s. 6(?.] 
 
 1 The notes or memoranda for a 24. 4. 16-39. Coram Samuel Iluteliin- 
 
 drau^ht (which is given at length two son, Tho. Savage, et me i[so i or [lul- 
 
 })ag(,-s farther on) of a convcyaneo liy ward Ilutehinson, the son]." [T.J 
 
 William and Edward Hutchinson of a For David Sdlicke, see note on p. 
 
 house and garden in Dorchester, and 133. 
 
 sixteen acres of woodland, " on the 2 Vincent Totter, who had been a 
 
 southwest sydc of the said Towne plan- soldier at the castle during his stay in 
 
 tation, and bounded w th the lands of Boston, went back to England, Dec. 
 
 M r John Warham \v ch he hath in 15, 1039. William Foster, of Ipswich, 
 
 right of his wife or her children, on came [probably] in the same ship with 
 
 the cast parte, w th the said Townc Thomas Foster, afterwards gunner at 
 
 common on the \vest, w th the high the castle. They may or may not have 
 
 way leading to Neponset river on the been brothers, but it is possible that 
 
 north parte, and w th the said Towne Potter came across William through his 
 
 common on the south parte. Dated brother Thomas. See Savage. 
 
102 LEG II FORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 A letter by Katharine Wcelden to M* Jolin Shanvat of Not 
 tingham dated 29. 4. 1639. touching the Death <fec. of Martha 
 Weelden of Dedham who was Drowned about 12 Daycs be 
 fore. She was a godly mayde by all probabilities in this 
 letter testifyed. [0-0.] 
 
 Borrowed of M* Story 1 about a moncth since 2lb ) - 
 & halfe of the best Suger at 2s. the pound. ) 
 
 Borrowed of Mr David Offley 31 to be payd 6. 7. 1639. 
 
 The Condicon of this obligation is such that if the said 
 John Reade shall from time to time observe fullfill <fe kecpe 
 all such Covenants articles and agreements as are on his parte 
 to be observed fullfilled <fc kept mentioned in certaine Articles 
 indented bearing Date w th these presents made betweene the 
 said William Tyng of the one parte and the sayd John of the 
 othf p* then this obligation shall be voyd & of none effect or 
 els shall be & remaine in full power strength & vertue. 
 
 Nos Johem Reade de Wey mouth in Nova Anglia Plantator 
 et Richardum Wright de Mountwollaston in N. A. Plantato- 
 rem toner <tc. Wiilo Tyng mercator in [Wan] libris Dat. 14. 
 2. 1639. coram. 
 
 Condiconcd ut supa mutatis mutandis. 
 
 This Indenture made the Twenty fourth Day of the fourth 
 moncth In the yearc of our Lord One thousand six hundred 
 thirty and nyne betweene William Ilutchinson of Aqucdnecke 
 Island gent and Edward Ilutchinson of Boston in New 
 England sonne & heirc apparant of the said Willm of the 
 one parte and David Selleckc of Dorchester in New England 
 
 1 "One George Story, a young mer- with Captain Robert Keayne (Winth., 
 
 chant of London," who became con- ii. 69, 117), makes here his first recorded 
 
 spiruous some three years later as the appcai-anee in the colony. [T.] (See 
 
 solicitor of Mrs. Sherman, in the suit pp. 84,181,234, post.) 
 
LECUFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 103 
 
 soapc boylcr of the other partc Witnesscth that the sayd 
 William Hutchinson and Edward llutcliinson for and in Con 
 sideration of the summc of f Tower score pounds of lawfull 
 money of England to them hy the sayd David Sellecke his 
 heires or asss to be payd in manner <fc forme following that 
 is to say twenty pounds thereof in hand at the scaling & de 
 livery hereof and the other sixty pounds thereof w th in the 
 space of live yearcs next [67] ensuing the Date hereof have 
 granted bargained and sold and by these presents Doe grant 
 bargaine <fc sell unto the said David Sellecke one Dwelling 
 house situate in Dorchester aforesayd w ch was heretofore 
 built by M r Rosseter and all outhouses and one garden or 
 homo iott thereunto belonging and sixtcenc acres of wood 
 ground be it more or lease thereunto belonging lying & being 
 on the southwest syde of the said Towne plantation and 
 bounded w th the lands of M John Warham w ch he hath in 
 right of his wife or her children on the cast partc w th the 
 said Towno common on the west parte w th e highway leading 
 to Neponset River on the north parte and w th e said Towne 
 Common on the south parte and allso all there right title 
 interest and demand of in and to three acres and three quar 
 ters mid three roddes of land be it more or lesse lying in 
 Dorchester ncckc and all Commons profits commodities hered 
 itaments and appurtenances whatsoever to the sayd premises 
 belonging To have & to hold the said Dwelling house and 
 Lands w th all and singularc the premises w th the appurte 
 nances whatsoever unto the said David Sellecke his hcircs 
 and assignes in i fec farme untill the sayd sixty pounds shall 
 be by him or them payd unto the said William Hutchinson 
 and Kdward llutcliinson their execufs administrators or as 
 signes And afterwards To have and to hold the sayd Dwelling 
 house and lands & all and singularc the p r miscs w th the 
 appurtenances whatsoever unto the said David Sellecke his 
 heires and assignes absolutely for ever Yielding and paying 
 therefore ycarely unto the said William Hutchinson and Ed 
 ward Hutchinson their executors administrators or assignes 
 or some or one of them the summe of six pounds by the ycarc 
 at two sevcrall Daves of payment viz 1 the 25 11 ? Day of Deccm- 
 
104 LECUFORD^S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 her and the 24 l . h day of the fourth moneth every yearc untill 
 the sayd prineipall sixty pounds shall be payd as aforesayd 
 Provided alhvaycs that if the sayd yearely suinme of six 
 pounds shall be behind or unpayd in parte or in all by the 
 space of tonne Dayes after cither of the said Duycs of pay 
 ment thereof wherein the same ought to be payd as aforesaid 
 being lawfully demanded or if the said prineipall sixty pounds 
 or any parte thereof shall be behind or unpayd at the end of 
 the said fyvc yeares next ensuing the Date hereof that then 
 & from thenceforth it shall and may be lawfull to anil for 
 the said William Ilutehinson & Edward Hutehinson their 
 heires or assignes into the premises & every parte therof to 
 reenter and the same to have againe possesse & enjoy as in 
 their former right and estate for and notw th standing any 
 thing in these presents conteyned to the contrary thereof in 
 any wise not w l standing. In wilncsse &c. coram Samuel 
 Ilutehinson Tlio. Savage & meipo p Ed\v. fiiiu. [0. GJ.] 
 
 Me Davide Sellecke De Dorchester in Nova Anglia soapc- 
 boyler toner &c. Wiiio Ilutehinson gen et Edvo Hutehinson 
 filio et heredi apparent! eimsdem Wiifi in Centum et viginti 
 libris Hat. vicesimo quarto. 4. 1G39. Coram. Coram p r e. 
 testibus. 
 
 [68] The Condition of this obligation is such that if the 
 said David Sellccke his heires executors administrators or 
 assignes shall well and truly pay or cause to be payd unto the 
 said William Ilutehinson and Hdward Ilutehinson or one of 
 them their or either of their executors administrators or 
 assignes or any of them the ycarely-rent of six pounds and 
 the principal summe of sixty pounds reserved and limittcd in 
 and by one payrc of indentures bearing date w th these pre 
 sents made betweenc the said William & Edward of the one 
 parte the said David of the other parte according to the 
 force forme and effect of the said reservation and limittation 
 in and by the said indentures then this obligation shall he 
 voyd <fc of none effect or els shal rcmayne & be in full 
 power strength & vcrtue. 
 
LECIIFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 105 
 
 The Oath proposed in England whereon the Lord* S>iy <f Seale 
 <?- Brooke were imprisoned at Yorke when, the Kui;j went 
 the Scotts iv" 1 an Arm. Anno 1(>-W. 
 
 I Due swcare before the Almighty and cverliviug Clod, 
 that I will beare all faithtull allegiance to my true and un 
 doubted Soveraigne Lord Iving Charles, who is lauiidl King 
 of this Island and all oilier his dominions both by sea and 
 land by Ihe Law of (lod and mini, and by lawl nil succession, 
 and that I will most constantly and cheerefully even to the 
 utmost hazard of my life ami fortune oppose all seditions, 
 rebellions, Conspiracies, Covenants, and treasons whatsoever 
 against his ma tlcs Crowne and dignity or person, raysed or 
 sett up under what pretence of religion or colour soever, 
 And if it shall come veyled under pretence of religion 1 
 hould it most abominable before God tt man. And this oath 
 I take voluntary, under the faith of a good Christian and 
 loyall subject, w th out any equivocation or men tall reservation 
 whatsoever, from w ch I hould no power on earth can absolve 
 me in any parte. 
 
 Me Ed nun Ilntchinson de Boston in nova Anglia gen. toner 
 etc. Davidi Scllcckc in Octaginta libris bone et legnlis monet 
 Anglic <tc. Dat vicesimo quarto quart! 1G30. Coram. Samuel 
 Ilutchinson, Tho : Savage & mcipo. 
 
 The CondicoTi of this obligation is such that if the above- 
 bounden Edward Ilutchinson shall procure and prcvayle w th 
 his { father William Ilutchinson of Aquednccke Island gent 
 to signc seale and Deliver as his act and Deed unto the above- 
 named David Scllcckc or to some other to the use of the 
 said David Sellecke before two or three credible and sufficient 
 witnesses One Indenture of bargaine and sale of a ccrtaine 
 Dwelling house and lands in Dorchester allrcady drawne 
 betweenc the said William and Edward of the one purte and 
 the said David of the other parte and allrcady [69J sealed 
 unto by the said Edward Dated w th these p r sents and if the 
 said Edward shall Deliver or cause the same so sealed by 
 
106 LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 his said ffathcr and himself c to be Delivered unto the said 
 David safe undefaccd and uncancclled before the last Day of 
 October next ensuing the date hereof then this obligation 
 shallbe voyd and of none effect or els shall remaine and be 
 in full power strength and vertue [Is.] 
 
 Betwccne Richard Bcllinghain of Boston in New England 
 Esq r of the one pte and George Minot of Dorchester in New 
 England one of the Elders of the Church there, of the other 
 partc, Witnesscth that the sayd Richard Bellingham for and 
 in Consideration of the summe of one hundred pounds of 
 lawfull money of England to him in hand payd before the 
 sealing <fe delivery of these presents, by the said George 
 
 Minot. One Dwelling House and home lott and barne and 
 
 all lands, meadowes, pastures, wood lands, Commons & appur 
 tenances thereunto belonging, heretofore in the* possession of 
 one Pomroy or now or late in the possession of the sayd 
 Richard Bellingham or his assignes. 4. 5. 1639. To the use 
 of the said Church. Coram Jo : Knowles & meipo. [Is-] 
 
 A bill by George Minot to M. r Bellingham for payment of 
 50H the last parte of the said money 1. 8. 1639. Dat 4. 5. 
 As pre coram Johe Knowles & meipo. [6c?.] 
 
 The good ship called the Beaver of London, M. r George 
 Mayne, arived here the 22 th Junii, 1639, and the passingers 
 and goods safely Delivered. 
 
 I John Winthrop Esq r Governor of the Jurisdiccon of the 
 Massachusets bay in New England Doe hereby Certiiio unto 
 all manner of persons whome it may any wise conccrnc that 
 M* George Maync, Master of the good ship called the Beaver 
 of London by the blessing of All mighty God arived heere in 
 Charles River w th the said ship and passingers therein upon 
 the twenty second Day of June in the yeare of our Lord one 
 thousand six hundred thirty and nyne, and hath since landed 
 and Delivered the passingers and goods w ch he brought in the 
 same ship. In witnesse whereof 1 have hereto sett my hand 
 the flifth day of July Anno Dmi. 1639. [Is.] 
 
LECIIFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 107 
 
 A Bargainc <fc sale by Richard Bulgar to Richard Parker 
 mcliant, of one bull calfe of 5 moncths old, for 8* 8. 5. 
 1639. Coram me. 
 
 [70] Bctwccne Elizabeth Evans of Bridgcnd in the County 
 of Glamorgan, and John Whcclewright 1 minister. A Cov 
 enant for service for three yeares from 25. of June last past. 
 Wages 3 1 p anna and passage payd for by J. W. Dat 5. 5. 
 1639. Coram - 
 
 Letter of Attorney by Thomas Hctt of Ilingham planter to 
 Licutcn Richard Morris, against Philip Swadden 2 Dwelling 
 lie-are the river of Pascattaquay in New England for 56s. Dat 
 9. 5. 1639. Coram me. 
 
 Bctwccnc Robert Scott 3 of Boston in N. E. haberdasher 
 and Captaine William Jcimisun of Water Townc in N. E. 
 Whereas Indentures etc. 
 
 Now (fifty pounds to be payd to him. 
 
 M!" Scot to undertake the Delivery up of the said Indenture 
 or an affidavit, and to be bounde in a bond of 100* . 
 
 1 John Wheelwright took degrees at 2 " Philip Swaddon, "Watertown, ser- 
 
 Camliridge, 1014 and 1618, and carne to vant of Robert Sully, 1030, set free 
 
 New England 1636. He was banished next year, on condition of paying 10 
 
 from the colony, with his religious to his master, was of Kittery, 1640 " 
 
 friends and supporters, in 1638, and (Savage). 
 
 established the town of Exeter, where 3 Robert Scott (see pp. 158, 161, 
 
 he resided till 1643, when he removed post). William Jennison was "captain 
 
 to Wells, Me. Four years later, hav- of the military contpany in Watertown, 
 
 ing been previously reconciled to the an able man, who had been there from 
 
 Massachusetts authorities, he settled at the first settling of that town " (IFinth., 
 
 Hampton. In 1656 he went to Eng- ii. 17(5). He was the elder brother of 
 
 land, and remained there till 1662, Robot, who was the ancestor of Rev. 
 
 when he returned to New England, and William of Salem, Samuel (II. C. 1774), 
 
 settled at Salisbury. Here he died Samuel of Worcester, and Samuel (H. C. 
 
 Nov. 15, 1679, aged, it is said, above 1839). See Bond. 
 eighty years. 
 
108 LECIIFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 Articles of af/reement made the 11 * day of July Anno Dm* 
 lu 39, Annocp R. R. Caroli Anylice $c. XV, bctwccne 
 ROIJKRT SCOTT of Boston in New England^ habcr da slier, on 
 the lehalfe of RICHARD SPITTY of Greys Inne in the County 
 of Midd., yent., sonne, and he ire $ Executor of (he last will 
 (f- testament of RICHARD SPITTY of hiah holborne, </ent., 
 deceased, of the one parte, and Captaine WILLIAM JENNI- 
 SON of Watertoicne in Neiv England of the other parte, as 
 followeth : 
 
 Imprimis, iliat tho said Captaine Jonnison shall and will 
 presently at the sealing and Delivery hereof pay unto the said 
 Robert Scott, the siunine of flifty pounds of lawfull money of 
 England, to the use of the said Richard Spitty of Greys Inne, 
 gent., iu full Discharge of all reckonings, dcbtfe, Dutycs and 
 Demands whatsoever w ch he hath against the said Captaine 
 Jennison by vcrtue of one Indenture of Copartnership made 
 the fifth day of March Anno Dili 1G29, bctwccnc the said Cap 
 taine Jennison of the one parte and the said Richard Spitty 
 Deceased of the other partc. 
 
 It Hi, that the said Richard Spitty of Greys Inne, gent., as 
 executor of the said last will <fc Testament of his said il ather, 
 shall in convenient time, as soone as he may, make, seale and 
 deliver as his act <t deed one particularc release of all actions 
 and Demands whatsoever w ch he hath against the said Capt : 
 Jennison by vertue of the said Indenture, to some person to 
 the use of tho said Captaine Jennison, and send the same over 
 unto him into New England. 
 
 I tin, that the said Richard Spilty of Greys Inne gent, shall 
 also in convenient time, as soone as he may, send the [71] 
 Counterparte of the said Indenture of Copartnership under 
 the hand and seale of the said Captaine Jennison, if the said 
 Richard Spitty can or may (hide or come by the same, over 
 unto the said Captaine Jennison in New England, to be 
 cancelled. 
 
 It ili, that the said Captaine Jennison shall and will upon 
 receipt of a release to be made as aforesaid and of the- said 
 
IJICll FORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-HOOK. 100 
 
 Countorparto or an Affidavit or sufficient certificate that ilic 
 same Conntcrpartc hath bin sent in case the same shall bo east 
 away or lost by the way, make, seale and deliver as bis aet 
 and Deed, one particulare release of all actions and Demands 
 whatsoever w ch he hath against the said Richard Spitty gent. 
 as executor as aforesaid, by vertne of the said Indenture, nnto 
 said Robert Scott, or some other person, to the use of the said 
 Richard Spitty of Greys June, gent., 1o be sent over nnto him 
 into England, and also shall and will then deliver unto the 
 said Robert Scott the Coiintcrpartc of the said Indenture w ch 
 the said Captaine Jcnnison hath under the hand tt scale of the 
 said Richard Spitty Deceased, to be, sent over nnto the said 
 Richard Spitty of Greys Inne, to be cancelled. 
 
 It in, that the said partyes to these presents shall presently 
 enter into bond of 100 li a peece to each other, conditioned for 
 the performance of the said former mcm-oncd Articles. 
 
 In witnesse tvc. Cornm. [>*] 
 
 Me Robtnin Scott DC Boston in N. A. haberdasher tcner etc. 
 Oapitaneo Willo Jennison in Centum libris Dat 11. Julij 
 1030. coram. 
 
 The Condicon Arc. [I-*?.] 
 
 Me Capit anen Willielmu Jennison do Watcrtownc in N. A. 
 tencr etc. 
 
 Ilobto Scott in Centum libris Dat 11. 5. 1G39. 
 Condiconed nt stij)ra. [1 *> ] 
 
 One ac(|uittancc for the receipt of the said 50 11 by Robert 
 Scott. 11.5. 1030. [Or?.] 
 
 One Release by the said Richard Spitty of greys June, gent., 
 
 to be sealed in England, to the use of Captaine Jennison. 
 
 Osmond Douch l of Bridport in y e County of Dorse L , mariner 
 assigncs to Thomas Bishop of Bridport aforesaid haberdasher 
 
 1 Osmnn, or Osmyn, Dutch, as Mr. ords, liad heon adniittod an inhaLit- 
 Sava ( jo gives the name, from the roc- ant of Newport iu 1038. From this 
 
110 LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 One tenement and a garden lying in the East Streete in Brid- 
 port aforesaid now or late in the occupacon or possession of 
 the said Osmond or his assigncs w ch he heretofore purchased 
 of Rohert Ward of Apsham in the County of Devon gent to 
 him and his assigncs During the life of the said Osmond and 
 Grace his wife and Rohert 1 his sonne, [and constitutes] [72] 
 John Bishop feltmaker and Richard Hallet carpenter Attor 
 neys and all his goods <fe moveahles to send over his wife and 
 children <tc. 
 
 Barnaby Davyes 2 of Charlestowne in N. E. planter and 
 Thomas Errington 3 of the same planter, bound to Hugh 
 Courtney merchant in 45 1 12. 5. 1639, for payment of 22* 
 10s. upon the 12 th of October next. [Is.] 
 
 To all Christian people to whome these presents shall come, 
 I Osmond Douch of Bridport in the county of Dorset, mar 
 iner, send greeting in our Lord God everlasting, Knowe yce 
 that whereas Robert Ward of Apsham in the county of 
 Devon, gent., by his Deed .Indented under his hand and scale 
 did heretofore Lease, Demise, grant and to farme let unto me 
 the said Osmond Douch One tenement and garden with the 
 appurtenances thereunto belonging now in the occupation of 
 
 assignment, with the hitter, bond, ami greater confidence than probability is 
 
 release which follow, we learn that his said" (Savage). [T.] 
 
 wife, Grace, and his children were still l Robert Douch (Dutch) was at 
 
 living at Bridport, Dorsetshire, in Gloucester, with wife Alary, in 1646. 
 
 July, 163 J, and that lie, having been In September, 1656, Robert Doutch 
 
 at some time in the employ of Air. probably the same person was 
 
 William Hooke (of York, and after- admitted an inhabitant of Boston 
 
 wards of Salisbury), was now, "since (Town Record 1 *, i. 131), but did not 
 
 he came last" to New England, in long remain there, as he was settled 
 
 partnership with Thomas Alilward, of in Ipswich before Alay, 1659 (Savage). 
 
 Noddle s Island, engaged in the fishing His son Robert, born 1647, was perhaps 
 
 trade. In the bond, executed at nearly the soldier, of Moseley s company, who 
 
 the same time with the, assignment of escaped with the loss of his scalp in 
 
 lease, he is called of Cape Ann, or King Philip s war. [T.] 
 
 Gloucester, where Air. Savage finds 2 For ample mention of Barnabas 
 
 him, with wife, Grace, and children, in Davis, see pp. 204 ctscqq.,post. 
 
 1646, and where lie died December, 8 Thomas Errington afterwards was 
 
 1684, "aged a hundred or more, as with of Lynn. 
 
LECIIFOKD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. Ill 
 
 mo the said Osmond Pouch or my assigncs, To Have and 
 to hold the said tenement and garden with all and singular 
 the premises with the appurtenances unto me the said Osmond 
 Pouch or my assigncs, for and During the lives of me the said 
 Osmond Pouch and of (5 race my wife and Robert my sonne 
 and the life of the longest liver of me and them, under the 
 yearly rent and covenants therein expressed, as by the said 
 Peed indented the more at large it Poth and may appear. 
 Now 1 the said Osmond Pouch for good causes and Considera 
 tions me thereunto moving Poc by these presents grant, 
 assignc and sett over unto Thomas Bishop of Bridport afore 
 said, haberdasher, the said Tenement and garden w th the 
 appurtenances and all my right title interest clayme and 
 Pcniand of in and to the same and every part thereof 
 together w th the said Indenture of Lease, To have and to 
 hold the said Tenement <fe garden and all and singular the 
 premises with the appurtenances unto him the said Thomas 
 Bishop and his assignes for and during the lives of me the 
 said Osmond Pouch and the said Grace my wife and Robert 
 my sonnc and the life of the longest liver of me and them. 
 And 1 the said Osmond Pouch hereby constitute ordaine and 
 appoint my wcllbeloved ffriend John Bishop of Bridport afore 
 said feltmaker [73] and Richard Hallet of the same carpen 
 ter, my true and lawful Attorneys jointly or severally for me 
 and in my name into the premises to enter and thereof full 
 and peacable possession and seisin to take and after full and 
 peacable possession thereof so had & taken full and peacable 
 possession livery and seisin thereof for me and in my name 
 to Deliver over unto the said Thomas Bishop To have and 
 to hold the premises <fc every part thereof unto him the said 
 Thomas Bishop and his assignes according to the purpose 
 true intent and meaning of these presents Ratefying and 
 allowing all & whatsoever my said Attorneys or cither of 
 them shall lawfully Poc in the premises And also I the said 
 Osmond Pouch ffor and in consideration of six pence to me in 
 hand payd by the said Thomas Bishop Po hereby grant bar- 
 gainc and sell unto the said Thomas Bishop all my goods and 
 chattclls reall and personall movcablc and immoveable what- 
 
H k 2 LKCIIVORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-UOOK. 
 
 soever in Kn gland To have and to hold the same to him the 
 said Thomas Bishop his executors administrators and assignos 
 for ever. In wituessc, etc. Coram Guhcrnatorc nro. Tho ; 
 Mill ward <fc meipo. [3s. Gd.~\ 
 
 (lond wile, my love remembered to you in the Lord, These 
 arc to lett you understand that (Jod he prayscd I am well in 
 health heere in this Country at the time of the writing this 
 letter, p.nd so I hope are you in health together with our Chil 
 dren. Scing it hath pleased Cod to hlessc me heere in this 
 land sinee 1 came last, I thaiikc God, 1 have cleared -40 1 and 
 shall he able to make good provision for to intertainc you & 
 my children, as 1 hope in the Lord. Therefore I desire you 
 would by all meanes come over to me w tu the children by the 
 f[all] or as soone as you can the next spring: To that cud and 
 purpose I have hercinclosed sent you an Assiguement of the 
 house and thcrin a deed of gift also of the goods, sealed 
 before our honoured Govcrno r , wherewithal! I have intrusted 
 yo r kinsman Mf Thomas Bishop, the haberdasher, whome 1 
 Doe intreate to sell the house at as good advantage as he can 
 and such of the goods as arc not iitt for transportation, and 
 w th the money to make provision for yo r comining, for clothes 
 for yo r selfe A; the children, & for some refreshments by the 
 way, and for yo r passage : Of the goods that you have there- 
 w th you sell not any brasse, pewter, bedding nor linnen: but 
 furnish yo r selfe w tb these as well as you can. And if you 
 want any thing more to come forth, or to make yo r better pro 
 vision, then I shall take order w th my partner M Millard 1 
 
 1 Thomns Mihvard was probably the ton ml at Newbury, where he was a 
 
 "pilot ami mute to Mr. Fearne, in the proprietor (Collin s Ncicburu, pp. J J, 
 
 Hector, " whose denuiKjiation of the ol, 310); but in September, 103U, he 
 
 people of Massachusetts as "all rebels wa-, granted land in Boston (Town 
 
 and traitors," because they had not the J!<-cor<ls t p. 42), and in August of the 
 
 King s Hag at the fort, brought upon following year de>cribed himself, in a 
 
 him the censure of the Court, in June, deposition taken by Lcehford, as of 
 
 1636 (.}f <.^. liccords, i. 170, 178; Cape Ann, aged forty years. He died 
 
 IVinth.., i. 187). In \\\c Records the name in Boston in 1653. Neither Pouch nor 
 
 is written Miller, Millerd, and Millard ; Mihvard appears to have had any 
 
 by Winthrop, Miller. Shortly afterwards place of settled residence in 1631). 
 
 "Mr. Thomas Mihvard, mariner," was They carried on the fishery at Cape 
 
LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 113 
 
 [74] of Noddill s Island, who is my partner in the fishing 
 trade w ch we now are setting upon, that lie sluill deale with 
 Mr Maurice Tompson, 1 merchant, Dwelling at [/<//.-] in Lon 
 don, to send yon what money you k M r Bishop shall thinke 
 will be further ncedfull, besides the money to be made of the 
 house ct household implements not litt to bring in the ship. 
 And you are to send Mr Tompson this inclosed letter and 
 note under Mf Miller s hand, and lie will send you downe the 
 money by the carrier. You must take care that by the way 
 you may have some refreshments besides the ships provision 
 for yo r selfe and my children : that is, some sugcr and fine 
 ruskc or bisket, and a little barrcll of ale to make warme 
 mcatc, and oatmcale & currants & a little spice, and some fine 
 flower eggs, & a few chickens w th a hcnne or two, and a 
 little butter & honey. If you cannot come by Wcy mouth, 
 then come by Bristoll w th one M5 TIazzard to whomc I have 
 allready spoken. [Is. 6f?.] 
 
 [From the beginning of page 74 io the end of this entry 
 seems to have been crossed out, but nothing substituted there- 
 
 Nov r int univV <p p r sentes me Matheum Allyn TV, Hertford 
 sup ihimen DC Kcnnccticot in America gen , ten et firmit 1 
 obligar 1 Ilumphrie Hooke Civi ct Aldermanno Civitat Bris- 
 
 Ann and along tlie coast, probably pounds, for which service they received 
 
 in partnership with, or in the employ the thanks of both Houses of Parliament. 
 
 of, Mr. Maverick, of Noddle s Island. lie is mentioned in Strypes edition of 
 
 [T.] Stowc s Surrey of London, as the person 
 
 1 This was probably Maurice Thomp- who, by his own bounty and application 
 
 son, a London merchant, who was gov- toothers, principally advanced the build- 
 
 ernor of the East India Company in the ing of the Chapel at Poplar in 1653" 
 
 time of Charles I. "In or about the (GWh n.s). His son, Sir John Thompson, 
 
 year 1047 he Avcnt over to Holland, was created P.aron llaversham May 4, 
 
 with two or three other commissioners, 1606. Maurice Thompson was probably 
 
 to solicit the States-General for some the person mentioned by Winthrop in 
 
 relief for the many distressed Protestant 1639 (Jnir.r iin?, i. 307^ as having begun 
 
 families in Ireland that had been plun- a fishing trade at Cape Ann. In the 
 
 dered or ruined in the war ; and having Ilisf. and dnic.nl. 7.W/. for July, 1884 
 
 obtained leave of the States to collect (vol. xxxviii. p. 318), may be found 
 
 voluntary contributions, they brought many interesting details in regard to 
 
 from thence above thirty-one thousand himself and his family. 
 
 .8 
 
114 LECIIFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 toll in 2501 flat 18 Julij, 1639, curam Will Hooke, Samuel 
 Mavericke ct rncip . 
 
 Conditioned for the payment of 200 U upon 3 bills of 
 exchange by Roger Dellbridge of Barnstablc in Devon, 
 merchant. [Is.] 
 
 Me Osmond u Pouch DC Capaj Anna) in nova Anglia, nauta 
 tencr ct firmit r obligar Will Hooke mercatori in 40 1, Dat 
 18. 5. 1639, coram Tho : Milward & meipo. 
 
 Condiconcd for the payment of 20 U to Mf Hooke at M! 
 Maverick s house in Nodill s Island 17 Julij. p r x. [Is. Qd.~\ 
 
 A Release by Mr Williii Ilooke to Osmond Douch for undu- 
 tifull Departure from his service, w th a boate, 18. 5. 1639, 
 coram Tho : Milward & meipo. [vj d.~] 
 
 Two letters for M r ! 9 Bittgood. 1 [2s.] 
 
 [75] JAMES BnocKE 2 of Ratdiffe in the county of Midd. 
 mariner, pi , JOSEPH BACHELLER of Salem, Defend*, in an 
 accon of Account. 
 
 IN A PARTICULARS COURT 18. 5. 1639. 
 
 The Plaintiffe sheweth that whereas the said Defend 1 here 
 tofore stood accountable unto Henry Paramor of the Isle of 
 Thanct in the County of Kent gent., for a certainc stocke of 
 one hundred and sixty pounds and the profits thereof intrusted 
 by the said Henry Paramor unto the Defendant in or about 
 the moneth of Aprill in the ycare of our Lord 1637, to be 
 imploycd by the defend 1 for the benefitt of the said Henry 
 
 1 "Bidgood, or Betgood, Boston tries in the Note-book he seems to have 
 mevclmnt, from Romsey in Hants, carne been in New England in 1636, when he 
 in the Confidence from Southampton, was at certain charges for the expedition 
 1638; was of Ipswich, 1642" (Sav- against Block Island in the Pequot 
 age). [T. ] war, as appears from pages 99 and 109, 
 
 2 James Brockc does not appear in post. For further account of this action 
 Savage ; as is natural enough, for he against Bachcllcr, see pages 100, 103, 
 cannot have spent any very consider- and 115, post.. 
 
 able time in New England. From en- 
 
LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-HOOK. 115 
 
 Paramor and the Defend* to have reasonable allowance for 
 his labour & paines therein, The said Henry Paramor Did 
 upon the xxvi th Day of ffcbruary last past assignc the said 
 stocke <fc pHtts thereof unto the Plaintiffc, whereby the 
 Defend 1 now standeth accountable unto him the said Plain 
 tiffc for the same. Now the said Plaintiffc chargeth the 
 Defendant in manner & forme following, Imprimis, w th the 
 prolitts of the goods and merchandize bought w th the said 
 principall money, w ch goods <fc merchandize and profits thereof 
 the pi* Doth not knowo, therefore he requireth that the 
 Defend* sett forth upon his oath what the said goods & mer 
 chandize were and what profitts he made of them. 
 
 Itm, with the kine w ch the Defend* brought over into New 
 England and reserved for a parte of the said stoeke, and 
 because the Plaintiffc doth not knowe how many or what kine 
 the said Defend* Did bring over, nor how many calves they 
 have brought forth since, the PI* requireth that the Defend* 
 set forth the same upon his oath. Itm, w* h three other kyne 
 bought the last ycare and three calves w ch they have since 
 brought forth. I tin, w th the money rayscd upon sale of one 
 house & lands thereto belonging lying in Dorchester, bought 
 heretofore for the said Henry Paramor and the profits thereof 
 since ; and because the Plaintiffe knowcth not how long the 
 said house & lands were in the said Defend* 9 mannaging for 
 the said Henry Paramor, nor what profitts have bin by the 
 Def* made thereof, the Plaintiffe requircth that the Defend* 
 set the same forth upon his oath. And the Plaintiffe is ready 
 to allow the Defend* all his reasonable charges and Disburse 
 ments and for his labour and payncs about the premises as 
 this Court shall award. And for the said stocke <fc clcare 
 proflitts thereof as the same shall appeare upon this account 
 to be made betweene the said partyes, the PI* brings this 
 suit. 
 
 It iii, w th the summe of fforty five pounds in money, part 
 of the said stocke, w ch the Defend* had in his hands or 
 by his direction in the hands of some others accountable to 
 himsclfe, about the 8 th Day of October, last past. [Vacat 
 2*. Grf.] 
 
116 LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 [76] JOHN BOURNE of Wapping in the county of Midd. mar 
 iner, pi , and [fc/un] HAWKINS, 1 of Dorchester, and NICHO 
 LAS HEWETT of the same, shipivriyht, Defend 1 *, 
 
 IN THE PARTICULAR COURT, 18. 5. 1639. 
 
 The Plaintiffe by James Brockc liis attorney shewcth that 
 whereas the Defend* Nicholas Hcwett borrowed of the Plain 
 tiffe for the use of himselfe and the Defend 4 [6/anfc] Hawkins, 
 the summc of tenne pounds in or about the fourth moncth in 
 the yeare of our Lord, 1688, the Defend 19 nor either of them 
 hath not payd the sayd tenne pounds unto the Pltiffe although 
 they have been required so to Doe, To the Dammage of the 
 PI 1 twenty shillings over & above the said Debt, whereupon he 
 brings his suit. 
 
 [From "beginning of page, 76 to the end of this entry seems to 
 be crossed outJ\ 
 
 Nos Samuclc Mavericke De Nodill s Insula in N. A. g , et 
 Thoma Dexter De Lynne in N. A. yeoman, tener &c. Will 
 Hooke mercator, in 800 H Dat 16. 5. 1639. 
 
 Condiconed for payment of 436 1 upon the 16 th Day January 
 next ensuin c. Is. 
 
 
 To all Christian People &c. Nicholas Parker of Boston in 
 N. E. and Richard Parker 2 of the same, merchant, for 102H 
 Doe grant, bargaine and sell unto William Cheney of Roxbury 
 in New E. [Wafc] all that their Dwelling house and home 
 lott situate in Roxbury aforesaid, betweene the house of Mr 
 Welles, 3 Pastor of the Church there, on the north side and 
 
 1 - Hawkins I suppose to be Cap- 2 See note on p. 42, ante. [T.] 
 tain Thomas Hawkins, of Dorchester, a 8 For an account of the Rev. Thomas 
 
 shipmaster and .shipbuilder. For some Wcltlo, pastor of the church at Roxbury, 
 
 account of him, see note, p. 122. see the Hist, and Genial. fie<j. t xxxvi. 
 
 Whether John Bourne, of Wapping, was 36. A catalogue of his library is printed 
 
 any relation to Nehemiah Bourne, the in the same volume (p. 371), as are 
 
 shipbuilder of Dorchester and Boston, other matters of interest relating to 
 
 is a question of some little interest, him. 
 See p. 127, post. 
 
LECHFOIWS MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 117 
 
 the house of [&/a&] Webb on the south side, and forty acres 
 of land and pasture & wooddy ground thereto belonging w th 
 the appurtences whatsoever, situate and being in Uoxbury 
 aforesayd, Habenduin to the said Will 111 Cheney, his heires 
 and assignes for ever. Pat. 18. 5. 1081). [Is. 6d.] 
 
 HENRY PARAMOR of the Isle of Thanctt in the County of Kent 
 
 gent. Plaintiffe. 
 
 JOSEPH BACHELLER of Salem in New England planter, Defend 1 . 
 In an accon of account. 
 
 ATT A PARTICULARE COURT AT BOSTON, 18. 5. 1G39. 
 
 The plaintiffe requireth that the Defend 1 instly and with 
 out delay render unto him the said plaintiffe his reasonable 
 account from the time that he was the bayliffe & receiver of 
 the money goods and chattells of the Pltiffe both in England 
 and New England And the plaintiffe saith that in or about the 
 moneth of Aprill Anno Dili 1637, he Delivered unto the Deft 
 [77] one stocke of the sunime of one hundred and sixty 
 pounds in England wherewithall .the Defendt was Directed 
 by the pit & did undertake to buy divers goods & chattells 
 and the samq.to cause to be transported into New England 
 and there to imploye the same for the profitt and advantage 
 of the Plaintiffe and because the pit Doth not knowe what 
 the said goods and chattells were nor what profitts_ the 
 Defendt made of them the pit requireth that the Defendt set 
 forth the same upon his oath. And the Defendt brought over 
 into New England certaine kyne and reserved them for a 
 parte of the said stocke and because the plaintiffe Doth not 
 knowe how many or what kyne the said Defendt Did bring 
 over nor how many calves they have brought forth since the 
 pit requireth that the Defendt sett forth the same upon his 
 oath And also the Defendt bought three other kyne the last 
 yeare for parte of the said stocke w ch brought forth three 
 calves since And the Defendt raysed above fifty and nyne 
 pounds by the occupying and sale of one house and lands 
 thereto belonging lying in Dorchester in New England bought 
 heretofore by the deft for the Pit as parte of the said stocke 
 
118 LECllFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 And because the Pit knowoth not how long the sayd house & 
 lands were in the dci endts managing for the pit nor what 
 other profitts certainly the Deft made thereof the pit requireth 
 that the Defendt set the same forth upon his oath And also 
 the Defendt on or about the 8 th Day of October last past had 
 forty and five pounds more parte of the said stocke in his 
 ovvne hands or in the hands of some others accountable to 
 himselfe. And the Pit is ready to allowe the Defendt his reas 
 onable charges and Disbursements and for his labour and 
 pay nes about the premises as this Court shall awarde and 
 therefore the Pit prayeth that he may have restored unto him 
 his said goods and chattells and moneys remayniug in the 
 Defendts hands to such value and in kinde as the same shall 
 appeare upon this account to be made and thereupon he 
 bringes his suit. [2s. 6c?.] 
 
 19 Julii, 1G39. Thomas Rucke of Charlestowne in New 
 England planter, aged about 48 yeares, maketh oath that 
 Divers goods and chattels of his viz*, bedds and bedding 
 and other household implements, meate, butter, cheese, salt, 
 wheate, malt, and rye ; stuffes, fustians, Canvas, bed tykes, 
 working tooles, Iron ware, Oatemeale, bootes, shooes, and 
 leather, linsey woolscy, brassc, pewter and iron potts ; w ch 
 were put up in foure chests, three butts, one dryfatt, one 
 powdering tubb, two packes, three kilderkins; one bundle of 
 spitts, curtaine rodds and gunncs ; six barrells and tcnne 
 hogsheads ; contcyning in all about Six hundred and halfe, 
 that were delivered at Maiden, in Essex into an Ipswich 
 Hye, were all shipt into the good ship the Castle of [78] of 
 London in the moneth of Aprill, Anno Dmi. 1G38, at London 
 and were all afterwards safely transported & brought in the 
 said ship to New England, and there safely Delivered forth 
 unto the said Deponents hands in the moneth of July in the 
 yeare aforesaid, according to the cocket made thereof at 
 Maiden aforesaid. [!] 
 
 Thomas Ashley of Charlestowne in New England servant of 
 Thomas Rucke of the same, aged about 26 yeares, maketh 
 
LECIIFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 119 
 
 oath that he hath heard read the affidavit of the said Thomas 
 Ruckc concerning the shipping and transportation of his 
 goods into New England, and he this Depon 1 vcrcly bclcivcth 
 tho same to be true in all points, for that he was the said 
 Thomas Ruck s servant before he came forth of England, and 
 is still, and this Depon* knowcth that all the vessclls and 
 packcs and bundell mentioned in the said aflidav* were safely 
 Delivered to his said master forth of the good ship the castle 
 of London, at Charlestownc, aforesaid, about this time twelve- 
 moncths since. 
 
 John Winthrop Esq* Governor of the Jurisdiction of the 
 Massachusetts Bay in New England to \* Ilonoble the Lord 
 Clicifc Baron and the rest of the Barons of His Matics Court 
 of Excheqr and to all his Mats Customers and other officers 
 whome it may concernc greeting Kno\vc ycc that upon the 
 nyneteenth Day of July in the fifteenth ycare of the raignc of 
 our Soveraignc Lord Charles by the grace of God King of 
 England Scotland France and Ireland Defender of the ffaith 
 &c. Thomas Ruckc of Charlcstowne in New England Planter 
 came before me and tooke his corporall oath in these words 
 scilt Thomas Rucke &c. 
 
 All w ch at the spcciall instance and request of the said 
 Thomas Rucke I have thought good to certifye aad in testi 
 mony thereof have caused the Common Scale of our Colony 
 to be hereunto affixed the 22. Day of July in the yeare 
 aforesayd. 
 
 22. 5. 1G39. 
 
 Abraham Hawkins of Charlestowne in New England, ser 
 vant of Thomas Rucke of the same, aged about 28 years 
 maketh oath p nt supra p Tho. Ashley [6] 
 
 [79] Wee whose names are hereunder written Arbitrators 
 indifferently chosen by & betwcenc James Brockc Mariner 
 Atturney for Henry Paramor gent and Joseph Bachcllcr of 
 Salem planter for the ending and awarding of all matters in 
 Difference betweene the said partyes Doe hereby Declare that 
 we fynde that the said Joseph Bacheller received of the said 
 
120 LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 Henry Paramor the summc of One hundred and sixty pounds 
 to mannage for the said Henry Paramor according to the best 
 skill and abilities of the said Joseph w ch said summc hath 
 bin accordingly mannuged by the said Joseph as appeareth by 
 his account upon oath made before our honoured governo 1 ". 
 Now the said James Brooke not being able to disprove (nor 
 we the said Arbitrators neither) anything conteyned in the 
 said account Therefore we Doe thinke it mecte and Doe 
 thus order and award betwcene the said partyes viz 1 . That 
 whereas the account of the principal! together w th the produce 
 thereof amounteth to the summc of two hundred and scavcn 
 pounds and fifteene shillings according to the estimation and 
 account returned by the said Joseph in cattell money and 
 some iron, the said Joseph shall presently surrender the same 
 stocke into the hands of the said James Bruckc for the use 
 of the said Henry Paramor his executors administrators & 
 assignes. And we Doc allowe unto the said Joseph for his 
 Sallarie and factoric therein after the rate of five pounds <p 
 Centri upon the said principal! from the twentieth Day of July 
 Anno Dni 1G37 uutill this present Day w ch amounteth unto 
 sixteene pounds And that the said Henry Paramor shall 
 Discharge all rates imposed or to be imposed upon the said 
 stocke. Witncssc our hands as well as the hands of the said 
 partyes hereunto sett the twentith day of July Anno Dni 
 1639. 
 
 ^ EDWARD Gi BONES. 
 
 \\ itnesses hereunto M, T ^ 
 
 ,, r ,, THOMAS RUCKE. 
 
 JOHN WiNxnaoi- Coy . JAMBJ 
 
 ) JOSEPH BACHELLER. 
 
 [38.] 
 
 Articles betwcene James Brockc on the behalfe of Henry 
 Parrain? <fc Js. Bachellcr. 1. Joseph Bach, undertakes & Cov 
 enants that the stocke & produce thereof mentioned in the 
 account is such <fc of such value as in the said account is 
 spccifyed. 2. It is agreed That he shall mannage <t improve 
 the said stocke [80] one yearc more viz*, from this present 
 Day 20. Julij 1039 and shall in the end render a just account 
 
LECIIFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-HOOK. 121 
 
 thereof it deliver up tlio same to the said Henry Parumor & 
 his assigncs. 3. Tliat lie the said Joseph Bacheller shall 
 Deduct o l out of the said money parto of the said stockc for 
 parte of his salhiry tt factory in it about the said siocke untill 
 this present Day according to the award. 5. That he shall 
 have for his sallary and factorage about the said stockc for 
 ihe yearc ensuing as he shall reasonably deserve. 4. That 
 whereas also according to the award J. 15. is to have 10 11 
 more for his sallary & he shall take the same cither out 
 of the said stockc or of M? Sharpc as M^ Paramor shall 
 require. 
 
 Articles of Covenant & agreement indented made ihc twcntith day 
 of July Anno Dni 1639 bctwcciic JAMES BROOKE Mariner 
 on Ihc behalf e of HENRY PAKAMOR gent of the one parte & 
 JOSEPH BACIIELLER of Sal m Planter of the other parte as 
 folhncdh. 
 
 Imprimis the said Joseph Bachcllcr doth hereby Covenant 
 w th the said Henry Paramor that the stocke w th the produce 
 thereof mentioned in one account under the hand it upon 
 oath of the said Joseph made this present Day is such it of 
 such value as in the said account is specifycd. 
 
 Itin It is agreed by it bctwecne the sayd partves that the 
 sayd Joseph shall inannagc and improve the said stocke it 
 produce from this present Day for the space of one yea re fully 
 to be compleatc to and for the benefit of the said Henry 
 Paramor and his assigncs and in the end of the said terme 
 shall render a just account thereof and of the meane proiitts 
 thereof and the same deliver up unto the said Henry Paramor 
 it his assignes. 
 
 Km that the said Joseph Bacheller shall Deduct six pounds 
 out of the money parte of the said stocke for parte of his 
 sallary and factory in and about the said stockc allowed 
 unto him by the award betwecnc the said partves made this 
 present Day. 
 
 It Hi That whereas also according to the said award [81] the 
 said Joseph Bacheller is to have tcnne pounds more for his 
 sallary and factory he shall take the same either out of any 
 
12:2 LECIIFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 moneys partc of the sayd stockc or of M? Sharpe as the said 
 Henry Param? shall require. 
 
 I tin that the said Joseph Bachcller shall have for his sal- 
 lary & factory about the said stocke for this yeare ensuing as 
 he shall reasonably deserve. In witnesse. Samuel Hutchinso 
 & myselfe. [2s. 
 
 Me Josephum Baeheller De Salem in N. A. Plantatorem 
 tencr <fcc. Jaeobo Brocke in trecentis & quinquaginta libris 
 <fcc. Dat 20. 5. 1G39. Coram Samuel Hutchinson & meipo. 
 
 Condiconed for performance of the said articles on his pte. 
 
 The account of JOSEPH BAGHELLER of Salem in Neiv England 
 Planter, made unto JAMES BROOKE, Atturney for HENRY 
 PARAMOR gent, the x.v th day of July, Anno Dni. 1639. 
 
 The said Joseph Bacheller received of M? Paramor in England 
 
 about Aprill, 10:57 ............... 1G01 
 
 Tliis accountant Delivered to M. Willard in money and com 
 
 modities and corne about July, 1G37 ........ 110* 
 
 Wherewithall certaine lands at Concord were purchased for Mr 
 Paramor, u ch were again e sold or lest and the moneys for the 
 most parte returned to this accountant in July, 1G38, 
 
 This accountant also bought an house and land at Dorchester for 
 M? Paramor, and kept the same one yeare and above and 
 then sold it for ................ 51 1 
 
 The present stocke as it cost. The improvement as it is 
 ivorth now. 
 
 One blacke co\ve ....... 22* ...... 251 
 
 One browne cowe ...... 22 ...... 25 1 
 
 One blacke cowe ...... 20 ...... 25 1 
 
 One blacke hayfer ...... 20 ...... 23 1 
 
 One yeareling blacke cowe calfe .13 ...... 141 
 
 One December steere calfe ... 04 ...... 051 
 
 One red Lull calfe ...... 03 ....... 03 1 
 
 Fower ewe goats & one ewe kidd .09 ...... 001 10 
 
 In the house at Dorchester ... 18 ...... 20* 
 
 In M* Sharpes hands to stay the ) JQ ^ l 
 
 sale of his farme, > 
 
 The plough irons ...... 31 12 .... 3 12" 
 
 MT Willard reteynes for a rate . 21 ...... 2 
 
 Payd for keeping the calves ... 0. 15 a .... 0. 
 
 [Carried forward 1651 2 8 ] 
 
LECIIFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 123 
 
 [Brourjld forward 1G5* 2 9 ] 
 
 [82] O ne red co we calfe 10 1 
 
 One blacke steere calfe 4 * 
 
 One blacke cowe calfe 10 1 
 
 One yoares rent for the house at - 
 
 Dorchester, 20 s more being pay d L .... 061 
 out upon the house, J 
 
 Remayning in my hands more 12* 13 s < 
 
 Sum total 2075 15 j 
 
 JOSEPH BACIIELLER. 
 
 The said accountant deposeth upon his oath that this is his true account 
 the Day and yeare abovesayd, before 
 
 Jo: WINTIIHOP Gov 
 
 of the Massachusetts 
 ["2s."] hi New England. 
 
 A coppy of the exemplification of M* Ruck s affidavit to 
 send to Kcnnccticot, 20. 5. 1639. [Is. Gti] 
 
 1 This Indenture made the Twenty second Day of the fTifth 
 moneth Anno Dili 1039. One thousand six hundred thirty 
 and nync. Bctwcene Thomas Purchase 2 of Pagiscott gent 
 of the one partc And John Winthrop Esq? Governed of the 
 Massachusetts on the behalf c of himselfe the Governor and 
 Companie of the Massachusetts aforcsayd of the other parte 
 Witnf sseth that the said Thomas for Divers good Causes and 
 Considerations him thereunto moving hath given and granted 
 and by these presents Doth give and grant unto the said John 
 Winthrop and his successors the Governor and Company of 
 the Massachusetts for ever All that tracte of land at Pagis 
 cott aforesaid upon both sydcs of the river of Androscoggin 
 being foure miles square towards the sea with all libcrtyes and 
 privileges thereunto belonging so as they may plant the same 
 w th an English Colony when they shall see (itt And shall 
 
 1 This conveyance, or release, is re- change of the name from Ameriscoggin 
 corded in Mass. Col. Kcc., i. 272, 273. to Androscoggin, in honor of Sir Ed 
 it will be observed that in the draught, mund Andros, who came first to New 
 as in the record, the name of the river England in 1686. [T.] 
 is written Androscoggin. This fact 2 Thomas Purchase ; see p. 219, 
 sufficiently disposes of the story of the note. 
 
124 LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 have as full power for ever to exercise Jurisdiction there as they 
 have in the Massachusetts Provided that the interest and pos 
 session of such lands as the said Thomas now uscth or shall 
 make use of for his owne stocke and improvement w tb in 
 scavcu ycares next ensuing the Date hereof shall be and 
 remayne to the sayd Thomas and his heires and assigncs for 
 ever under the Jurisdiction aforesaid And as well the said 
 Thomas himseli c and his family and his heires and assignes 
 as all other the Inhabitants upon the said lands are for ever 
 to be under the due protection of the said Governo* and 
 Company by order of the gcnerall Co^ as other Inhabitants 
 of the same Jurisdiction are. This grant by approbation of 
 the said Gcnerall Co? to be recorded & exemplified under 
 the Comon seal otherwise to be voyd In witnesse whereof the 
 partycs abovcsaid have hereunto interchangeably sett their 
 hands scales the Day and yeare first above written. Coram 
 Stepho Winthrop meipo Amos Richardson. [3s*. 0] 
 
 Exemplification or Certificate of the three affidavits for M 
 Rucke under the common scale, 22. 5. 1G39. [3s.] 
 
 Received a dish of 4 perches from Mr Rucke, 20. 5. 1G39. 
 
 [83] Articles of Agreement indented made, covenanted and 
 agreed on the first Day of the third moneth in the yeare 
 of our Lord one thousand six hundred thirty and ni/ne, 
 Betiveene WILLIAM GAYLARD of Windsore upon the river of 
 Kennecticot in America, planter, on the lehalfe of JOHN 
 WAKHAM Pastor of the Church there, and JANE his wife, 
 e.recutrir of the last w ill and testament of THOMAS NEWBKKY 
 gent. Deceased, 1 of the one parte, And RICHARD WRIGHT, 
 of Mount Wollaston, husbandman, of the other parte, as 
 folloiveth : 
 
 Imprimis, It is covenanted, condescended and agreed that 
 the said Will Gaylard for the said John and Jane Doth 
 
 1 Tliis instrument discloses a fact ham, and the mother of his children, 
 not previously ascertained, that Jane, was the widow of Thomas Ne\vl>ery, of 
 the second wife of Rev. John "War- Dorchester. Mr. Warham s first wife 
 
LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 125 
 
 grant and to farmc let and set unto the said Richard Wright, 
 his executors adm r3 and assiirnes all that messuage and 
 farmc or parccll of ground thereto belonging lying on the 
 southerly sydo of the River called Aponsctt, w ch the said 
 Thomas Newbery purchased of William IVnehcon, together 
 w th nync cowcs in and upon the same, To have and to possesse 
 the said farmc and Cowcs w th the profitt, increase and 
 ])rovenue thereof unto the said Richard his executors, admin 
 istrators and assigncs from the Date of these presents for the 
 termc of foure ycarcs from thence next ensuing fully to be 
 complcatc and ended. And if it so fall out that one or more 
 of the said Cowcs dye or decay w th iu the said tcrmc then the 
 said .John ct Jane or their assigncs arc to putt another in the 
 room thereof to make up the number of nyne for the residue 
 of the said tcrme unexpircd And if any the said Cowcs shall 
 calve w th in four Days after the end of the said tcrmc, then 
 the said Richard his executors administrators, or assignes 
 shall have such calfe or calves and shall wcanc or take it or 
 them from such said co\vcs within foure days after the 
 calving. 
 
 Itiii, the said Richard Wright doth covenant, promise and 
 agree that he the said Richard his executors administrators 
 and assigncs shall upon the first Day of the third moncth 
 every yea re During the said tcrme pay or cause to be payd 
 unto the said John and Jane their executors administrators 
 or assigncs the yearly rent and summc of sixty pounds 
 of lawfull money of England for and in lieu of the said 
 provcnues and increase of the said ffarmc and cowes. And 
 
 died in the autumn, or early in Decem- ventory included "land in England," 
 
 bor, 1634 ( Winth., i. app. A, 55). Mr. valued at 300. Mr. AVarham and Mr. 
 
 Newbery was early engaged in the "William Gaylord were named overseers 
 
 movement for emigration to Connecti- of the will (Gcncal. Jtcy., vii. 20 ; Jfis- 
 
 cut, and had sold a portion of his tory of Dorchester, p. 60). It is not 
 
 Dorchester property with a view to certain -whether Mr. "\Varham married 
 
 removal, when prevented by death in the widow at Dorchester, or after the 
 
 December, 1635, or January, 1636. By removal of the family to Windsor ; but 
 
 his will, made Dec. 12, 1635, he gave the former is the more probable. 
 
 his wife Jane 200, and constituted her William Gaylord was a deacon of the 
 
 his sole executrix ; and the rest of his Dorchester church before and after the 
 
 estate was left to his children. His in- removal to Connecticut. [T.] 
 
126 LECIIFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 that he the said Richard Wright his executors administrators 
 and assignos shall During the said terme carefully and provi 
 dently looke to and keepe the said cowes both in summering 
 and wintering of them at his own costs arid charges or theirs 
 And shall not Ictt nor sett the said ffarme & Cowes or any of 
 them to any other person or persons whatsoever, except John 
 Wilson, Pastor of the Church at Boston, during the said 
 terme and in the end of the said terme shall pcacably and 
 quietly deliver the said messuage, farme & cowes and every 
 of them in good plight and condition into the hands & posses 
 sion of the said John Warhani and Jane his wife their or one 
 of their executors administrators or assignes. And if the 
 said Richard his executors admofs or assignes shall [84] wil 
 fully or carelessly spoyle or misuse the said Cowes or any of 
 them so as they or any of them Dye or be lame or the like 
 he or they shall make good the same out of his or their owne 
 estate. 
 
 Item. It is agreed that if the said Richard his executors, 
 administrators or assignes shall be willing to fence w th posts 
 & raylcs and pales or cause to be so fenced any part of the 
 said lands for the improvement thereof he or they may so 
 Doe, and take timber growing on the premises for the same 
 end and shall or may recoupe & abate so much of the said 
 rent as the said fcnccing shall be worth reasonably. In 
 witnessc whereof the partyes abovesaid have hereunto inter 
 changeably sett their hands & scales the Day & yearc first 
 within wTittcn. coram. [4s.] 
 
 Me Richum Wright De Monte Wollaston in Nova Angli 
 agricola tener et firmiter obligare Johi Warham Pastor Eccle- 
 sia3 dc Windsor sup flumcn De Kcnnecticot in America et 
 Jane uxor eius executrici testamcnti et ultimo voluntatis 
 Thome Ncwberry gen defunct in trecentis libris <fcc. Dat 
 primo. tcrrij 1639. coram. 
 
 The Condicon to keepe Covenants on his p^ &c. prout supa 
 
LECIIFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK, 127 
 
 Received of M r George Story 4 yards and halfe 
 a quarter of tuft holland to in 
 a wastcoate at 2s. Sd. W yarde, 
 
 [The next entry in short-hand :] 
 22. 5. 1G39. Received the same day of M r . John 
 
 iceived of M r George Story 4 yards and halfe 1 
 
 a quarter of tuft holland to make my wife l r .... 11s. 
 
 o wntpnnf.p. n.h 2.s\ 8^7 ^ vnrdfi. J 
 
 B[. . .] one ream of paper at 0^. M. wanting Y 
 one quire, 
 
 6s. Gd. 
 
 Materialls for hike cost me 17s. 
 
 Is. \<l. Received for a quarte of inke. 
 
 4d. For halfe a pinte more. 
 
 G(/. For about a pinte before to M r Harrison, before he went. 
 
 Thomas Purches gent makes a letter of Atturney to Daniel 
 Adams Citizen and Roper of Bristoll to receive of [&/ifc] 
 Hayman widdow executrix of the last will & testament or 
 administratrix of the goods Chattells of .Fames Ilayman 
 mariner Deceased for Divers goods & merchandizes of the 
 value of Oifty pounds or thereabouts Delivered to the said 
 James in or about September Anno 1635 and the prove- 
 nucs & prolitts thereof. 
 
 And an other letter of Attorney to Captaine Edward 
 Giboncs to recover of John Trcworthy 2 iunior of Pascatta- 
 quay merchant [85] twenty six pounds for a grcate boatc he 
 bought of M? Purchcs in or about July 1686 and foure 
 pounds for the hire of another boate to transports him from 
 Pascattaquay to Pagiscott w ch he was necessitated to hire 
 whereas bv the oritrinall bar<raine he was to have had the 
 
 1 This, with others as cursory on whom is mentioned hy Lech ford later, 
 pp. 142, 203, 215, are the only allusions This John Treworthy is spoken of later 
 to a Mrs. Lechford in this volume, (p. 172) as being ngent for Mr. Shnpley, 
 She married Samuel Wilbore after of Dartmouth, who was, I think, his 
 Lech ford s death. See Hist, and Gcncnl. brother James s father-in-law (Saragc). 
 Ecg., xxx. 2U2. All three were inhabitants of the towns 
 
 2 The mention here and afterwards along the Maine const, which would 
 of John Treworthy may do something explain their virtual absence from any 
 towards allaying the suspicions of those written records. (See, however, Mass. 
 who have doubted his existence (sec Col. Rec., i. 254, where Mr. Treworthy is 
 Savage). He had two brothers, as I sup- mentioned, with others, of the Maine 
 pose, Nicholas and James ; the first of coast). 
 
128 LECIIFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 same boatc for that voyage And for Dammages for deteyning 
 of the said money being 30 il by the space of three yeares. 
 
 Be it knownc unto all men by these presents, that I Thomas 
 Purches of Pagiscot in America, gent. Doe hereby constitute 
 ordcyne and appoint my welbclovcd in Christ Daniel Adams 
 Citizen and Roper of Bristoll my true and lawfull Attorney 
 for me and in my name to sue, arrest and impleade [blank] 
 Hay man, widdow, executrix of the last will & testament or 
 administratrix of the goods and chattells of James Hayman, 
 mariner, deceased, if she be yet sole or if she be againe mar 
 ried then her and her husband or by whatsoever name or 
 names shee or hee are called or any other person or persons 
 to whose hands & possession the goods and chattells of the 
 said James Hayman are now come for and upon an account 
 of and for ccrtaine goods and merchandizes of the value of 
 fiifty pounds or thereabouts which the said James Hayman 
 received of me on or about the last day of September, Anno 
 Dni. 1G35, and the profitts thereof in course of merchan 
 dize ever since w ch amounteth in all to the summe of nynety 
 pounds or thereabouts and the same of and from her and them 
 to receive and recover by Due course of Law or equity in any 
 his Mats Courts of justice & whatsoever in my name and to 
 my use and behoofe And further I Doe hereby give power 
 unto my said Atturney for me and in my name to make any 
 reasonable composition vv tb her and them for and touching the 
 premises and to give acquittance and release upon payment 
 or satisfaccon made and further to Doe any other lawfull and 
 reasonable act or thing whatsoever for the recovery of the 
 said money or as much as may be recovered for the said goods 
 & merchandizes reasonably as powerfully and effectually as if 
 I myselt e were present Ratefying and allowing all and what 
 soever my said Atturney shall lawfully Doc in the p r mises. 
 In witncsse. 25. 5. 1030. Coram me and 2 al. [2s. GJ.] 
 
 Be it knownc unto all men by these p r sents that I Thomas 
 Purches of Pagiscott in America gent Doe hereby constitute 
 ordeyne and appoint my welbeloved and trusty ffreind Cap- 
 
LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 129 
 
 tainc Edward Gib.oncs of Boston in New England my true & 
 lawfull Atturnoy for me and in my name to sue arrest and 
 implcade John Trc worthy of Pascattaquay the younger mer 
 chant for the summc of twenty six pounds w ch he oweth me 
 for a greatc boate & Us tackling w ch he had of me on or 
 about the last Bay of the fifth moneth in the yearc of our 
 Lord 103(3 and fourc pounds more for the hire of an [86] 
 other boate w ch (for want of the said grcate boatc w ch 
 according to the originall bargainc betwcene me and him I 
 was to have had for to carry me to Pagiscott aforesaid but 
 through his default 1 had it not) I was forced to hire to carry 
 me from Pascattaquay to Pagiscott aforcsayd about the same 
 time And Dammages for Detcyning the said moneys ever since 
 and the same of him his executors and administrators to 
 receive and recover by any course of Lawe or equity whatso 
 ever before any his Matyes Governors or Justices wheresoever 
 in my name and to my use and behoof e And further I Doe 
 hereby give unto my said Atturney put Dcvaufc in lauter lettre 
 an fine. Dat 25. 5. 1G39. Coram me & Duobus a! [2s. 0(7.] 
 
 And a letter to Mf Rice of Bristoll. 
 
 Be it knownc unto all men by these presents that I Cato 
 otherwise Goodmanes, for five coates, five wastcoats, five shirts, 
 five pay re of stockins, five pay re of shoocs, five hatchctts, 
 five hoiighcs, five knives, five pounds of tobacco and tcnne 
 fadome of wampum pege, All w ch I have received of George 
 jMunningo l in the bchalfe of himselfc <fc the rest of the plant 
 ers of the new plantation lying south of Concord called 
 Nannitt Doe by this my writing give and grant, bargaine and 
 sell unto the said George Munningc and the s d planters of the 
 
 1 George Munning, as is seen hore, was made on the oast side of the Con- 
 was one of the original proprietors of cord Kiver. Munning afterwards re- 
 the town of Siulbury, at that time turned to Boston, where he kept the 
 bounded on the north and northeast by jail for some years, and died in 1G58. 
 Concord, and on the east by "Water- Edmund Brown was the first minister 
 town, while there were no corporate in Sudbury. lie was ordained in 1640, 
 towns nor land-grants near them on the and died in 1677. 
 west and south. The first settlement 
 
 9 
 
130 LECIIFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 said new Plantation and their successors for ever, All that 
 tracte of land conteyning two myles square from the now 
 Dwelling house of Bryan Pendleton gentleman, on all sydes 
 but on the north side to Concord lync, be it two mylcs more 
 or lessc, w th all libertycs Priviledgcs and appurtenances 
 thereto belonging, together w th the River there running w th in 
 all the said tracte of land hereby granted. And I Grant unto 
 them, for me and my heircs and brethren, that I and they 
 shall and will at any time make any further assurance in 
 writing for the more perfect assuring of the said lands and 
 all the premises w th the appurtenances, unto the said George 
 Munningc and the said Planters, and their successors as they 
 shall require. In witncsse whereof, I have hereunto put my 
 hand and scale the Twenty fifth Day of the (fifth moneth in 
 the yearc that Christians write of Christ the Lord One thou 
 sand six hundred thirty and nyne. Coram JoHc : Winthrop 
 Gub <fc mcipf). 
 
 Edmund Browne and Anna Browne my wife lately the 
 widdow relict of John Louerii of Watertowne in N. E. ycom : 
 let 2 letters of atturncy be made for the sayd Ed : to S r 
 Thorn. Bowes, Brooly Mag. in Essex : to Mf Anthony Wit 
 ting, Bcntley in Essex, Clearke, to Jonathan Goffe of East 
 Berghold, Suff : Clothier, and [w<ifc] Cole of Dcdham, Essex, 
 Clothier : to demand and sue out a division of dowre of the 
 lands, whether free or coppy, of the said John deceased living 
 in Ardly in Essex now in the possession of William Louerum 
 of Alda in Suff : or George Louerii or in any other mans: 
 brcthcren of my predecessor : and also to compound for the 
 same according to Equity. 1 
 
 1 This memorandum is not in Lech- Gcn.Rcg.,\xx. 79. He gave all his prop- 
 ford s handwriting, and may perhaps erty to his wife, with 100 to " his 
 have been entered liy Mr. Brown him- brother that had children," and 20 to 
 self. The letter of attorney drawn by the church, after her life. His widow 
 Lech font in accordance with the memo- married the Ilev. Edmund Browne, of 
 randum is entered at length on the two Sudlmry, June 19, 1639, as Governor 
 following pages of the manuscript. Winthrop s attest shows. Mr. Savage, 
 The nuncupative will of John Love- on the authority of Barry and Bond, lias 
 ran, or Loverun, is printed from the ^ivcii the date of her second marriage 
 Suffolk County Ilccords in If is , and as 1C 14. 
 
LECIIFORirS MAXUSCU1PT NOTE-BOOK. 101 
 
 [87] The Recognition of two (Tines of lands in Suffolkc by 
 John Newgate and Anne his wife, indorsed it the Captions 
 tilled by me, before (In* (Governor it Deputy, W 2">. 5. IGo J, 
 and for my attendance therein. [f>s. given.] 
 
 To all Christian people to whom these presents shall 
 come, we Edmund I>rown of Watcrtown in New England and 
 Anne I rown wife of the said Edmund send greeting in our 
 Lord Cod everlasting Knowe yec that we for diverse good 
 causes and Considerations us thereunto moving Doe hereby 
 constitute ordcync and appoint our welbeloved and honoured 
 ffreind S* Thomas Bowes of Bromley mau;na in llio County 
 of Essex Knight And our welbeloved ffreinds Anthony 
 Whiting of Uently in the said County Clcrkc Jonathan Gol i e 
 of East IJergholt in the County of SulVolke Clothier and \_i,lank~\ 
 Cole of Dedham in the said County of Essex Clothier our true 
 and lawfull Attnrneys ioyntly or severally for ns and in our 
 names to clayme Demand and sue for the reasonable Dower 
 w ch belongcth to the said Anne who was the wife of John 
 Lovcrun late of Watcrtowne in New England yeoman De 
 ceased of the ffree hold w :h was the said John Lovernns 
 sometime her husband in Ardley in the County of Essex 
 aforesd or elswhere whereof slice hath nothing yet assigned 
 unto her and w ch is Deteyned from her by William Loverun 
 of Aldham in the County of Sull olkc aforesaid or Ceorge 
 Loverun yeomen brethren of the said John Lovernn or by 
 some other person or persons the present tenant or tenants 
 of the said {freehold and for that end and purpose* to sue 
 forth one or more writ or writts of Dower for ns and in our 
 names against the said William Loverun or Ccorge Loverun 
 or against any other person or persons who is or are or shall 
 be tin 4 tenant or tenants of the said { freehold for the time 
 being and the same writt or writts to prosecute w Ml effect to 
 judgment and execution before his Maties Justices of the 
 
 Thomas Loveran, son of William, of lf>70 purchased the homestead ami 
 
 Aldham, Suffolk (named in the letter of other lands there from Mr. Browne 
 
 attorney as a brother ot John), settled and \vife (Bond s H atcrtown, p. 3,~>3). 
 
 in \Vaterto\vn about 1GG3, and in [T.] 
 
132 LKCIIFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 Bench at Westminster And also for us and in our names to 
 goc unto the Court or Courts Baron of the clieife Lord or 
 Lords of the said Townc or Manner of Ardlcy or of any 
 otlier Mannor or mannors whatsoever and there to require 
 dayme and Demand to be and to be admitted Tenants or 
 Tenant of all or parte of such Coppihold lands as late were 
 the said John Loveruns sometimes husband of the said Anne 
 in such right and estate as bclongcth to the said Anne accord 
 ing to the eustome or customes of the said Mannor or 
 Mannors And moreover we Doe hereby give and conferre unto 
 and upon our said Atturncys full power and lawfull Author 
 ity ioyntly or severally for us and in our names by advice 
 of Nathaniel Bacon Esqr Counsellor at Law or some other 
 learned in the Lawe to article covenant condicon agree and 
 compound with the said William Loverun and George 
 Loverun or either of them or w th any other person or 
 persons for and about the release sale grant surrender or 
 purchase of the said Dower <t title of Dower and Coppihold 
 lauds unto them or any of them or their or any of their use 
 and behoofe for [88] and in such considcracon or Considera 
 tions or such sunime or summes of money as they our said 
 Atturneys or any of them shall thinkc to be reasonable and 
 the same summe and summes of money for us and in our 
 names & to our use to receive and to returnc unto us 
 according to other letters of advice by w ch articleing cov 
 enanting condiconing agreeing and compounding our said 
 Atturneys or any of them may bynde us to make any further 
 reasonable assurance by Recovery flinc Deed surrender or 
 otherwise as Councell learned in the law shall advise so that 
 we be not compelled for the Doing thereof to travell forth of 
 the Jurisdiction of the Massachusetts Bay in New England 
 llatcfying gratefully accepting and confirming all and what 
 soever our said Atturncys or any of them shall lawfully Doe 
 in the premises In witnesse whereof we have hereunto sett 
 our hands & scales the twenty fifth day of July in the 
 {fifteenth yeare of the raigne of our Soveraigne Lord Charles 
 now King of England <frc. Annoq r Dni 1G89. Signed sealed 
 & delived in the presence of John Winthrop Governor of 
 
LECHFORirS MAXWCniPT NOTE-BOOK. 133 
 
 tbc Massachusetts in New England & mei. Tlio. Lccliford 
 scriptoris liujus. 
 
 Am? in testimony thereof and that the said Edmund and 
 Anne are man and wile together and \vere married upon, the 
 xix th day of June last past at w ch marriage 1 the said John 
 Winthrop was present 1 have caused the Common scale of 
 our Colony to be hereunto affixed the day of the date of these 
 presents. [8s.] 
 
 William Cole 1 of New England gent and Elizabeth his 
 wife executrix of Francis Doughty the Elder of Bristoll mer 
 chant Deceased makes a letter of Attorney unto John Cole his 
 brother to receive of M Fabian Hill of Bristoll lynnendrap 
 their former Attorney GOli upon a bond made by John Barker 
 of the City of Bristoll merchant unto the said Francis 
 Doughty Condiconed to save him harmclcsse of one other 
 bond wherein at request of the said John Barker the said 
 Francis became bound to Robert Doughty his brother who 
 left Margaret his wife his executrix <fc she sued the said 
 Francis to judgment & the said Elizabeth payd 42 H and 10s. 
 above 2 yeares since and hath been at other charges of Mary 
 Barker widdowe executrix of the said John Barker. Dated 
 18. 8. 2. Cor : 1G26. 
 
 Be it knowne unto all men by these presents that we 
 William Cole late of Sutton in the parish of Chew-magna 
 in the County of Somerset yeoman & Elizabeth Cole his wife 
 one of the Daughters & Executrix of the last will & testa 
 ment of Francis Doughty of the City of Bristoll Merchant 
 Deceased doe hereby constitute ordeync & appoint our welbc- 
 loved brother John Cole our true and lawfull Attorney for us 
 and in our names to sue Arrest and impleadc Alary Barker 
 widdow Executrix of the last will & testament of John 
 Barker late of Bristoll aforesaid Merchant Deceased upon one 
 bond cntred into by the said John Barker for himselfe his 
 heires executors & administrators unto the said Francis 
 
 1 For William Cole ami his wife Elizabeth, a troublesome woman in her ways, 
 see later in the Note-book, p. 110. 
 
134 LECHFOHD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 Doughty conditioned to save him & his executors hurmclcssc 
 of one other bond entred into by the said Francis at the 
 request and lor the; Debt of the; said John Barker unto. Robert 
 Doughty brother of the said Francis Conditioned for the pay 
 ment of i forty pounds unto the said Robert at a Day long 
 sinee past (\v ch H orly pounds with Divers other moneys *.t 
 costs and charges the said Elizabeth was [89] above t\vo 
 yeares sithence forced to pay to the said Robert Doughty and 
 hath thereby bin put to other costs A: charges in the law and 
 Damnilyed to the value of the whole penalty of bond aforesaid 
 conditioned to save harmelesse) and the penalty thereof for us 
 in our names *k to our use to receive & recover by suit of law 
 of it from the said Mary her executors & administrators And 
 Wee give unto our said Attorney full power &, lawiull author 
 ity for us and in our names to compound & agree \v th the 
 said Mary Barker her executors or administrators, for and con 
 cerning the said Debt and the same of her or them to receive 
 in our names & to our use and upon payment and satisfaction 
 to make unto her or them sufficient acquittance or release And 
 further to Doe and make any other lawfull act or thing what 
 soever for and about the recovery of the said Debt as power 
 fully and effectually as if we our selves were p r sent And 
 furthermore whereas we heretofore did make seale & deliver 
 one olbcr letter of Atturney as our act & Deed unto Fabian 
 Hill Citizen <fe linnen Draper of Bristoll him authorizing to 
 sue for fe receive of the said Mary her executors & adminis 
 trators the said Debt Now in case the said Fabian Hill 
 hath all ready received or recovered the same then we Doe 
 hereby authorize the said John Cole our brother & now Attur 
 ney to receive the said Debt of the said Fabian Hill for us in 
 our names & to our use But if he hath not received nor recov 
 ered the same then we authorize him our said brother John 
 Cole to receive & take the said bon.l and all other writings 
 concerning the same forth of his hands and then to procecde 
 as aforesaid against the said Mary Barker her executors and 
 administrators Ratcfying gratefully accepting fe allowing all 
 and whatsoever our said brother .John Cole our now Attorney 
 shall lawfully Doe in the p r mises. In wittnesse whereof we 
 
LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 185 
 
 have hereunto sett our hands <t scales the twenty iiincth day 
 of July in the flil tcenth yearc of the raigue of our Soveraigne 
 Lord Charles now King of England etc. Anuoq r Dili 1089. 
 Conmi Jotie Winthrop Ciub. Hie. Bellingham ct meipo. 
 [i, (!,.?.] 
 
 Thomas Foster of Boston in New England, Canonicr, 
 makes a letter of Attorney to Richard Foster of Ipswich, his 
 brother, shipmaster, Anthony Boycat of Ipswich, cheese 
 monger, and James Uroeke of Ratclil i e in the county of 
 M uTd., mariner, to receive of the Executor of his ffather 
 Thomas Foster, minister, Deceased, all such legacyes given 
 him by his will or by Deed. 
 
 Be it knownc unto all men by these presents that I Thomas 
 Foster of the Castle in Castle Island in New England Cano 
 nicr, soime of etc. Dat 29 Julii, 1039. Coram Petro Olliver 
 tt meipo. [Is.] 
 
 John Cole of Farrington in the County of Somerset, yeo 
 man, aged about twenty seaven ycarcs, inakeih oath that he 
 knowctli that his brother William Cole and Elizabeth his wife 
 did on or about the 20 th day of Aprill Anno 1087, pay unto 
 Robert Nelson gent, the summe of sixiecno pounds for the 
 Debt of Francis Doughty, merchant, Deceased, lather of the 
 said Elizabeth, and this Deponent was present when the said 
 Robert Nelson sealed [90] and delivered as his act and Deed 
 one generall release thereupon unto the said William and 
 Elizabeth to w ch release now shewed to this Deponent he set 
 his name as a witnesse. And also that this Deponent know- 
 eth that at the same time the said Will 1 " and Elizabeth payd 
 for the tythes of the farme called Ilamsteed Farme, unto 
 Marmadnke Chapman, Clarke, the summe of teuue pounds 
 for w ch the said Marmadnke gave his generall release now 
 shewed to this Dept to the said Williii & Elizabeth in this 
 Deponents presence tt he saw it sealed tt Delivered although 
 his name be not thereto inscribed as a witnesse. And also 
 this Dcpont knoweth that Francis Doughty brother of the 
 
130 LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 said Elizabeth overbold the said William <t Elizabeth out of 
 possession of the said ffarme called Hamsteed farme ever since 
 their marriage, how rightfully this Depont knoweth not. "[!.] 
 
 Thomas Marslifcild had of .John lies 1 of Dorchester in N. 
 E. 281 to be payd to Adam Hurden of Barnstaplc in Devon, 
 in or about the moneth of January last past, w ch was the Debt 
 of lies. Now the said Thomas M. and Henry Woolcott and 
 William Gaylard are to be bound to secure John lies of all 
 Damages thereabout. 
 
 Nos Thomii Marshfeild dc Windsor sup flumen DC Kennect- 
 icot in America, plantatore, Henricum Woolcott De eadem, et 
 Will m Gaylard De eadem plantatorcs, tener etc. Joh 1 lies in 
 501 Dat 29. 5. 1G39. Coram - 
 
 The Condicon of this obligation is such that whereas the 
 aboveboundcn Thomas Marshfield heretofore received of the 
 abovenamed John lies the summe of twenty <fc eight pounds 
 in New England the which or the like summe the said 
 Thomas undcrtookc to pay unto one Adam Ilurden of Barn- 
 staple in the County of Devon unto whome the said John lies 
 Did owe the same If therefore the said Thomas Henry and 
 William their heires executors or administrators or any of 
 them shall from time to time and at all times hereafter upon 
 reasonable notice save & kccpe harmelesse the said John lies 
 his heires executors & adiurs of & from all suits troubles 
 Dammages costs & charges that shall arise and come upon 
 him or them for or by reason of the said Debt of twenty & 
 eight pounds heretofore Due unto the said Adam Ilurden Then 
 this obligation to be voyd & of none effect or els to remaine 
 & be in full power strength & vertuc. [Is. Gc?.] 
 
 1 I- suppose that John lies hen; men- he moved to Windsor in 1G38. Wolcott, 
 
 tioned was the man whom tradition pro- also from Dorchester, was one of the 
 
 sented to Mr. Savage under the name earliest settlers at Windsor, to which 
 
 of John Hills. This latter was said to place he journeyed in 1035. Thomas 
 
 }>e a blacksmith of Dorchester. Thomas Marshfield is supposed to have come 
 
 Marshfield ami Henry Wolcott, of from Dorchester also; hut this cannot 
 
 Windsor, are spoken of in the Note-book he made certain without confounding 
 
 several times (pp. 174,180). William him with Thomas Marshall. 
 Oaylord had been of Dorchester, whence 
 
LECIIFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 137 
 
 Me Thoma Marshficld DC Windsor sup (lumen DC Kciinect 
 icot in America ]>lantatorcm toner c. llenrico Wooleott & 
 Willu daylard in Centum lihris c. Dat 21). f>. 1(>3 
 corn in. 
 
 The Condicon to save harmelessc them of the said bond tc 
 John lies. [Is. Gtf.] 
 
 [91] Me Franciscu. Doughty De Dorccstria in N. A. plan- 
 tator tenor <tc. llenrico Webb in quingentis lil)ris <tc. Dat 
 29. 5. 1030. Coram Johc Winthrop gub. ct meipo. 
 
 The Condicon to save harmelessc the said Henry of ono 
 recognizance of 50CU to the King, entrcd into at the request of 
 the said Fr : by the said 11. condiconed for the personall 
 appearance of the said Fr : at the next quarter Court hcere 
 to answer Willm. Cole <fc Elizabeth his wife in such actions & 
 Demands as they shall bring against him in particularc one 
 accon upon the case. [I*-] 
 
 Me Richardu Parker de Boston in N. A. m[crcatorcm], 
 tener <tc. Samucli irntchinson, in. ct Tho : Savage in 1800* 
 Dat 8. 5. 1039. coram. 
 
 Condieoned for the payment of 939 1 18s. 4<i., 9. 11. prx at 
 the late dwelling house of W. 11. in Boston aforesaid. [Is.] 
 
 Joseph Hills 1 of Charlcstowne in New England, Woollen- 
 draper, aged about 30 ycarcs, sworne, saith upon his oath 
 that he came to New England undertaker in the ship called 
 the Susan & Ellen of London, whereof was Master M5 
 Edward Payne, in the ycare of our Lord One thousand six 
 hundred thirty and eight, the 14th yea re of the raigne of our 
 Sou aignc Lord the King that now is, and this dcp* knowes 
 that Divers goods tt chattells victualls & commodities of 
 Joseph Loomis, late of Brayntree in the County of Essex, 
 
 1 Joseph Hills was aftcnvards solcot- of "Windsor, was not first at Dorchester, 
 
 man of Cli.irlestcnvn and captain of mi- perhaps, and the family tradition that lie 
 
 litia in the town, and also representative came in the Mary and John is wrong." 
 
 in the General Court and Speaker of the He thinks that Loomis came in 1G38 ; 
 
 House. Joseph Loom is, Savage says, was it does not say hero when he came. 
 
138 LECllFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 woollendraper, w ch were put up in three butts, two hogslicds, 
 One halfhogshed, one barrell, one tubb &, three firkins, trans 
 ported from Maiden in the County of Essex to London in an 
 Ipsw 1 1 live, were shipped in tin; said ship upon the eleventh 
 Day oi Aprill in the yearo abovesayd, and this Deponent 
 cleared the said goods w th Divers other goods of the said 
 Joseph Looinis and other niens, in the Custoine house at 
 London, as may appearc by the Customer s bookes, and this 
 Dep 1 saith that the said goods were transported into New 
 England in the said ship, where lie arrived on the seaven- 
 teenth Day of July in the yeare aforesayd. [Is.] 
 
 An exemplification and certificate of the same, Dated 30. 
 5. 1039. [U Gil] 
 
 Be it knowne unto all men by these presents that 1 Thomas 
 Rucke of Charlestowne in New England planter Doe hereby 
 constitute ordeyne and appoint my welbeloved and trusty 
 1 treinds Thomas Rucke of London haberdasher and Thomas 
 Plum of Maiden in the County of Essex gent my true & law- 
 full Atturneys joyntly or severally for me and in my name to 
 Demand receive and recover unto my use by suit of law or 
 equity the severall sunmies of money & Debts or whatsoever 
 the said Debts be if any of them be misrecited in the 
 Schedule hereunto annexed meant <fc meneoned of & from the 
 severall Debtors owing the same unto me whose names are 
 meant A: mentioned also in the said Schedule and to that end 
 & purpose for me and in my name to sue arrest <fc impleadc 
 the said debtors and every or any of them by what name or 
 names soever they be called upon or for their said severall 
 Debts and the same to recover by due procisse in any his 
 Mats Corts of Justice whatsoever and further for me & in my 
 name to compound & agree w th all or any of the said Debtors 
 for their severall Debts aforesaid and the same of them 
 cverv of them to receive to my use and after such payment 
 and satisfaction in my name to give them or any of them 
 sufficient acquittance and acquittances release & releases and 
 to doe or make any other lawi ull reasonable act or thing 
 whatsoever for <t about the receipt & recovery of the said 
 
LECHFORD S MAXI. SCllIPJ NOTE-BOOK. 139 
 
 Debts as powerfully & effectually as if I myselfe were present 
 Ratcfying &c. Dat 30. 5. 1639. [2s. 6U] 
 
 [92] John Grey, 1 <fc Elizabeth his wife, sell to Valentine 
 Hill, one house <fc homclott cont : an acre, and live acres more 
 tlicrto belonging, lying in Lynne, heretofore in the possession 
 of one Edmunds, for 12* in hand and the rest to be payd 
 when it is sold, 40-s 1 . to Joseph Arniitage, and the rest John 
 Grey. 
 
 This Indenture Are. Bctwccnc John Orey of Boston in new 
 England planter and Elizabeth his wife of the one parte And 
 Valentine Hill of Boston aforesaid merchant of the other 
 parte Witncsscth that the said John and Elizabeth for twelve 
 pounds to them in hand payd by the said Valentino have 
 granted bargained & sold and by these p r nts do grant bargayn 
 <fc sell unto the said Valentine all that their house & home 
 lott conteyning one acre and live, acres of land more thereto 
 belonging in Lynnc heretofore in the possession of one 
 Edmunds w th the appurtenances To have and to hold the said 
 house & lands & all & singulare the premises w th the appur 
 tenances whatsoever unto the said Valentine his heires and 
 assignes for ever And the said John <fc Elizabeth Doe hereby 
 Covenant promise <fe grant to & w lh the said Valentine his 
 heires & assignes that he & they shall or may quietly enjoy 
 the premises freed of all debts <fe incnmbrances of the said 
 John & Elizabeth for anything Done or to he Done by them 
 the said John & Elizabeth or either of them And the said 
 Valentine Doth hereby Covenant promise & grant to & w th 
 the said John Elizabeth that lie the said Valentine shall & 
 will endevour to sell the said premises for as much money as 
 
 1 Quo John C-rfiy find his wife Eliza- selectmen of Boston. Later he liecame 
 
 beth are noted in Savage, with no date. interested in lands at Dover, and I snp- 
 
 Valentinc Hill hen; appears in his pose lived there sonic time. He was at 
 
 most familiar vocation, as a dealer in this period often representative for the 
 
 real estate. He was one of the most town. There is mention of him sev- 
 
 enterprising of the, Boston merchants, eral times in the A olc-bitok. 
 
 lie came in 1630, was made freeman Joseph Armitn^e, of Lynn, was an 
 
 and also deacon of the church in 1040, innkeeper ( see p. 202). 
 and was for a long time one of the 
 
140 LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 reasonably he can and if he shall sell the same for more then 
 twelve pounds then he shall and will pay out of such moneys 
 above twelve pounds to be raysed thereof fforty shillings to 
 Joseph Armitage and shall <fe will pay the rest whatsoever it 
 shall be to the said John Grey. In witnessc &c. 1. G. 1030. 
 p Eliz: Corain. 
 
 Robert Meriam of Concord in New England planter, aged 
 about 2G ycarcs, swornc, Deposeth upon his oath that in the 
 moneth of Aprill in the foureteenth yeare of the Kings 
 Ma ts raigne that now is he delivered unto William Hatch l 
 one of the undertakers in the ship called the Castle of 
 London, for her voyage to New England that yeare, in the 
 Master s Roundhouse aboard the said ship while she was in 
 the River of Thames, the summe of thirty & five pounds of 
 lawfull money of England, in the behalfe of -Joseph Mcriam 
 brother of this Deponent, and the said William Hatch sayd 
 to this Deponent at the tyine when he received the said 
 money, 1 shall not need to give you an acquittance for this 
 money, I will sett it Downe in writing heere for remem 
 brance, or wordes to that effect, and this Dcpon 1 then saw 
 him write upon some paper, but what he writ this De- 
 pon* knoweth not. Jur 1. (6.) 1039. Coram Johe Winthrop 
 Gub r [Is.] 
 
 A Rate for Boston made 29. 5. 1G39, written for W. 
 Cogan. [Is. Grf.] 
 
 [93] Edmund Hubbard of Ilingham in New England 
 Planter and Sarah his wife sometime wife of John Lyford 
 Clerke Deceased Obadiah Lyford Clerke deceased and Mor- 
 decai Lyford his brother and heirc ffree land in the County 
 of Tyrone. And the lease of Leballeglishe. [Is. 6d.~\ 
 
 Joseph Meriam against William Hatch for 5* above the 
 said thirty pounds on the affidavit & 5* 14s. more under his 
 hand. .[2s. 0.] 
 
 1 There i.s much in the Note-look on this case (see p. 105). 
 
LECIIFORirS MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 141 
 
 Gabriel Fish ! of Exeter in New England, flishcrman, 
 makes a letter of Attorney to Edward Rishworth of the 
 same husbandman, to receive of James Carrington of Thors- 
 thorp in fhe County of Lincolnc, gent the suinme of tenne 
 pounds ^v ch he was to receive of John Hutchinson of 
 Alford in the s d County, woollen draper, the remainder 
 of 18* Due upon one bond left w th the said Mr Carrington, 
 Diit 3 Aug. 1039. Coram Sam: Il[utchinson] E. Hutchinson 
 & meipf). [Is.] 
 
 John Winthrop EsqT Governor of the Jurisdiction of the 
 Massachusetts Bay in New England c. to all or any his 
 Majesties Judges & Justices and all other officers & others 
 whomesoever it may concerne, greeting: Known ycc that 
 upon the first Day of August in the fiiftecnth yeare of the 
 raigne of our Soveraignc Lord Charles by the grace of God 
 King of England, Scotland, France and Ireland .Defender of 
 the ITaith CY.C. Mordecai Lyford, an infant under the age 
 of twenty and one ycares, that is to say, of the age of 
 fourcteono yeares or thereabouts as described came before 
 me and Did elect and choose his ffather-in-law Edmund 
 Hubbard 2 of Hingham in New England planter, then also 
 
 1 Gabriel Fish was an early inhabit- Mordecai, Ilingham, 1642." And under 
 ant of Boston, and soon moved back from Edmund Hobart he says: " I see reason 
 Exeter, where be had gone in 1038. Ed- to infer that a widow Lyford, whom ho 
 ward Rishworth, Exeter, 1(539, married a married later in life, was relict of that 
 daughter of the Rev. John Wheelwright, Rev. John Lyford who was at Ply- 
 founder of Exeter. He was a son of the mouth." This, under the light of this 
 Rev. Thomas Rish worth, and <i nephew entry and those immediately following, 
 of Samuel Hutchinson, being a son of is seen to be substantially correct. Sarah 
 his sister. (not Anne, as Savage thinks) had been 
 
 2 Of these people Savage has the fol- the wife of Rev. John Lyford, first of 
 lowing under John Lyford, of Plymouth, Lebeleglish, near Loughgaid (Lough- 
 who bred disturbance ^here, and was gall ? see page 154), in the County of 
 compelled to move away. "About 1627 Armagh, Ireland, and subsequently of 
 he moved with some adherents- to Vir- Plymouth and elsewhere. Mordecai 
 ginia, and there died soon, it is thought. Lyford was their son, born about 1625. 
 A reasonable conjecture is that he had For Ruth Lyford, see Stiff. Deeds, i. 27. 
 wife, Ann, and children, Ruth and Mor- After the death of John, Sarah married, 
 decai, left at Nantasket, and that his Oct. 10, 1634, in Charlestown, Edmund 
 widow, Ann, who died 1639, had mar- Hobart, of Hingham. For John Lyford, 
 ried Edmund Hobart, of Hingham. . . . see Bradford s History of Plymouth. 
 
142 LECIIFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 present before me, to be bis Guardian, for him and in his 
 name to bring <fc followc or cause to be brought & followed 
 all it all manner of actions reall & personal!, and all De 
 mands whatsoever to make, that he the said infant hath or 
 may have against any person or persons whatsoever for any 
 Lands <fc tenements, goods <fc chat tells or any other matter or 
 thing of right belonging to him in any his Ma ties Courts of 
 Justice in Ireland or elswhere, and there to clayme enter 
 upon <fc take or cause to be claymcd entered upon or taken 
 into his hands, to and for the use of the said infant certaine 
 Lands & tenements lying in the County of Tyrone lawfully 
 Descended to the said infant. All which at the spcciull 
 instance & request of the said Edmund Ilubbard and Sarah 
 his wife, I have thought good to certify and in testimony 
 thereof have caused the Common Scale of our Colony to 
 be hereunto affixed the sixth day of August in the fifteenth 
 year aforcs d 
 
 [94] And at the same time Sarah the wife of the said 
 Edmund Ilubbard was present before me and tooke her cor- 
 porall oath in these words following ssc. Sarah Ilubbard wife 
 of Edmund Ilubbard of Ilingham in New England planter, 
 aged about fifty 3 yeares, sometimes the wife of John Lyford, 
 Clerkc, Deceased, and mother of Obadiah Lyford, Clerke, 
 deceased, and of Mordecai Lyford, sworn e, saith upon her 
 oath that the said Mordecai who hath this Day chosen the 
 said Edmund Ilubbard to be his guardian, is brother and next 
 heire of the said Obadiah. And also I have scene a sufficient 
 Register of the marriage of the said Edmund and Sarah, tes 
 tifying that they were lawfully married at Charlcstownc in 
 New England upon the tenth Day of October in the tenth 
 ycarc of his said Majesties raigne. All w ch &c. [3s.] 
 
 
 
 Direct yo r letters to Mf John Bradley merchant in Cateaton 
 
 st recto in London or to Mf Richard Andrcwes at the signe of 
 the Mcremayd near the Crossc in Cheapsidc, to be sent to 
 Mr Bladen. 
 
 To all Christian pooplo to whom these presents shall come 
 wee Edmund Ilubbard of Ilingham in New England planter, 
 
LECJIFORD S MAXCSCRfPT NOTE-LOOK. 143 
 
 guardian of Mordecai Lyford brother it heir of Obcdiah 
 Lyford Clcrke, Deceased and Sarah wife of the said Edmund, 
 send greeting in our Lord Clod everlasting:, Know Yec that 
 we have constituted, ordeyned .t in our place put. our welbc- 
 loved it trusty frcinds William Bladen alderman of the city 
 of Dublin and John Fisher citizen of the same city, our true 
 ct lawfull Attorneys joyntly and severally for us and in 
 our names or in the name of either of us as the case shall 
 require, to Demand it receive all and all manner of Debts 
 rights & summes of money Due unto us or either of us or 
 unto the said Mordecai Lyford, of and from any person or 
 persons whatsoever that ought to render it pay the same and 
 to that end it purpose in our name or names or the name of 
 the said Mordecai to sue arrest it implead or cause to be 
 sued arrested it hnpleaded all and every such person or per 
 sons in any his Mats Courts of Justice whatsoever for the 
 said sums of money rights A- Debts it them to recover to our 
 use or to the use of the s d Mordecai and further reasonably to 
 compound it agree w th all or any the said persons for (he said 
 Debts rights it summes of money and upon receipt thereof 
 to give to all and every the said persons it person sufficient 
 acquittance or [95] acquittances release or releases for us it 
 the s d Mordecai it in our names it his. And also to make 
 it doe all and every other lawfull it reasonable act or acts 
 thing or things for it touching the recovery of the said Debts 
 rights & summes of money as effectually it powerfully as if we 
 ourselves and the said Mordecai were present. And lastly we 
 Do hereby Authorise it appoint our said Attorneys joyntly it 
 severally for us it in our names or the names of cither of us 
 and <>f the said Mordecai, as the ease shall require to sue for, 
 lett and sett for reasonable rents all the Lands in the County 
 of Tyrone or elsewhere lawfully Descended unto the said 
 Mordecai, and to sue for, grant, bargainc <t sell assync and 
 set over all our right title it interest in the Lease at Leballcg- 
 lish in the County of Ardmagh, for reasonable considerations 
 and rents and it shall be lawfull for them our said Atturneys 
 or cither of them to bind us to make any further assurance 
 bv Recovery fvnc Deed or otherwise as Counsell learned in 
 
144 LECIIFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 the Law shall advise so as for Doing thereof we shall not be 
 compelled to travcll forth of the Jurisdccon of the Massa 
 chusetts bay in New England. Ratefying &c. Coram p ut et 
 mcipo. Dat 6. G. 1639. [3s.] 
 
 Me Rob tum Waggett de Wapping in Com. Midd. nauta 
 tencr &c. Edv Payne l nauta in 100 Dat 5. 6. 1639. Coram 
 Sam: H. Ed: II. Nath. Micklethwaite & meipo, Condiconed 
 to serve five years according to Indentures. [2s. Gd. given.] 
 
 Three letters one to Mf Bladcn and Mf Fisher and one 
 to Mf John Bullingbrooke and the other to Mf William 
 Peirson. [4s.] 
 
 Be it knownc unto all men by these p r sents that I John 
 Cogan of Boston in New England merchant Doe hereby con 
 stitute ordcyne & appoint and in my place putt my welbcloued 
 ffrcind Isaacke Northcot of Hiinniton in the County of Devon 
 mercer my true & lawfull Attorney and Procurator for me & 
 in my name to Demand & receive of & from the Executor 
 Executrix or Executors of the last will & Testament of my 
 mother Elianor Cogan late of Tiverton in the said County 
 of Devon 2 widd Deceased who or whomsoev he she or they 
 are or shall be all & every such legacy or legecyes gift or gifts 
 or bequest or bequests by her the said Elianor my mother in 
 and by her said last will & testament given & bequeathed 
 unto me and to that end & purpose to sue arrest <fc impleade 
 or cause to be sued arrested & implcadcd the said Executor 
 Executrix or Executors for the said legacie or legacycs gift or 
 gifts bequest or bequests and the same of him her or them to 
 recover in any Court or Courts whatsoever as the case shall 
 require But if the said Elianor my mother did not give me 
 any or not any considerable legacy or legacyes gift or gifts 
 bequest or bequests by her said last will and Testament or 
 Dyed intestate then to demand receive of her Executors or 
 
 1 Ed ward Payne, master of the " Susan England John Cogan emigrated. He 
 and Ellen, "of London, as above, p. 91. may have come from Tiverton, in the 
 
 2 It is not known from what part of County of Devon. 
 
LECIIFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 145 
 
 Administrators of her goods rights & credits who or whomso 
 ever he she or they shall be ail such childs parte & portion of 
 her personall estate as of right helongeth unto me and to that 
 end & purpose to sue arrest <t impleade or cause to be sued 
 arrested <fc implcaded the said Executors or Administrators 
 for the said Childs parte & portion, and the same [96] of thorn 
 to recover in any Court or Courts whatsoever And for me & 
 in my name upon receipt of the said legacy or legacycs gift 
 or gifts bequest or bequests or childs parte & portion to 
 make & give sufficient & lawfull acquittance or release ac 
 quittances or releases unto the said Executors or Adminis 
 trators And further for me & in my name to Doe <fc make or 
 cause to be done &, made all every other reasonable act & 
 acts thing & things whatsoever for & touching the Demand 
 receipt <fc recovery of the said legacy or legacyes gift or gifts 
 bequest or bequests or childs parte & portion as powerfully & 
 effectually as if I my selfo were present llatefying gratefully 
 accepting & allowing all whatsoever my said Atturney & 
 Procurator shall lawfully Doe in the premises In witnesse 
 whereof I have hereunto set my hand <fe scale the seaventh 
 Day of August In the Hifteenth ycarc of the raigne of our 
 Soveraigne Lord Charles now King of England etc. Annoq r 
 Dili 1639. Coram meipo it Jolio Cogan \\m r . [2. 0.] 
 
 Be it knowne unto all men by these presents that I John 
 Cogan of Boston in New England merchant Doe hereby con 
 stitute ordeyne <fc appoint and in my place put my welbelovcd 
 ffreind John Stoning Citizen & haberdasher of London my 
 true lawfull Attorney for me <fc in my name to sue arrest & 
 impleade or cause to be sued arrested cv; impleadcd John 
 Harrison 1 late of Boston aforesaid gent for the summe of 
 twenty six pounds fourc shillings & five pence w ch he owcth 
 
 1 There are also in the Note-book unless lie be the ropemaker of Boston, 
 
 (pp. 121, 126) entries relating to a letter which I greatly doubt. I think he must 
 
 of attorney from John Stratton of Salem be the gambler who was admonished and 
 
 to Richard Hutchinson of London to fined 10*. in a court held in June, 1639. 
 
 collect money of John Harrison. This On this matter see pp. 97, 99. 
 man is not to be found in Savage, 
 
 10 
 
140 
 
 LECIIFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 unto me & promised to pay me at Daves & times past and the 
 same of and from him to recover or receive by any course of 
 la\ve or equity in any his Mats Corts of Justice whatsoever 
 or otherwise And upon receipt of the said money w th all 
 charges costs & Dammages concerning the same for me & in 
 my name to give & make or cause to be made & given unto 
 him a sufficient release & Discharge And all & every other 
 lawfull & reasonable act or acts thing or things touching the 
 recovery or receipt of the said money for me & in my name 
 to make & doc or cause to be made & Done as powerfully 
 & effectually as if 1 my selfe were present. Ratcfying &c. 
 Coram mcipo & Johe Cogan inn 1 ! [1. 6.] 
 
 Joseph Faber of London, Cooper, sells to Christopher 
 Stanley 1 of Boston in N. E. Tayler, one house and garden 
 
 1 Christopher Stanley, of Boston, came 
 in 1635, and died eleven years after. 
 Savage thinks lie was called " tayler " 
 because a member of the Company of 
 Merchant Taylors of London. The only 
 argument for this known to me is that he 
 is often called Mr. Stanley, or Mr. Chris 
 topher Stanley. Besides the property 
 here spoken of he purchased of the town, 
 a few years before his death, several acres 
 of the marsh in the Mill-Held opposite 
 Charlestown, where he built a wharf. 
 
 Joseph Faber, now called of London, 
 though he may at the time have been 
 in Boston, had for some years been of 
 Boston, where he came in 1637, but 
 stayed only a year or so. lie is men 
 tioned in Winthrop, however, as being 
 in Boston in September, 1610, which 
 must have been a full year after the 
 present entry. 
 
 John Kveret, alias Webb, of course as 
 above, ]. 60. 
 
 These two houses are not very easy 
 to identify. Anne Ormsbee was ad 
 mitted to the church at Boston in 1634, 
 and recommended to the church at Ded- 
 ham in 1639. She had a grant of land 
 
 at Muddy River in 1637 (Boston Town 
 Records, p. 24), and in the Book of Pos 
 sessions there is a note in the " Posses 
 sions of William Aspinwall at Hogg 
 Island one Acre of Upland and three 
 quarters of Marsh bought of Mrs. Orms 
 bee " (]). 30). No land is found belong 
 ing to her in Boston. Robert Rice 
 owned land, and had a house on Fort 
 Street (now Milk) ; and taking this as a 
 northern boundary would make the lot 
 here mentioned part of Robert Keayne s 
 garden, in regard to the boundaries of 
 which then; is some doubt. So it seems 
 as though the question must remain in 
 doubt. 
 
 The other house is entered in the 
 name of Christopher Stanley in the notes 
 on the Book of Possessions, p. 96. The 
 note reads : "William Balston sold the 
 lot August, 1638, when it consisted of 
 house, yard, garden, and elo.se," backside 
 of Mr. Coddington, "to Thomas Cornell, 
 or Corn well, who sold to Edward Tyng, 
 1643, and he to Christopher Stanley." 
 This statement does not agree with the 
 present entry ; and I must think that 
 the deed from which it is drawn (Book 
 
LECIIFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 147 
 
 lying in Boston aforesaid, bctweene the house of Rob 1 Rice on 
 the north p fc and the house late M r . ls Ormisbyes on the south 
 partc, halfe an acre and 3 rodds more or lessc w th the appur 
 tenances, for 101 10s. A bond to pay the 1G* 10s. at the house 
 afores d 
 
 John Evcrct of Boston in N. E. planter, and Mary, his 
 wife, sells to the sayd Christoper [Stanley] one house 
 <fe garden thereto belonging, lying in Boston betweene 
 the houses of Richard Bellingham Esq 1 : on the east parte 
 & the house of Thomas Buttolph on the west, for 501 in 
 hand. 
 
 And the first house to be made over to the said John 
 Evcrct, 
 
 Nathaniel Ending 1 of Boston, in New England, servant of 
 John Cogan of the same, merchant, aged about 18 yeares, 
 sworne saith upon his oath, that John Harrison late of 
 Boston aforesaid, gent, being heretofore indebted unto 
 this deponent s said master, did upon the eleventh Day of 
 January last past make over and sell unto him one 
 marc in Discharge of foureteene pounds of the said debt 
 [97] and promised to pay the residue thereof, being twenty 
 two pounds, unto his said master at or before the first 
 day of May last past, for the w ch payment the said John 
 Harrison set his hand unto a note or writing now shewed 
 to this Deponent, whereto this deponent also set his name 
 as at witnessc. [Is.] 
 
 To the right Honorable his Mats Judges & Justices & 
 others whomc it may conccrne the Certificate of Increase 
 Nowell Esq r -one of the Assistants & Secretary for the Juris- 
 diccon of the Massachusetts Bay in New England Knowe yee 
 
 of Possessions, pp. 16, 17) referred to tioncd in any other authority known to 
 
 some other lot of land. This lot in me goes towards showing either that he 
 
 question was on Washington Street, near was in Boston for a short time only, or 
 
 Cornliill, directly opposite the house of that he lived the most retired life im- 
 
 Major Edward Gibbons and the shops of aginaHe. One would at least suppose 
 
 Thomas Savage and John Newgate. that a servant to John Cogan could be 
 
 1 That Nathaniel Eiiflins is unmen- found on the church register. 
 
148 LECIIFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 that upon the eighth Day of August in the fifteenth yeare of 
 the raigne of our Soveraigne Lord Charles now King of Eng 
 land <fec. Nathaniel Enfling came before me <fe tooke his corpo- 
 rall oath in these words following ssc. &c. w ch at tlic special 1 
 instance <t request of the above named John Cogan I have 
 thought good to Certify In testimony whereof I have here 
 unto set my hand & scale the said eighth Day of August in 
 the fifteenth yearc aforesaid. [2. 0.] 
 
 Be it knowne unto all men by these presents that I John 
 Cogan of Boston in New England merchant Doe hereby con 
 stitute ordeync and appoint & in my place put my welbeloved 
 ffreind Nicholas Carwithye Citizen & Grocer of Exeter my 
 true <fc lawfull Atturney and Procurator for me & in my name 
 to Demand <fc receive of the Executors of the last will <fe 
 testament of Ignatius Jordan Alderman of Exefer aforesaid 
 or of the Administrators of his goods rights & credits who 
 or whomsoever they arc or shall be the summe of sixty six 
 pounds thirtccnc shillings & foure pence payable unto me my 
 lawfull Atturney or assigncs by bill or bond under the baud 
 & scale of the said Ignatius w th in a certaine tyme after his 
 Death as by the said bill or bond remayning in the hands & 
 custody of my said Atturney it Doth & may appeare And for 
 that end & purpose to sue arrest & impleade or cause to be 
 sued arrested & impleaded the sayd Executors or administra 
 tors for the said money & the same of them to recover in any 
 Court or Courts whatsoever And also to demand & receive 
 all it every such legacy & legacyes gift & gifts bequest & 
 bequests by the said Ignatius in and by his last will <t testa 
 ment given or that shall be given unto me my wife or chil 
 dren and to that end purpose to sue arrest & -impleade or 
 cause to be sued arrested & impleaded the said Executors for 
 the said legacy & legacyes gift & gifts bequest <fe bequests and 
 the same of them to recover in any Court or Courts whatso 
 ever for me & my wife and children or any of us and in my 
 name & theirs or any of our names And upon receipt of the 
 said money legacy and legacyes gift & gifts bequest & be 
 quests to make & give unto the said Executors or Administra- 
 
LECIIFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 149 
 
 tors sufficient acquittance and release acquittances & releases 
 [98] for me my wife & children or any of us and in my name 
 & theirs or the name of any of us as the case shall 
 require and further to make <t doe all & every other lawfull 
 <fc reasonable act acts thing & things for & touching 
 the receipt & recovery of the said money legacy & legacyes 
 gift & gifts bequest <fe bequests as powerfully & effectually 
 as if I myselfe & my wife & children or any of us were 
 present Ratefying &c. Coram meipo & Johe Cogan iun 
 [2. C.] 
 
 To all Christian people to whomc these presents shall come 
 I Joseph Faber of London Couper send greeting in our Lord 
 God everlasting Knowe yee that I for sixteene pounds and 
 tonne shillings to me in hand payd by Christopher Stanley 
 of Boston in New England Taylor Doe hereby grant bargaine 
 & sell unto the said Christopher all that my house & garden 
 conteyning halfe an acre and three rods be it more or lesse 
 lying & being in Boston aforesaid bctwecne the house & 
 lands of Robert Rice Northward & the house & lands late 
 M 1 ? 3 Ormesbycs southward and all commons & appurtenances 
 thereto belonging To have &, to hold the said house & garden 
 & all & singulare the premises w th the appurtenances unto the 
 said Christopher Stanley his heires & assignes for ever. In 
 witnesse w hereof I have hereunto sett my hand & scale the 
 seaventh day of the sixth moneth in the (fifteenth ycare of 
 the raigne of our soveraigne Lord Charles now King of Eng 
 land <tc. Annoq r Dili 1639. Coram. Jo. Webb, Richo Waite 
 & meipo. [2s.] 
 
 Me Christofern Stanley De Boston in N. A. Scissorena 
 tener c. Josepho Faber in triginta & Duabus libris &c. 
 Dat 7. G. 1639. Coram. Jo. Webb Rico Waitc <fc meipo. 
 
 Condidoned for payment of 16 10s. at or in the said house 
 unto the said Joseph his executors &c. [Is.] 
 
 To all Christian people to whome these presents shall come 
 We John Everet of Boston in New England Planter & Mary 
 
1^0 LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTEBOOK. 
 
 Everet wife of the said John send greeting in our Lord God 
 everlasting Knowe yee that we for fifty pounds to us in 
 hand satisfyed & payd by Christofer Stanley of Boston 
 aforesayd Tayler Doe by these presents grant bargaine & sell 
 unto the said Christofer all that our house & garden thereto 
 belonging lying & being in Boston aforesaid betweene the 
 house & lands of Richard Bellingham Esq* eastward & the 
 house & lands of Thomas Buttolph westward and all Com 
 mons & appurtcnanees thereto belonging To have and to hold 
 the said house & garden <fc all & singulare the p r mises w th 
 the appurtenances unto the said Chrifer Stanley his heires & 
 assignes for ever. In witnesse &c. Dat ut supra. Coram : 
 Josepho Faber, Rico Waite meipo. [2s.] 
 
 To all Christian people to whoine these presents shall come 
 I Christofr Stanley of Boston in New England tayler send 
 greeting in our [99] Lord God everlasting Knowe yee that I 
 for and in consideration of the grant of one house <fc garden 
 lying in Boston aforesaid betweene the house & lands of 
 Richard Dcllingham Esq? Eastward & the house & lands of 
 Thomas Buttolph westward unto me made by John Everet 
 of Boston aforesaid planter & Mary Everet his wife before 
 the sealing & delivery hereof Doe by these presents grant 
 bargaine & sell unto the said John & Mary all that my 
 house & garden conteyning halfc an acre & three rodds be 
 it more or lesse lying & being in Boston aforesaid betweene 
 the house and lands of Robert Rice Northward & the 
 house & lands late M r . 3 Ormesbyes southward and all com 
 mons & appurtenances thereto belonging & the deed of 
 Joseph Faber concerning the same To have and to hold 
 the said last mentioned house & garden and all & singu 
 lare the p r mises w th the appurtenances unto the said John 
 and Mary their heires and assignes for ever. In witnesse 
 &c. Dat ut Supa. Coram. Josepho Faber Rico Waite & 
 meipo. [26-.] 
 
 Christoper Stanley for 101 10s. Assignes the boy, and all 
 writings concerning him, Richard Bayly, to be bound to 
 
LECHWRD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 151 
 
 Isaackc Cullimorc 1 of Boston in N. E. Carpenter, his appren 
 tice, to serve him from 24. 4. ult for 7 yeares, & to give him 
 an owe kidtl at the end of foure yeares if he doe his duty, and 
 5 at the end of the termc, ineate, drinke & clothes, & Double 
 apparell when he goes forth. 8. (3. 1G39. Corain Tho : Pay li 
 ter & mcipo. [2s. Gd] 
 
 Anne Colcman of Watertowne in N. E. spinster, aged 10 
 yeares, and Samuel Hosier 1 of the same, her tutor & gar- 
 dian make a letter of Attorney to Jeffery Coleman of 
 Colchester in the county of Essex, Saymaker, and James 
 Wade of the same, Clothier, their atturneys to receive of the 
 Executors of William Coleman late of Colchester aforesaid, 
 Saymaker, Deceased, the summe of 5* or any other summe 
 or legacy given her by the last will & testament of the said 
 Will m her father. 8. 6. 1639. Coram Gubcrn., Rob to Feke 
 <fc ni(Mpf). [Is. Gd.~] 
 
 John Cogan aged about seventeene yeares 2 sonnc of John 
 Cogan of Boston in New England merchant, sworno, saith 
 upon his oath that this Deponent, for his said father Deliv 
 ered at diverse times bctweene the 13 th day of fi ebruary and 
 the 17 th day of Aprill last past, unto John Harrison late of 
 Boston aforesaid, gent., and to some others by his directions as 
 this deponent believeth, for his use & behoofe, these wares at 
 these prices following, that is to say, 
 
 1 Isaac Cullimoro (which seems the * Anne Coleman and Samuel Hosier 
 
 more common way of spelling the name) did not get their live pounds as soon as 
 is called a shipwright by Savage ; on what seemed well to them, and made a second 
 evidence I cannot say. His most prom- letter of attorney to whom I know not 
 inent appearance in the Town Record is for the same purpose. See p. 167, post. 
 as being appointed to look to the car- 2 Savage speaks of John Cogan, Jr., 
 riages and wheels of the great artillery, admitted freeman in 1642, as being son 
 In the Colonial Record, also, he is spoken of Humphrey, who never came to New 
 of as mending carriages, so that one England. I think this must be a mis- 
 would think that he was something of take, for it very clearly says in this 
 a wheelwright. He lived near Gallop s place that John Cogan, Jr., was the son 
 Point, on the water-side, by the ship- of John. His age, now about seventeen, 
 yards of Nehemiah Bourne and Thomas would make him twenty or twenty-one 
 Hawkins, the shipwrights, and Thomas when he took the freeman s oath, May 
 Joy, the carpenter. 18, 1642. 
 
152 LECIIFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 One payre of wosted stock! ns at six shillings six pence, 
 one payer of wosted stockins at eight shillings, 
 fou re Dozen of tobacco pipes at two shillings, 
 hard sealing wax at three pence, 
 one paire of wosted stockins at eight shillings, 
 two payre of stockins at twelve shillings and eight pence, 
 nynoteene yards of white fustian at twenty eight shillings six pence, 
 eleven yards and one quarter of white Diinmety at sixteene shillings 
 
 ten pence, 
 one paire of stockins at twenty pence, 
 
 in all coinming to foure. pounds foure shillings & five pence. 
 
 Letter of Atturney by Samuel Appleton of Ipswich in N. 
 E. g. made to Isaacke Appleton & al. twice ingrosscd 8. 6. 
 1639. sealed Coram. Gubern. Willo Ilubbard <fc meipo. 
 
 James Brockc mariner ag l . the Governor & Society of the 
 Mattachusetts Bay in New England, for 30* worth of butter, 
 chese and other provisions to Block Island voyage in the 
 warres ag 4 . the Pecots in or about the moneth of July, Anno 
 1636, and Dammages for the same ever since to his Dam- 
 mage 601 Declaration to be drawen. [Is.] 
 
 [100] A letter of Attorney made by James Brocke of 
 Ratcliffe in the County of Midd., mariner, to myselfe to sue 
 & recover of the Governo r & Company of the Massachusetts 
 Bay in N. E. the said 301 & Dammages. 9. 6. 1639. 1 
 Coram. [Is.] 
 
 A Letter of Attorney p eundem to myselfe to answere 
 Joseph Bachcller in a plea of trespass upon the case for 
 words, 9. 6. 1639. Coram [0. 4J.] 
 
 Francis Godsome 2 of Lynne in N. E. h. doth give grant & 
 enfeoffe unto John Fuller of Boston in N. E. ioyner all that 
 
 1 This letter of attorney will be Fuller was a somewhat common one, but 
 found more fully in the Note-book, I am unable to identify either of those 
 p. 101. here mentioned. Of the three asses- 
 
 2 We unfortunately know little more sors, Knight is probably the mason of 
 than is here stated of any one of the con- Salem, who had a grant of land in 1637, 
 tracting parties. Godson is mentioned mentioned by Savage ; the other two 
 in Mass. Col. lice., i. 123. The name are unknown. 
 
LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 153 
 
 his house and homo lott conteyning five acres and three 
 acres of meadow and thirty acres of wood & upland thereto 
 belonging & all privileges & accommodations thereto be 
 longing by the Townesnicns grant or promise, if Edward 
 Fuller of Olney in the County of Bucks yeoman shall pay unto 
 the said F : GO 1 on or before the second day of February next. 
 
 Articles. That John Fuller may refuse the bargainc and 
 require his money at returne, but if Allen Brade Edward 
 Farrington & William Knight shall deem the premises worth 
 001 then to pay 5 1 for dam : to Francis. 
 
 Not to receive the money if before the day Jo. F: send 
 word of dislike but if dislike by letter come afterwards then 
 to return the money to his father. 
 
 Either to refuse the bargain for 51 
 
 If in the mean while the said Francis improve and manage 
 the premises from May day next he is to be payd reasonably 
 if the bargaine take not effect. 
 
 Jo. ; Fuller to receive of Rich. Brooks [ of Lynnc 40s. & 
 of Dunton 20s. towards making of sellerage, and 4 daycs 
 worke of Edward Weeden carpenter. [Vacat.] 
 
 \_Thc. above entry crossed out.] 
 
 John Crabtree 2 of Boston in N. E. joyner, to receive 
 Solomon (Jrcenc sonnc of John Greene of Iladley in Stiff 
 clothier his apprentice for 7 yeares & 1 yeare a journeyman 
 & wages for that yearc 81,& space for what money to be 
 repaid. Dat 12. 6. 1639. Coram Gub: mcipsc. [2s. Gt?.] 
 
 John Crabtree and William Hudson 3 the younger {fisher 
 man to have the one the sonnc the other Mary Greene the 
 
 1 Richard Brooks lived in Lynn sonic 2 John Crabtree was sufficiently well 
 
 time before removing (16f)0) to East- known as a carpenter. He may have 
 
 haniptou, L.I. Edward Weeden gen- been a good one, though he sometimes 
 
 erally called of Boston eame from charged too much (J/h&s. CW. 7Jee.,i. 301, 
 
 England in the same ship (" Susan and 327). Of the Greenes father, son, and 
 
 Ellen," 1635) as Richard Brooks. As daughter I can find nothing, 
 for Dunton, I cannot fix him. There 3 William Hudson the younger 
 
 were Dun tons of Reading, at this time probably the son of William Hudson the 
 
 a part of Lynn. innkeeper was at this time about 
 
154 LECIIFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 daughter apprentices <fc to be guardians & receive 111 a yeare 
 for the 2 children as tutors masters and guardians of the 
 said children. William Richardson of Iladley in Suffolk gent 
 Executor, Josuah Foot of London Ironmonger & Thomas 
 Ilughson citizen merchant of London Attorneys. Coram 
 Rico. Saltonstall l & meipsc. Under the Common Scale and 
 that the said Solomon and Mary choose the tutors & guar 
 dians abovesaid before the Governor. The agreement also 
 p ut scquctur in the next leaf but one. [2s. GJ.] 
 
 [101] To all Christian people <tc I Samuel Appleton 2 of 
 Ipswich in N. E. g. send greeting in our Lord God everlasting 
 Knowe yec that I the said S. have ordcyncd <t constituted & 
 made and in my place have put and by these presents do or- 
 deync constitute make & in my place put my wcllbeloved in 
 Christ I. A. J. 0. I). R. 11. S. & R. S. my true and lawfull 
 Atturneys and deputyes all or the greater number of them for 
 me <fc in my name to enter on lawfully and to make a lease 
 or leases of all or any of the lands and tenements both free 
 hold and Coppihold whatsoever of me the said S. situate lying 
 and being in Monkes Elye in the aforesaid County of Suff. 
 with leave of the Lorde of the Manor whereof the said Coppi 
 hold lands arc held for and touching such lands for any terme 
 of yeares not exceeding the number of seaven yearcs from the 
 time of the making of such lease or leases and so as no such 
 lease or leases be made in reversion but the same to be made 
 only in possession and under what rent & rentes and upon 
 
 twenty years old. He is here called time was an assistant. The governor 
 fishcM-tmn. Later he was in a company here spoken of was John "Winthrop, Sr. 
 of vintners (Muss. Col. Ilcc.., ii. 277), but 2 Samuel Appleton was one of the 
 very probably he turned his hand to first settlers at Ipswich in 103(5. He 
 whatever came uppermost. He served was chosen representative in 1637, and 
 in the Parliamentary war in England, in the same year was chosen assistant 
 being ensign in Mr. John Leverett s justice at Ipswich. The persons men- 
 foot company ( 11 inth., ii. 245), and died tioned as attorneys I have not the means 
 in the summer of 1681. of identifying. Isaac Appleton was 
 1 Richard Saltonstall came to Massa- probably either the son or brother of 
 chusetts with his father 1630, but re- Samuel, who had a grandson bearing 
 turned soon to England. lie came back that name. 
 to Massachusetts, however, and at this 
 
LECIIFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 155 
 
 what Covenants & Conditions my said Attorneys or the greater 
 number of them shall see fitting and also from time to time 
 to discharge place and displace lawfully all and singular the 
 tenants that now or hereafter shall be of any the said lands 
 or tenements. And also from time to time to fell cut up & 
 take off or cause to be felled cut up & taken off all or any the 
 woods & timber now growing or being or w ch hereafter shall 
 growe or be upon the said freehold lands and also upon the 
 said Coppihold lands with lease of the Lord of the said Manor 
 for the wood and timber on such lands & to sell the same wood 
 and timber for the use of me the said Samuel and from time 
 to time to take and receive to the use of me the said Samuel 
 or my assignes all rentes issues & profitts of the aforesaid 
 premises w ch now are due or w ch at any time hereafter shall 
 growe or be due to me the said Samuel out of the p r mises 
 aforesaid And generally to do execute and perform all and 
 every lawful act and acts thing and things for and in the 
 name of me the said S. as I shall by any letter or writing 
 under my hand & warrant appoint or allowe to be done 
 executed or performed as amply & fully as I the said S. in 
 my owne proper person may or might doe. Hereby ratifying 
 & confirming all & every thing whatsoever they or the greater 
 number of them shall lawfully doe in the p r miscs. In wit- 
 ncssc whereof I have hereunto set my hand & scale this 
 eighth Day of August in the fifteenth ycare of the raigne 
 of our Soveraigne Lord Charles now King of England <fec 
 Annoq r Dni 1639. Signed sealed & delivered in the presence 
 of Will : Hubbard & mei T ho : Lcchford scriptoris liujus. 
 And I John Winthrop Esq? Governor of the Massachusetts 
 Bay in New England having seen these presents signed scaled 
 & delivered in my presence have at the request of the above- 
 named Samuel Appleton caused the common scale of our 
 Colony to be hereunto affixed the day of the date thereof. 
 
 SAMUEL APPLETON. 
 
 JOHN WINTIIROP : 
 
 Twice written & ingrossed. [6s. Sd. Attorneys Isaack 
 Appleton ar., Jo : Gurdon ar., Dan : Rogers cl., Ri : Stansby cl., 
 
156 
 
 LECUFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 Ri : Sebbornc cl., I Ap: ar. do little Waldingfield in Com Suff. 
 & Henry Smith D r of Divinity <fe Master of Magdalen College 
 in Cambridge.] 
 
 [102] William Hutcliinson l of Aquidnecke in New Eng 
 land gent and Samuel Hutcliinson Brother of tlie said Wil 
 liam convey to Richard Ilutchiiison citizen & ironmonger 
 of London all that their dwelling house in Boston in New 
 England and the garden or orchard thereunto adjoyning and 
 all conrte yardcs stables stalles outhouses commons & appur 
 tenances thereunto belonging parte of w ch house & garden was 
 heretofore purchased by the s d Wm. of John Coggeshall 2 
 late of Boston aforesaid merchant and the rest of the prem 
 ises was assigned to the said Will m by the Townesmen of 
 
 1 The names of various of the Hut- 
 chinson family repeatedly occur in Lech- 
 ford. Mr. Savage has published a careful 
 enumeration of the different members 
 in his Gcucahrtjical DictiuiHtry. It will 
 make clearer the papers relating to the 
 family which occur later in the Note-look 
 to remember that William Hutcliinson, 
 the husband of the famous Anne, had 
 brothers, Richard, of London; Samuel, 
 of Boston; and Edward, of the same. 
 His sons were Edward, who came to New 
 England before his father, Richard, and 
 others who are not mentioned in Lech- 
 ford. Of these brothers, Richard never 
 came to New England at all. William 
 came to New England in 1631 with his 
 wife and all his sons save Edward. He 
 was forced through church troubles to 
 remove in 1638 to Rhode Island, where, 
 with Aspinwall, Coddington, and others, 
 he formed a political community, of 
 which, in their second year, he was 
 chosen ruler or judge. He died about 
 1642. Samuel was of Boston. He was 
 involved, with the rest of his family, in 
 the Aiitinoniian dispute [Mass. Col. Rcc. 
 i. 207, 338). He may or may not have 
 gone with his brother William to Aquid- 
 neck, where he had a grant of land, May 
 
 20, 1638. He is subsequently mentioned 
 by Lech ford, however. Edward, the 
 brother, is not mentioned in the Note 
 book, except perhaps ante, p. 93. Ho 
 went to Rhode Island, and from there 
 to England. Of the sons, Edward and 
 Richard are the only ones mentioned by 
 Lech ford. Edward came to Boston a 
 year before his father and mother. With 
 his father he removed to Rhode Island, 
 but shortly afterward returned to Bos 
 ton. He served in King Philip s war, 
 where he received a wound of which he 
 died Aug. 17, 1675. Richard came from 
 England with his father, but returned 
 to London before the other members of 
 the family moved to Rhode Island. He 
 is repeatedly referred to in the Note-book, 
 as well as his shop, The Angel and 
 Star, in Cheapside, London. 
 
 2 John Coggeshall, another sympa 
 thizer with Mrs. Hutcliinson and Mr. 
 Wheelwright, also went to Newport, 
 where he became one of the principal 
 men, as he had before been in Boston. 
 The house and garden alluded to were 
 on what is now the corner of School 
 and Washington. The Old Corner 
 Bookstore occupies a portion of the 
 property. 
 
LECllFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 157 
 
 Boston aforcs d by common consent and order of the generall 
 court. [3s. 400 1 consider.] 
 
 Edward Ilutchinson of Boston in New England mercer and 
 S r gcant Thomas Savage l of the same doc convey unto the 
 said Richard Hutch: all that our farmc house & other build- 
 inges thereunto adjoyning and all the gardens yardes and 
 outhouses tliereto belonging lying & being in the precincts of 
 Dorchester in New England and all that parcell of land called 
 a farmc Arc. and to thatch the new buildings daub flic chim 
 ney lay the floores & hang the doores thereof & 10 acres of 
 moadow lying on the east side of Ncponsct river heretofore 
 had in exchange of Captaine Stoughton for so much lying over 
 ag: it on the other side of the s (1 river lying next to fhc mill 
 there and so along the said river : a farmc lying on the east 
 side of Neponsett river bounded in on the east side with an 
 high Ridge w ch is Boston Bounds on the west side with a 
 frcshc brookc called Unkataquassctt and for the length of it 
 to riinnc one hundred and sixty poles into the land w th all 
 the meadow lying before it as it is bounded with a greate 
 salte cricke unto the aforesaid high ridge as also tonne acres 
 of meadowe or thereabout lying on the west syde of the afore 
 said fresh brooke with one little house and one frame with all 
 the timbers and appurtenances thereto belonging cither falling 
 or standingc. All w ch said farmc & lands came unto us by 
 purchase from William Ilutchinson ffather of me the said 
 Edward who purchased the same of Bray Rossitcr 2 gent, to 
 whomc the s d premisses came by purchase from the Indians & 
 granted by the Court & Towne w th all rights priviledgcs com 
 mons in Necks of Land Islands or Inlands with all other appur 
 tenances thereunto belonging. [3s. Sd. 820* Consideration, 
 againc written Is. Sd. and other writingcs toto. Ss. 4r/.] 
 
 1 Sergeant Thomas Savage, born 1608, turned to Boston, where he died Feb. 
 
 married Faith, daughter of William 14, 1632. 
 
 Ilutchinson. He was disarmed in 1637 2 Bray Rossiter was of Dorchester, 
 
 for his sympathy with Mrs. Hutchinson 1631, but removed to Winsor, Conn., 
 
 and Wheelwright, and removed to Rhode and then to Guilford; he died 1672. 
 
 Island with the Hutchinsons, but re- John Gore was of Roxbury. William 
 
 Wvatt I have been unable to find. 
 
158 LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 These deeds attested <fc scaled by John Gore to William 
 Wyatt before the governor & the common scale affixed 12. 6. 
 1039. Coram Jacobo Brock & meipsc. [3s. Gt/.] 
 
 [103] Memorandum that the Agreement bctwccno Eliza 
 beth Lcger l for her sonne Solomon and John Crabtree is 
 that the said John Crabtree shall have to his ownc use and 
 behoof c for receiving the said Solomon to apprentice and with 
 him the yearely summe of five pounds & tenne shillings from 
 the executor of the last will & testament of John Greene 
 within named if the said Elizabeth so long live and the said 
 John Crabtree in regard thereof shall pay & allowe twenty 
 pounds unto the said Solomon at the end of the terme of 
 seaven yearcs within mentioned according to the true meaning 
 of these present Indentures. Witnesses hereunto William 
 Hudson & myself and M* Governor knows" the agreement 
 also. [Is.] 
 
 A letter of Attorney made by [wl-] of [Wanfc] in New 
 England to Robert Harrington of ITatfield Broadokc in the 
 County of Essex Esqf and Robert Keayne of Boston in New 
 England merchant to receive of Thomas Coney of Staple Line 
 London gent the summe of 2001 dat 13. 6. 1639. [Is.] 
 
 A letter for M? Cogan & M* Keayne. 13. 6. 1639. [Is. Gil] 
 
 A letter of Atiurney by Benjamin Keayne 2 of Boston in 
 N. E. gent to Toby as Dixon citizen & mercer of London to 
 receive 5* of John Harrison gent upon bill. 14. 6. 1639. 
 Coram. [1.] 
 
 A letter to James Brock e about M? Peters letter & the 
 Governors answer thereupon to stay the cause betweene M. r 
 Bachellcr <t him till James Brocke returne. 14. 6. 1639. 
 
 1 Elizabeth Logor may be the maiden 2 Benjamin Keayne was the son of 
 
 name of Solomon Greene s mother ; if Robert. He lived in New England for 
 
 not, I cannot tell \\lio she is. Leger is some time, but finally returned to Eng- 
 
 not a New England name. land (Savage). 
 
LECIIFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 159 
 
 Me John Hill do Boston in N. A. carpenter tener 1 etc. Anne 
 Garrold 1 in viginti libris etc. dat 14. (5. 1039. Coram me et 
 Willo Han-ell" 
 
 To pay her 101 upon the 24 th of August w ch shall be in the 
 ycarc of our Lord 1656 at or in the now dwelling house of 
 (icMjrgo Barrell situate in Boston. [Is.] 
 
 Timothic Hatherlcy 2 of Scituato in N. E. Planter, pit. 
 Joseph Young 3 mariner deft, for 80i of beaver worth 151 
 delivered about y e 29 th 8. 1038 upon 1 Nov. into the Mary & 
 Anne to his custody to be carryed for England lost by the 
 way. To procure a warrant against Young and John Pease 
 of Salem a witncsse to declare for the pit. & write M? Ilath- 
 crly a letter to send some proof e of the quantity or to make 
 oath himself thereof. [2s.] 
 
 Knowe all men by these presents that wheras Gabriel 
 Cornish 4 of Wcymouth & Melcomb Regis in the County of 
 Dorset mariner did by his letter of Attorney under his hand 
 <fc scale dated the sixth day of May last past authorize and 
 appoint me Israel Stoughton 6 of Dorchester in New England 
 
 1 Anne Garrold may have been the found in Bradford s History. Ilatherly 
 sister or the wife of Henry Garrold, of and Allerton, the latter principally, con - 
 Boston, 1C3I\ mentioned by Savage. I ducted the business of the Plymouth 
 can find the name nowhere else. George Colony with James Shirley, their Lon- 
 Barrel and William Barrel wen; brothers; don correspondent and his partners, 
 and the wife of George was named Ann; 3 Joseph Young, I suppose, was of 
 from which I imagine that he married Salem (Mass. Col. 7i <r., ii. 30). Tease 
 Anne Garrold. The house spoken of Avas in later years a favorer of the 
 was on Hanover Street, a little below Gortonist movement (Mass. Col. Jtcc., 
 Washington (Book of Possessions, p. ii. f)0). 
 
 421). 4 Gabriel Cornish never came to this 
 
 2 Timothy Ilatherly, one of the country. There was a Gabriel Cornish 
 principal first settlers at Scituate, was in Connecticut toward the latter part 
 before a London merchant. lie came of the century, who might easily be a 
 to Plymouth in 1623, and was well descendant of this man. 
 
 known there for some time, but went G Israel Stoughton, a prominent man 
 home again. He came back again to in Dorchester, owned the mill alluded 
 Boston in 1032. He died in 1060. In to a few pages hack in the deed of Ed- 
 regard to this matter, see infra. Much ward Hutehinson, etc. He came to 
 in regard to Hatherly, though not per- America, says Savage, in 1032 ; was 
 tinent to the matter in hand, is to be admitted freeman 1033; was representa- 
 
1GO LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 Esq r to receive of Thomas Richards ] of Dorchester aforesaid 
 yeoman the suinme of one hundred pounds of lawfull money 
 of England w ch should be due unto him the said Gabriel from 
 the said Thomas Richards upon the thirtieth day of July then 
 next coming & now last past by a bond or obligation made 
 by him unto the said Gabriel bearing date the foureteenth day 
 of November last past w ch bond was left heere at Dorchester 
 aforesaid in the hands of Thomas Millet tayler and upon pay 
 ment of the said hundred pounds to give any manner of 
 Release acquittance or other legall discharge for the same as 
 more at large by the said letter of Attorney it doth and [104] 
 may appeare. And whereas the said Thomas Richards made 
 unto the said Gabriel Cornish one other bond or obligation 
 for the same money w eh bond the said Gabriel carry ed into 
 England and by his letter to me written did promise to 
 canccll or deliver up the said last menconed bond upon notice 
 of the payment of the said one hundred pounds to me by 
 vertue of the said letter of Atturney according to the appoint 
 ment or demand of the said Thomas Richards, Now knowc 
 yee that I have received the said summe of one hundred 
 pounds of the said Thomas Richards according to the forme 
 & effect of the said bonds and letter of Attorney, And there 
 upon doe by these presents for as much as in me lyeth for and 
 in the name of the said Gabriel remise release and forever 
 quitt clayme unto the sayd Thomas Richards all and all 
 manner of actions and demands w ch the said Gabriel his 
 executors or administrators have or can or may have against 
 him the said Thomas Richards his heires executors or admin 
 istrators for and concerning the said debt of one hundred 
 pounds or upon the sayd bonds or either of them. 
 
 And further 1 doe hereby give & grant unto the said Thomas 
 Richards the said letter of Attorney safe and uncancellcd to 
 have to him his executors & administrators forever. 
 
 live in the General Court for some years, 1 Thomas Eichards s name occurs 
 
 and commanded the force against the several times in the early Dorchester 
 
 Pequots in 1037. He went bark to Eng- records, but he removed soon after this 
 
 land, and commanded a company for the date to Weymouth, where he was living 
 
 Parliament in the Civil War ; but died when he is next mentioned in the Rote- 
 
 of sickness at Lincoln in 1044. book. 
 
LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 101 
 
 In witnesse etc. Dat 1 3. 7. 1039. [3s. 4d. A coppy of the 
 letter of Attorney of M? Stoughton under scale of the Company. 
 Is. &/.] 
 
 Oinnia ista prcrccitata acta fuerunt apud Boston in Nova 
 Anglia coram me Johe Winthrop Ar Gubernator de le Matta- 
 chusetts Bay in Nova Anglia pro modo et forma prount 
 supcrius scripta sunt In cuius rei testimon nomcn mcnm sub- 
 seripsi Sigillumq r hums Colonia commune prcscntibus hisce 
 apponi causavi die & anno ultima supra scriptis. 1 
 
 To the said letter of Attorney a publicke Notary scaled & 
 subscribed & attested prount 2 sequitur. Omnia ista prcrecitata 
 acta fuerunt apud Way mouth et Metcomb Regis p rd modo et 
 forma prount supcrius scripta sunt In cuius rei tcstimonium 
 nomcn meum subscripsi sigillumq r meum quo in hac parte 
 utor apponi causavi die et anno supra scriptis. 
 
 BOSTOX IN NEW ENGLAND 10 August! Anno Dmi 1039. 
 At sight of this 3 my first bill of exchange any time after 
 the twentieth day of December next coming my second and 
 third not being payd I pray you pay unto M* Robert Ollley 
 Citizen & mercer of London or his assigns the summe of fifty 
 six pounds of current money of England for foure heyfers hccre 
 received by yourself e of me David Oilley of Boston gent. I 
 pray make good payment. To my very loving friend Thomas 
 Nicholls at Coggeshall in the County of Essex. [Is. Gti] 
 
 1 " All those things set down above according to the form above written. In 
 were done at Boston in New England in testimony of which I have subscribed 
 the presence of me, John Winthrop, Es- my name and have caused my scale which 
 quire, Oovernour of the Massachusetts I here use to be affixed on the day and 
 Bay in New England after the manner year above written." 
 
 and according to the form above written. 3 There is another bill of exchange 
 
 In testimony of which I have subscribed later in the Note -bank between these two 
 
 my name and have caused the Common men, drawn for the benefit of Stephen 
 
 Scale of this Colony to be afiixcd to Offlcy, who, as well as Robert, seems 
 
 these presents on the day and year last never to have come to America. Thomas 
 
 written above." Nichols and George Nichols, mentioned 
 
 2 " As follows: All these things set in the second bill of exchange, were also 
 down above were done at Weymouth Englishmen, and I believe never came 
 and Melcomb Regis after the manner and to New England. 
 
 11 
 
102 LECHFOHD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 Articles of agreement made the 16 A day of the sixth moneth in 
 the ycare of our Lord 1639 Betweene DAVID OFFLEY of 
 Boston in New England <jent of the one p te and SAMUEL 
 HOSIER l of Watertoivne in New England Planter of the 
 other p te asfolloweth. 
 
 Imprimis It is agreed betwecnc the partyes abovesayd that 
 they shall & will be partners together in procuring sturgian 
 to be taken & cured and sold at Yarmouth in New England or 
 elswherc for & during the space of foure ycares from the day 
 of the date hereof. 
 
 [105] Item that the saycl partyes shall beare equall charges 
 therabout. 
 
 Item that they shall have equall profitts and account 
 to each other upon reasonable demand from time to tyme 
 during the said tcrme. 
 
 Item that they shall not doc anything contrary to the 
 mindes of cacli other thcrabouts. 
 
 Item that neither of them shall admit of any other partner 
 or partners without each others consent. 
 
 Item that if either of the said parties shall be minded to 
 imploy a greater stockc this way about sturgian than the other 
 he may so doe upon his owne account & to his owne advantage 
 charge & losse. 
 
 In witncssc &c Coram mcipc. [26;.] 
 
 Robert Meriam of Concord in N. E. pltr. and William 
 Borcman 2 late of the same his servant put the said Bore- 
 
 2 Samuel Hosier, of "\Vatertown, was him than lie turned him over to "\Yil- 
 
 choscn constable in 1044, but otherwise Ham Townsheml, thntrher, who, I ima- 
 
 is not mentioned by contemporary an- gine, turned him over to Job Jndkin, of 
 
 thoiitics. I should imagine that he was what trade 1 kno\v not; and his last ap- 
 
 of that well-to-do class who are not of pearnnce in this Note-book is in the not of 
 
 a station high enough to get into the being turned over by this last to Thorn- 
 
 records as officers, nor low enough to ap- as Withcrly, mariner. Now Witherly 
 
 pear therein as criminals, and are there- came from Connecticut, and went back 
 
 fore almost unnoticed by history. there at times, and may have brought 
 
 2 William Boreman could not have Uoreman with him; for we find against 
 
 been a satisfactory apprentice. Richard Boreman a name in Savage, "perhaps 
 
 Gridley, the brickmaker, no sooner had of Wethersfield, 1645; was of Guilford, 
 
LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 103 
 
 man apprentice to Richard Gridley of Boston in New England 
 Brickmakcr, for 6 yeares from 29 Sept. next, meat drinke 
 lodging & apparell & double apparell at the end of the terme. 
 in p r ncia mei & T. Savage. Dat 19. G. 1039. [2s. M.] 
 
 THOMAS RUCKE of Charlestowne in Neiv England planter Pit. 
 WILLIAM HATCH of Scituate in Neio England planter Defdt. 
 
 To the Governor & assistants of the Jurisdiction of New 
 Plymouth in New England humbly complayning showeth unto 
 yo r Worshipps Thomas Ruckc of Charlestowne in New England 
 planter that whereas this Com plt and one Joseph Moriam of 
 Concord in New England Planter and William Hatch of Hcituate 
 in New England Planter Came joynt undertakers in the shipp 
 Castle of London w ch arrived at the port of Charlestowne in 
 the moneth of July Anno Dm 1038. And one the said William 
 Hatch of London was also undertaker with them and under- 
 tooke by agreement to manage as a steward all their joynt 
 businesse of undertaking and concerning every mans passage 
 and all passengers goods that came in the said shipp and to 
 take notice and keepe account how much every passengers 
 goods and how much the said severall undertakers ownc goods 
 were in tunnage and what every one of the said passengers 
 and undertakers were to pay for their several! passage & 
 goods and to deliver to every [one] of the said undertakers 
 & passengers their severall allowance of victualls & to cause 
 that all the Caske vessells rundletts & provisions layd in for 
 store and left at the said shipps arrival in New England afore 
 said should be equally divided to the said undertakers parte 
 <fe part like, for w ch stewardship the said William Hatch was 
 allowed by the said ComP 11 <fe Joseph Mcriam the summc of 
 SOt and other profitts to the value of 20* more in all 50^ 
 
 1650." He may not be the same man, militia, and was also one of the water- 
 however. As for Gridley, he was one of bailiffs of the town for somo time. He 
 the very early settlers, and is frequently is mentioned in the Colonial Records only 
 mentioned in the early Boston records, in the orders relating to the Hutchinson 
 sometimes in relation to his trade as disturbance ; from which it may be in- 
 brickmaker, and sometimes in regard to ferred that he was more popular in the 
 his public duties. He was captain of town of Boston than in the colony at large. 
 
164 LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 whereupon this Com plt hoped that the said William Hatch 
 would have made a just account betweene the master of the 
 said ship & others & the said undertakers. 
 
 But the said William Hatch taking advantage of this 
 Comp lta sicknessc & weaknesse at sea did in the p r sence of 
 the master of the said ship at Boston in New England in 
 July aforesaid & at Charlestowne aforesaid overreckon mis- 
 reckon account short & mischarge upon this Com 1 11 divers 
 particularc things hereinafter expressed w ch this Com plt since 
 came to the knowledge & remembrance of: And first this 
 Com plt showcth [106] that the proper goods of this Com plt 
 brought in the said ship did amount in tunnage but to tenne 
 tunnes & an halfe the tunnage whereof came to but thirty one 
 pounds & tenne shillings but the said William Hatch charged 
 the said Com plt w th fifteen tunns of goods & a barrell & for 
 the same the Com plt hath payd for the tunnage of so much 
 forty live pounds whereby the said William Hatch overreck- 
 oncd this Com plt 141 Item by the said ovcrreckoning of this 
 Com plt goods the said Wm. Ifatch charged the summe of forty 
 shillings on the said Com plt for custome of foure tunnes & 
 hall e of goods more than belonged to the Com plt to allow for: 
 at 9 s by tlie tuiinc. Item thereby the said William Hatch 
 overcharged this Com plt eight shillings payd to the said 
 Master for primage & average and eight shillings more to 
 lightermen for lighterage of foure tunnes & halfe of goods 
 more than belonged to this Com plt to allow for. Item the 
 said William Hatch should have accounted to this Com plt for 
 three bushells & halfe of meale worth twenty and eight 
 shillings w ch meale was to have bin delivered to this Com plt 
 for him *fe his family by sea according to common allow 
 ance but this Com plt having meale for his owne use agreed 
 to receive his said allowance in meale altogether at land 
 ing but the said William Hatch never accounted for nor 
 satisfyed this Com plt for the same. Item the said William 
 Hatch hath not accounted for nor satisfyed this Com plfc for his 
 partc of the bread sacks brought by the said undertakers 
 joyntly w ch p fc was worth fiifty two shillings & six pence. 
 Item nor for this Com plta parte of the cookes store by the 
 
LECIIFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-WOK. 165 
 
 said undertakers joyntly provided w ch parte was worth thirty 
 six shillings and six penee nor for this Com plt8 ]>arte of the 
 vinegar brought by the said undertakers of the voyage w ch 
 parte was worth 3 shillings <fc sixpence. Nor for this Com plt8 
 parte of the empty rundlcts & wine casks provided by the 
 said undertakers w ch parte Avas worth two shillings <fc six- 
 ])ence, Nor for this Com plts parte of the suger brought by the 
 said undertakers w ch parte was worth eight shillings &. six 
 pence, Nor for this Compl ay nants parte of the money for the 
 victualls w ch the Brother of the said William <fc 8 or 9 oilier 
 persons the proper passengers of the said William had for 
 three weeks together after the said ship came to anchor in 
 the said porte which parte the said William Hatch was to 
 answer for <fc pay to this Com plt they being his the said Win. 
 Hatch s proper passengers, & amounted to 80s. at the least. 
 He prayeth that the said William Hatch be injoyned to sett 
 downe the same in writing upon his oath. Item the said 
 William [107] Hatch mischarged or overcharged this Com plt 
 with sixteene shillings & fourc pence for tunnagc of halfe 
 a tun of goods of Henry Swan w ch he refuseth ct hath not 
 right to pay so much because they were victualls & not 
 broadcloth. Item the said William Hatch mischarged this 
 Com plt with fiftecne shillings and six pence for the tunnadge 
 of Ann Baker her goods w ch the said Joseph Mcriam did 
 receive. Item the said William Hatch accounted short the 
 bisket of the said undertakers w ch he sould at Boston afore 
 said wh r of the Com plt parte came to three shillings and three 
 pence more than the said William Hatch did account for. 
 Item the said W. II. hath confessed himself to be in ar- 
 reages to the Com plt the summc of 17* 9* by his letter dated 
 14 th Sept. 1638 whereof since the said Win. Hatch hath paid 
 the Com plt 1QH by the hands of Joseph Kitchercll and by UK 
 Sparhawke 35s. 3<i. and by John Fishenden 17s. in all 121 
 12s. 0(7. so that there resteth due the residue whereof that is 
 41 16. 9 to the Com plt So that the said William Hatch is 
 in arrerages to this Complaynant the summc of 81. 6. 5d. 
 pounds at the least. All w h premises are well knowne to the 
 said William Hatch. And because the said Complainant 
 
1G6 LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 cannot so exactly prove the said particulare things as law 
 requires therefore he prayeth that the said William Hatch 
 may be enjoyned to answer all the premises upon his oath 
 particularly in writing and further to stand to & abide such 
 ordei;<fc decree therein as shall scenic to yo r worships to stand 
 with equity & good conscience. And this Com pi ay nan t shall 
 as his duty byndcth him pray for yo r worships health & pros 
 perity and of the publicko. [6s. &/. Sent to M* Nath. Souther 
 at Plinunoutli 26. 6. 1639 by John Crabtrees friend.] 
 
 Thomas Rucke of Charlcstowne in New England planter 
 aged about 48 yeares sworne saith upon his oath that he know- 
 eth that William Hatch reckoned with Joseph Meriam in the 
 moneth of July Anno Dni 1638 being the 14 th yeare of the 
 raigne of our Sov : Lord Ch now king of England &c that he 
 the said Wm. Hatch had received to the use of the said Joseph 
 from Robert Meriam his brother but thirty pounds & no more. 
 And this deponent saith that he hath seen a note of remem 
 brance of the said William llatchs owne handwriting in a 
 little paper bookc of the said Joseph Meriams w ch note con- 
 teyneth these words <fc figures following that is to say " July 
 13 th 1638. One after pt of the profitts of the freight of the 
 Castle and of provisions left in my hands comes unto w ch I 
 doe owe unto Joseph Meriam lo l 14s. William Hatch " : w ch this 
 deponent doth very well know to be the hand writing of the 
 said William Hatch because this deponent hath often seen 
 him the said Hatch write, and hath many other writings of 
 the said Hatch at this time in his hands. [Is.] 
 
 Thomas Watson l late of Duxbury pltr against John 
 Rogers 2 of Duxbury planter: for Henry Blage brickmaker 
 turned over to him for about 3 yeares about No : last 40s. to be 
 pd at 12 Fcl) : for certaine brick tools 30s. for a fouling peice 
 
 1 Thomas Watson was at this time Watson is hardly an uncommon one in 
 
 winding up his affairs preparatory to Duxbury. 
 
 returning to England, as will be seen 2 John Rogers may have been the son 
 by the later references to him in the of Thomas Rogers, who came over in the 
 Xot e-book. Exactly who this man " Mayflower." " Henry Blagge, Brain- 
 was is uncertain, although the name tree briekburner," 1643 (Savage). 
 
LECIIFORirS MANUSCRIPT ROTE-BOOK. 107 
 
 30s. in January last, and for 5 daycs workc about brickc & 
 planting in June last to hhnsclfe & John Broomeli but 
 Rogers undertooke to pay it. [I*-] 
 
 NEW PLYMOUTH IN NEW ENGLAND 3 Sept 1G39 
 
 IN THE COURT THERE. 
 
 JOSEPH MERIAM of Concord in New ^j 
 
 England Pit I in an action of trespass 
 
 WILLIAM HATCH of Scituate in New f upon the case. 
 
 England Deft 
 
 The Pit complayneth against the defendt that whereas 
 the defendt heretofore that is to say in the moneth of 
 April! in the fourteenth yeare of the raigno of our soveraigne 
 Lord [108] Charles now King of England the defnt was 
 indebted unto the pit the suminc of thirty & five pounds w ch 
 lie received of Robert Mcrium for tlie pits use and on his 
 behalf which the dcfcndt promised to pay when he should be 
 required the same and the Defendt did afterwards indeed pay 
 unto the Pit the surnmc of thirty pounds thereof. And 
 whereas the Pltiff & Defendt upon the thirteenth day of July 
 in the fourcteenth yeare aforesaid did account together for 
 divers moneys due from the one to the other & the Defendt 
 was then found in arrcarges to the pit the sunime of fiftccne 
 pounds & fourteene shillings w ch then also he promised to pay 
 unto the pit when he should be required the same and the 
 defendt did afterwards indeed pay unto the pit the sunime of 
 tonne pounds thereof Notwithstanding the aforesaid defendt 
 intending to deceive the pit of the sunime of five pounds the 
 residue of the said thirty & five pounds <fe of five pounds & 
 fourteene shillings the residue of the said summe of fiftecne 
 pounds & fourteene shillings amounting in the whole unto 
 tennc pounds & fourteene shillings hath not yet payd the 
 same to the said pit although he hath bin required the same 
 upon the 14th day of July aforesaid but refused and still 
 doth refuse to pay the said tenno pounds <fe fourctcene shil 
 lings to the pit. whereby the pit hath lost divers moneys & 
 profitts & commodities w cb by trading with the said money he 
 
lG8 LECUFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 might have gotten to his dammage eleven pounds & tene 
 shillings thereupon he brings this suit. [Sent to Plym : to 
 M r . Nath. Souther p r t devant.] 
 
 IN THE CORT AT BOSTON 3. (7.) 1639. 
 
 TIMOTHY HATHERLEY pit ) . 7 ., ^ 
 
 x , . _ . \ in a plea of trespass upon the case. 
 
 JOSEPH YOUNG mariner deft J 
 
 The plaintiffc complayncth that whereas the Dcfendt. upon 
 the last day of October last past was master of the ship 
 called the Mary & Anne & undertooke therein to transporte 
 passengers & goods from Nc\v England to the porte of 
 London and by the law the Dcfendt was to take care that all 
 goods delivered into the said ship should be safely delivered 
 forth of the same to all such persons as the same goods 
 should apperteyne or to whome the said goods should be con 
 signed & appointed to be delivered by the owners thereof. 
 And the Pit indeed saith that he being possessed of one par- 
 cell of beaver skins of the value of 15* of lawftill money of 
 England at Boston aforesaid upon the first day of November 
 last past he caused the said beaver skins to be then & there 
 delivered aboard the said ship into the Charge & custody of 
 the said deft the said ship then riding at anchor in the porte 
 of Boston aforesaid to be transported to the said porte of 
 London & there to be delivered forth of the said ship unto 
 M r . Hooke by him to be disposed <fc sold to the pltfs use & 
 benefitt & was to make return thereof to the said plaintiffe 
 in other commodities according to his letters of advice scut 
 unto the said Hookc notwithstanding the Defendt afterwards 
 passing over to the said porte of London in the said shippe 
 did not deliver the said beaver skinncs unto the said Hooke 
 although the Defent was required the same in the porte of 
 London aforesaid by the said Hooke but converted them to 
 his the said Defendt 8 owne use whereby the pit lost divers 
 moneys <fe profitts & commodities w ch by trading w th the said 
 other commodities [109] lie might have gotten to his dam- 
 mage 20* and thereupon he brings his suit. [2s. 6d. Is. Cti] 
 
LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 169 
 
 IN THE COURT AT BOSTON 3. (7.) 1G39. 
 
 THOMAS WATSON, pit j - n a ha gf g (he 
 
 JOHN ROGERS, deft } 
 
 The pit complayncth against the defendt for that whereas 
 the defendt in the moncth of February last past was indebted 
 unto the pit in the summo of 40s. for the service of one Henry 
 Blagc whome the pit before that time did assignc & put over 
 to the defend 1 in consideration thereof he did assume <fc promise 
 to pay the same to the pit when he should be thereto required. 
 And whereas also the defend 1 in the moncth of February 
 aforesaid was indebted unto the pit the summe of thirty shil 
 lings for ccrtaine tools that is to say two shovells 3 spades 
 two pickaxes iron vysc smalc lyncs a furgin of iron & curtaino 
 rjngs before that time by the said defend 6 bought & had of the 
 pit the said defend 1 in consideration thereof did assume 
 promise to pay the said thirty shillings unto the pit when he 
 should be required the same and whereas also in the moneth 
 of May last the defend 6 was indebted to the pit in the summe 
 of thirty shillings for one fouling pcece before that time by 
 the defend 1 bought had of the pit. the defend 6 in consider 
 ation thereof did then assume and promise to pay the said 
 thirty shillings unto the pit when he should be thereunto 
 required And whereas the Defend* in the moncth of June 
 last past was indebted unto the pit the summe of five shillings 
 for five clayes worke done by the pit in the service of the 
 defend 6 and one John Groome the defend* 3 partner the 
 defend 6 in consideration thereof did then assume <fc promise 
 to pay the said five shillings to the pit when he should be 
 required the same. W ch said sevcrall summcs of money doe 
 amount unto the summe of five pounds <fc five shillings 
 whereof since the defend 6 hath payd the pit only the summe 
 of thirty shillings thereof Notwithstanding the defend 1 little 
 regarding his severall promises & assumptions aforesaid but 
 intending to deceive the pit of seaventy five shillings the 
 residue of the said five pounds & fifteen shillings hath not 
 payd the same unto the pit according to his the defend 8 said 
 
170 LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 severall promises & assumptions altliough he was by the 
 Pit required the same at Mount Wollaston upon the nync- 
 teenth day of August last past but did refuse ct still doth 
 refuse to pay the said seventy five shillings to the pit to his 
 damage eighty shillings & thereupon he brings his suit. 
 [3s. affid Jo : Groome Is.] 
 
 To the right wor 11 the Governor council & Assistants of 
 the Jurisdiction of the Massachusetts bay in New England. 
 
 The humble petition of James Brocke l mariner sheweth 
 that whereas the Governor & Company of the Massachusetts 
 bay aforesaid were heretofore that is to say in the moncth of 
 July in the yeare of our Lord 1636 indebted to yo r petitioner 
 the summe of thirty pounds for butter cheese [110] and 
 other provisions had by them of yo r petitioner for their use & 
 service in the voyage to Block Island towards the warres 
 against the Pequods w ch thirty pounds should have bin then 
 presently payd to yo r petitioner in the said moncth of July 
 notwithstanding the same was not payd him till the nyne- 
 teenth day of the sixth moneth last past and whereas by 
 deteiyning the said thirty pounds the said three yeares the 
 petitioner lost thirty pounds more w ch he could in that time 
 reasonably have gotten by the same in trading to & from 
 England hither according to the rate of 30* in the C as usu 
 ally merchants make of their commodities as well heere as 
 in other countryes the rather in this country because the 
 adventure & danger is greater & the passage long betweene 
 this fc England. These premises considered yo r petitioner 
 praycth y r worpps to order the worppful Gov of the Company 
 to pay him for the said demand 30 1 more or if you r worships 
 so think good you may put it to the consideration & verdict 
 of a Jury whether the same be not reasonable to be payd & 
 allowed to the petitioner & he shall be ready to stand to their 
 verdict & yo r order thereupon & shall according to his duty 
 pray for yo worpps health <fe prosperity & the publiquc. 2 6 
 
 1 I am unable to find any mention, dlesex, would seem to show that he spent 
 except in Lechford, of this James Brocke. no length of time in the country. 
 Being called of Ratcliffe, County of Mid- 
 
LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 171 
 
 To the right wor 11 the Governor Councill and Assistants of 
 the Jurisdiction of the Massachusetts bay in New England 
 
 Humbly complayning shews unto yo r worpps William Cole 
 late of Chew magna in the county of Somerset gent & Eliza 
 beth his wife Daughter & executrix of the last will fc tes 
 tament of Francis Doughty 1 late of the city of Bristoll 
 merchant deceased that whereas the said Francis Doughty 
 in his life time stood master of <fc -had right unto a ccrtaine 
 lease of a forme called Hamstcd farme in the county of Glou 
 cester to enioy to him and his assigns during the lives of 
 divers of his children w ch farme was worth 20001 at the least 
 and was possessed of some small personal estate to the value 
 of forty pounds or thereabouts and whereas Francis Doughty 
 Clorke son of the said Francis Doughty Deceased being in his 
 said fathers displeasure came to this com plt Elizabeth when 
 she was sole and intreated her to spciike unto her snid father 
 for the said Francis the sonne iv to pursuadc w tb her said 
 father that he would bestowe and settle the said lease of the 
 said farme on the said Francis the sonne in case that Jacob 
 Doughty brother of the said Elizabeth were dead or should 
 dve so that the said Francis the sonne miirht enioy the same 
 
 * J J 
 
 after the debts & legacyes should be payd <v his will per 
 formed and then promised her that if she would so speak for 
 him tv< that she could prevayle with her said father that he 
 would so bestowe & settle the said lease <fc farme upon him 
 the said Francis the sonne as aforesaid that he would give her 
 a better portion than her father would give unto her and the 
 said Compl 1 saith that she the said Elizabeth did spcakc unto 
 her said father for the said Francis the sonne accordingly and 
 
 1 Of Francis Doughty the. elder I volume of J/iw. Col. &c., pp. 74, 191, 
 
 know nothing more than is here set 203, 257, 272; :ilso in the third and fourth 
 
 down. lie never came to America. His volumes of the same, if the investigator s 
 
 son Francis, however, was a minister at patience should by any chance hold out. 
 
 Taunton for some years, after which he Mrs. Colo did not get what she. wanted, 
 
 removed to Long Island. Of Cole, who finally fell sick, and was cared for at the 
 
 married Elizabeth Doughty, nothing is expense of the Colony ; after which her 
 
 known, save that he died a year or two petitions ceased. The Humphrey Hooke 
 
 after this date. The course of events in may be the same man as the. one who had 
 
 this case may be followed in the second dealings with Joseph Younge, mariner. 
 
172 LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 her said father did thereupon bestowe & settle upon the said 
 Francis the sonnc the said lease of the said farme to be his 
 after the debts & legacyes of the said Francis Doughty De 
 ceased should be payd and his will performed and to that end 
 <fc purpose the said Francis Doughty Deceased did in his life 
 time by Indenture make a demise of the said farm unto 
 Humfrey Hooke merchant & others for the termc of tenne 
 yearcs [111] [part here is in cipher] for the performance of 
 his will namely for the payment of his debts & raysing of 
 porcons for the children of the said Francis and afterwards 
 by the same Indenture or some other conveyance the said 
 farm & lease in reversion after the said tenne yeares was 
 settled & bestowed upon the said Francis sonne by his said 
 father through the mediation of the said Elizabeth. And the 
 said Compl ts say also that the said Francis Doughty Deceased 
 did by his last will & testament and by the said Indenture 
 give unto the said Elizabeth the summe of IGOl in money & 
 goods for her portion & made her his sole executrix of his 
 said will, the said Jacob Doughty being dead at the time of 
 making the said Indenture or (tying shortly after, so that he 
 is lyable to pay unto the Comp lts in regard of the premises the 
 summe of IGOl but the said Francis Doughty the sonne having 
 since gotten possession of the said farme & lease sold the same 
 for above 10001 being altogether careless & little weighing 
 his promise aforesaid did not give the said Compl 1 Eliza 
 beth when she was sole nor any time since the Compl* mar 
 riage, to them both or cither of them hath not given a better 
 portion than the said Francis Doughty Deceased, did give unto 
 her the said Elizabeth although ho hath often bin put in mind 
 & required the same by the Coinp 119 , but hath refused & still 
 doth refuse to performc his sayd promise. And whereas also 
 by the said Elizabeth her Executrixship aforesaid slice had 
 right to the surplusage of the money that should have bin 
 maydc out of the said tenne of tenne yeares in the said farme 
 after the said debts & legaeyes payd w ch would have bin at 
 least two hundred pounds [cipher] so endeavoring to defcate 
 the Comp lt9 of the said surplusage which seeing that it would 
 have bin two hundred pounds at the least it was & would 
 
LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 173 
 
 have bin & still is in right it equity due to the said Com plts 
 by vcrtuc of the said Exccutrixship. And whereas also by 
 the said Indenture made to the said Humfrey Hooke & others 
 or at least by equity thereof all the debts of the said Francis 
 Doughty Deceased & all charges going forth of the said farme 
 were to be payd forth of the profitts of the said farme or out 
 of the said farme itself [cipher] notwithstanding the said 
 Compl* Elizabeth out of her the said Elizabeths smale portion 
 aforesaid was compelled to pay unto Robert Nelson gent the 
 summo of sixteenc pounds for the debt of the said Francis 
 Doughty Deceased <fc unto Marmaduke Chapman Clerke tenne 
 pounds for tythes of the said farme w ch being in all twenty six 
 pounds the said Francis Doughty the sonne ought in equity in 
 regard of the promises to repay unto the said Compl ts . [Ci 
 pher. ] And whereas also the said Compl* William Cole at the 
 speciall instance & request of the said Francis Doughty and 
 for the debt of the said Francis became bounden with him in 
 and by one [112] obligation bearing date the eleventh day of 
 December in the tenth yeare of his Ma t8 raigne that now is 
 unto one Edmund Bclsine whitest he lived of the city of l>ris- 
 toll sopemaker in the summc of three score pounds for the 
 payment of thirty pounds on the twenty fifth day of March 
 w cb shall be in the yeare of our Lord One thousand six hun 
 dred & forty so that the said William Cole is lyablc to pay 
 the said thirty pounds to the Executrix of the said Edmund & 
 he knowcth not how much costs & dammagcs besides if the 
 said Francis doe not pay the same and forasmuch as the said 
 Francis hath a purpose to remove his dwelling forth of the 
 Jurisdiction of this Court where this Compl* cannot tell he 
 humbly prayeth that the said Francis may be enjoyncd hcere 
 forthwith to save the pit. from the said bond. And because 
 the said Compl 19 have not such exact proof e of the premises 
 as the Law requires therefore they humbly pray that the said 
 Francis may be enjoyned to answer the premises and every 
 parte thereof in writing upon his oath. And further to stand 
 to & abide such order & decree therein as to yo r Worships 
 shall seeme to stand in equity & yo r Supliants shall as their 
 duty by nds them ever pray for yo r worpps health & prosperity 
 
174 LECHFORD S MANUSC1HPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 & the publique. [6s. $d. Copia 3s. 4d. A coppy of the 
 words of the deed, 4d. Writing the action, Is. 6d. cop : 3s. 
 4. 11. 10 J. ffee G ver 7s. rest 10.] 
 
 John Winthrop Esqr Governor of the Jurisdiccon of the 
 Mattachusetts bay in New England To the wor 11 my loving 
 Friend ct neighbor [William Bradford] Esqr Governor of the 
 Jurisdiccon of New Plymouth salutacons in the Lord <fcc. For 
 asmuch as blessed be the Lord God there hath bin & is and it 
 much conccrncth that ever there should be mutuall amity and 
 correspondance bctweene our severall Plantations and to the 
 end Justice may be cquall administred to the Kings subjects 
 w th us it will often come to passe that we shall have occasion 
 to write one unto the other touching justice to be done and 
 partyes to be righted in their causes as hath bin used hereto 
 fore according to w ch good custome I shalle request you that 
 you cause full & speedy iustice to be done betweene Joseph 
 Mcriam tt William Hatch in the cause herewith sent unto you 
 according as you shall find the merits of the said cause to 
 require And the like favour it iustice you for any of yo rs shall 
 upon occasion offred finde w th us And I likewise send you the 
 depositions of Robert Mcriam & Thomas Rucke taken before 
 my self c concerning the said cause. Thus I wish you right 
 heartily well to fare in the Lord & rest 
 
 Yo r loving freind 
 
 Jo W Gov r . 
 BOSTON 22. (G.) 1G39. 
 
 [ This letter was afterward crossed out."] 
 
 Edward Wood 1 for 1-U 5s. in hand assignes Thomas 
 Cooper sonnc of Henry Cooper of little Bowden in North ton 
 
 1 Kd\viU il Wood here mentioned may Buttels, and the Colonial Records Bow- 
 
 havc been the baker of C harlestown of tie) was allowed an inhabitant Nov. 
 
 the same name, with whom Lech ford 25, 1639, and had a house, though 
 
 had dealings, as we shall see later. Leon- where it was I cannot say [but see 
 
 ard Buttolph (or Buttal, Buttol, But- Su/. Deeds, i. 142]. He had later two 
 
 tol[h, Buttolfe, Buttle, for in all these limekilns on Captain Gibbons s ground 
 
 ways docs his name appear iu the Boston at Foxhill. What connection he had 
 
 Town Records, while Savage calls him with Thomas of the same name is not 
 
LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 175 
 
 laborer Apprentice to Leonard Buttolpe bricklayer of Boston 
 apparel double at the end & 5* for 6 yeares from midsummer 
 last past, dated 29. 6. 1639. [2*. Crf.] 
 
 L. Buttolpe bound by bill to E. Wood : for 71 to be pd. 10. 
 10. 11.39. dat ut supra. [IV.] 
 
 [113] Samuel Cole 1 of Boston in N. E. g. placeth John 
 Cole his grandchildc Apprentice to John Mylam of Boston 
 aforesaid Coop for 7 veares from 1? 1! 1G38 dat 5. 7. 1G39. 
 [2s. G<7.] 
 
 Thomas Ilamond 2 of Hingham pit Edmund Ilubbard [b ank] 
 clef, for trespasse in his Indian conic since planting time till 
 now to the value of f)0.s. in his corne ground at Jlingham. 
 [Is. Robt. Jones John Tucker <fc Isack Martin.] 
 
 Against David Phippcn for trespasse w th his hogs in the 
 same corne to the value of 40s. [H. I. I. M. Is.] 
 
 clear. Thomas Cooper I suppose to 
 have been the man who in 1641 re 
 moved to Springfield, and was killed by 
 the Indians in 1675. 
 
 1 Savage says that John Cole, the 
 son of Samuel, was born in England. 
 If Samuel had another son besides the 
 John noted in Savage, he must have 
 died early, as would seem from the 
 grandfather putting the boy to prentice 
 rather than the father. John Mylam, 
 the cooper, had a house on the north 
 shore of Town Cove, and a wharf in 
 front of it. Some difference of opinion 
 exited in regard to the spelling of 
 his name, as well as to that of Mr. 
 Buttolph. 
 
 2 Thomas Hammond came to Hing 
 ham, was freeman 1637, and after 
 wards removed to AVatortown, and 
 again to Cambridge. Edmund Ilub 
 bard we have already noted. Of the 
 rest, David Phippen was freeman March 
 3, 1635 ; is mentioned in the Colonial 
 Records as defendant in a case which 
 
 was not tried. He removed to Boston, 
 and died, meantime, before 1650. Henry 
 Smith came over from England, and 
 was made freeman this very year. He 
 was an inhabitant of Hingham until 
 1641, when he removed to Rehoboth. 
 I think he may have been some relative 
 to the Henry Smith who was named 
 with Ludlow and others as having leave 
 to go to Connecticut. Thomas Under 
 wood while of Hingham was represent 
 ative twice, and once selectman. He 
 afterwards removed to Watertown. John 
 Folsom came over in the same ship with 
 Henry Smith the " Diligent," of Ips 
 wich from Old Hingham, in Norfolk. 
 He died at Exeter, where he had re 
 moved Dec. 27, 1681. William Spragne 
 came to Hingham in 1635, and lived 
 there most of his life, though he moved 
 to Marshfield and back again probably 
 before this time. Joseph Parke I have 
 not been able to find. Parke was by no 
 means an uncommon name, but I do not 
 discover any Joseph. 
 
176 LECIIFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 And against David Phippcn Joseph Parke Henry Smith 
 Thomas Underwood John Folsom & William Sprague for 
 their fences being downe & unrepaired whereby all the tres 
 passes have ben don upon the pit. to his dam : 3* [iidem Is.] 
 
 John Long 1 hath a peticion to the Governor <fcc for Mf 
 Whetcombs 2 land. 
 
 Showeth that wheras Simon Whetcombe Deceased had 
 right to certaine ground in New England that one Isaacke 
 Richmond did inclose for the use of the said Simon and the 
 frame & timber he provided for the building of an house there 
 and whereas Mary Whetcombe the late wife & executrix of 
 the last will & testament of the said Simon did give all the 
 right she had in the premises and intended all right of the 
 said Simons adventure unto one Thomas Brooke who made 
 his will nuncupative at sea & gave yo r petitioner all right in 
 the said lands & premises & dyed. Yo r pctioner humbly 
 prayeth that for as much as the said Simon Whetcombe had 
 some adventure in this Plantation that the said lands may 
 be conferred on yo r petitioner to whome the right in equity is 
 ducly come if they may be found if not that then some other 
 lands may be given this petitioner in lien thereof & of the said 
 adventure according to equity and yo r petitioner shall as his 
 duty is ever pray for yo r worpps health & prosperity & the 
 publique. [!#] 
 
 1 I cannot think that this is the man our knowledge of him is confined to the 
 who came with his father, Robert, in the few facts which we gather from the 
 " Defence" from London in 1635; for if Records" (Archccologia Americana, vol. 
 so he would be but ten years old. It is iii. p. li). I have nowhere found men- 
 hardly pertinent to the case to know that tion of the land granted to him. In a 
 John Long was, a year or two after this, letter from the Company in England to 
 fined for distemper in drinking (J/ss. Endicott (J/ass. Col.Rcc., i. 404) it says 
 Col. llec., i. 316). The name occurs later that Mr. Whitcomb recommends to the 
 in the Note-book in another matter. Company one Isack Rickman to receive 
 
 2 Simon Whitcomb is, however, bet- his diet and house-room at the charge 
 ter known. He was " an active member of the Company. I suppose this is the 
 of the Company at home," says Mr. man here called Isaac Richmond, of 
 Haven, " but did riot come to New Eng- whom otherwise I find no mention in 
 land. . . . We may conclude that ho Savage or elsewhere. Thomas Brooke 
 was a man of some substance, a respect- must have died at sea, since his will 
 able citizen, and a zealous Puritan ; but was considered valid. 
 
LECIIFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 17* 
 
 Elizabeth Pole l Spinster agt John Treworthy gent 3. (7.) 
 1639. [ U] 
 
 A Certificate by the Governor that M* John Endicott is 
 alive. 3. (7.) 1030. 
 
 John \Vinthrop Esq r Governor of the Jurisdiccon of Matta- 
 chusctts bay in Nc\v England to all manner of persons whom 
 it may concerne greeting Kno\ve yee that John Budicott Estf 
 one of the Councill for the Jurisdiccon aforesaid is Blessed be 
 God at this present in full life & health w ch at the request of 
 the said John Endicott 1 have thought good to Certifye. In 
 testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name & 
 caused the Common seale of our Colony to be affixed the third 
 day of September in the fifteenth yeare of the raigne of our 
 Sovcraignc Lord Charles now King of England A:c. Anno<] r 
 Dfii 1039. [2s.] 
 
 [114] Lydia Dastiii 2 wife of Josiah Dastin of Charles- 
 towne in Xew England aged about 20 yeares sworne saitli 
 upon lier oath that about a moneth since this deponent being 
 in the house of Mf Cradocke at Mistickc in a certaine roome 
 there at meate one Robert Panare offered violence to her A; 
 would have kissed her & offered to put his hands under her 
 coats A sayd he came of a woman A: knew what belonged to 
 a woman A: because her husband was not able to give her a 
 great belly he would help him or such most shamefull words 
 A; he caused her to cut her hand <fc her apron in striving with 
 him. And this depont saith that she refusing to commit this 
 
 1 Elizabeth Poole is well known as history of Josiah Dastin, or of his wife 
 being the founder of the town of Taun- Lydia, and still less about the incident 
 ton, which plantation she began in 1637, here referred to. The name is usually 
 as one finds in Winthrop (i. 252), who spelt Dustiu. In regard to Matthew 
 calls her "an ancient maid, one, Mrs. Cradock s house near the Mystic, the 
 Poole." She was at that time forty- ground was granted to him by the Cen- 
 eight years old, having been born in eral Court some years before this (Jfnss. 
 158!>. Her brother William accompanied Col. 7?., i. 141), although Cradoek was 
 her to Taunton, and lived some time not at that time, nor at any time, in 
 there, but returned afterwards to Dor- New England. See Brooks s Mcdford, 
 Chester, whence he had come. p. 40, and Drake s Landmarks of Mid- 
 
 2 Little is known from contemporary dieses, p. 137. 
 
 12 
 
178 LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 wickednessc he used some threatening words as well I will 
 be meet with you but if you will not do it for love you will 
 not for anything else, ami this offence being done late upon a 
 last day of the weekc a little before night this deponent went 
 presently purposing to make it knowne to goodman Knight 
 but he was at top of an house & could not conveniently come 
 downe at that time and her husband coining home late that 
 night she made it knowne to him the next evening after. 
 
 IN THE CORT AT BOSTON 3. (7.) 1639. 
 
 TIMOTHY HATHERLY, pit. ) . 7 / 7 T , i 
 
 [ in a plea of debt. 1 
 ISAACKE ALLERTON, defendt ) 
 
 (The Defendt was charged to answer the [a few ivords in 
 cipher]) The pit saith that the defendt upon tlie first day of 
 August in the yeare of our Lord One thousand six hundred 
 thirty and six became hounden unto the pit in one writing 
 obligatory in these words <tc Notwithstanding the said defend 
 hath not payd the pit the summe of 1501 according to the 
 tenor of the sayde writing obligatory but refused and still 
 refuseth to pay the same to the pl ts dammage 1501 & thereupon 
 he brings his suit. [attach mt 2s. 6d.] 
 
 Idem rcsp d cundem. 
 
 The Pit complayneth against the defend 1 for that whereas 
 the pit heretofore that is to say in the moncth of [Wan] in the 
 yeare of our Lord [WH&] at the speciall instance & request 
 of the Defend 1 became bound with & for the Defend 1 unto one 
 [Muni-] Willis in one bond of [W/ifc] Conditioned for the pay 
 ment of the summe of nynety five pounds <fc fifteen si lil lings 
 at a day long since past. And whereas the said defend 1 did at 
 the sealing of the said bond in consideration thereof promise & 
 assume that he the Defend 1 would pay the said 951 & 15s. unto 
 
 1 This case between TIatherly and Company and their English eorrespon- 
 
 Allerton was doubtless something grow- dents, on which some light (though 
 
 ing out of their previous transactions but flickering) is thrown by Bradford s 
 
 with each other and with the Plymouth History. 
 
LECHFORD S MAXUSCRIP7* FOTE-HOOK. 179 
 
 tlic said [&//?/] Willis according to the said l)ond <fe condicon 
 thereof and that lie would from time to time save & kccpe 
 harmlcssc the pit of & from the said bond cfe all accons & 
 repay unto the pit costs & damages that should come or be 
 brought upon or recovered against the Pit upon the said bond 
 or concerning the said debt when lie should [115] be there 
 unto required. And the Pit saith that indeed the defend 6 did 
 not pay the said 951 fc 15.9. im to the said [M/&] Willis accord 
 ing to the said bond & condition thereof whereby the said 
 [/;/rn</v-] W r illis hath by suit of law recovered against & received 
 of the pit the summe of 127 } for dammages & costs of suit 
 upon the said bond & for the said debt and the pit hath bin 
 put .to divers other troubles costs dammages thereabouts. 
 Notwithstanding the defend 1 hath not saved the pit hannles.se 
 of <fc from the said bond nor from [cipher] the said damages 
 & costs of 127* nor from the said other troubles costs & 
 dammages although he hath bin thereunto required but re 
 fused still doth refuse to doe the same to the pits damage 
 140* <fc thereupon he brings his suit. [Is. 8d.~] 
 
 John Treworthy gent agt Eliz. Pole in a plea of trespas 
 upon the case. M!i Deputy undertakes she shall answer this 
 accon at the Cort in March next. M Peters p d 101 of money 
 in his hands recovered in another accon by the defend 1 ag l the 
 pit is stayed by order of Court till the Court in March next 
 when the Pit is to proccede in his accon against the said 
 defend 1 . [1*.] 
 
 James Brocke at the suit of Joseph Bachellcr defendt in a 
 plea of trespas upon the case. The Defendt by T. L. his At 
 torney saith that by the law of the land he ought not to be 
 compelled nor is he any waves bound to answcrc unto the pit 
 in this Court because the pit hath not put in his dcclaracon in 
 writing to remaine upon Record And thereupon this Defendt 
 doth demurre in law & rcstes upon the Judgment of the said 
 Court whether he ought to be compelled to answcrc the Pit 
 otherwise in the said action. 
 
 [This entry crossed out. ] 
 
180 
 
 LECIIFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 Elisha Bridges rcleaseth Mary Fi slier widdow for 301 legacy 
 given by Thomas Fisher l the testator to John Blackston and 
 Sara iiis wife daughter of the said Thomas & payd by the said 
 Mary executrix of the said Thomas Fisher unto the said 
 Elisha Attorney for the said John Blackston <fc Sara his wife 
 dated 4. 7. 1G39. before Mr [Wa] Hawkins Ed : Michelson 
 & myselfe. [Is. Gd.~\ 
 
 A Coppy of the said Bridges letter of Attorney. [Is. Gti] 
 
 A fine ct two deeds acknowledged & sealed by [Wawfc] John 
 son 2 & Jane his wife to [Wawfc] Rosseter gent of lands in the 
 County of Som st before Mf Jo: Winthrop Gov r & Mr John 
 Humfrey & myselfe 4. 7. 1639. [2. 6.] 
 
 1 It is difficult to "be sure of identi 
 fying this Thomas Fisher and Mary 
 his widow; but I think him the man 
 of that name who came from Win ton 
 in England to Cambridge in 1034, and 
 moved, says Savage, from there to Ded- 
 hain in 1037. Exactly when he died I 
 cannot say. The date here is two years 
 after his removal to Dedham, which 
 would afford him ample time. Some 
 while after, this Widow Fisher, whom 
 I suppose to be the Alary in tin; text, 
 of Dedham, had liberty given her by the 
 General Court to take the administra 
 tion of her husband s estate for the bene 
 fit of her children (.Ihtss. Col. lice., i. 
 292). This Alary Fisher we may rea 
 sonably believe to have been the widow 
 who joined the Boston Church in 1047, 
 and died 1053. "Great labor," says 
 Savage, " I have found to conciliate 
 these Fishers ; and some of it may seem 
 unsuecess." I think, however, this pas 
 sage in Lech ford supplies a link which 
 was wanting in Savage s train of reason 
 ing. 
 
 In regard to Elisha Pmdges and John 
 Blackstonc and Sara his wife, I regret 
 
 to say my researches -kave been less suc 
 cessful. The name of Elisha Bridges 
 does not occur in Savage ; Blackstone 
 may have been some relative to the 
 Rev. Win. Blaxton, who had a son 
 John. 
 
 It seems to me that this Johnson 
 is some relative of Davy Johnson, who 
 came over in 1030 in the " Alary and 
 John" with Edward Rossiter, a member 
 of the Company. They both settled in 
 Dorchester, and died there, Rossiter 
 in a year, and Johnson some years be 
 fore the date of this entry. Edward 
 Rossiter had a son of the same name 
 as himself, who had property in the 
 county of Somerset. I feel quite sure 
 that the Rossiter here alluded to is one 
 of the sons of Edward Rossiter. As for 
 the Johnson, I am more doubtful. All 
 my search in Savage has failed to find 
 any Johnson with wife Jane. Francis 
 Johnson of Salem, who came over in 
 the same year as Davy, had a wife Joan, 
 and he and his wife may be the ones 
 mentioned here. It could not be Davy 
 Johnson who is meant, for he died be 
 fore 1030. 
 
LECHFORirS MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 181 
 
 Daniel Clerk c l at the Kings suit for misdemeanor in 
 drinking. Witnesses John Wedgwood & Mary his wife, and 
 Anne Crossc she thought. [3. G.] 
 
 [116] To all Christian people to whome these presents shall 
 come we Christopher Batt 3 of [vw,-] in New England planter 
 and Anne Batt wife of the said Christopher send greeting in 
 our Lord (Jod everlasting Knowc } ee that whereas heretofore 
 there was a certaine wine license granted by course of law in 
 that Ivindc to me the said Anne it to Elizabeth Maddox the 
 wife of William Maddox & to Katherine Barriton to have & 
 to enjoy to me the said Anne & to them the said Elizabeth 
 it Katherine for and during the lives of me the said Anne it 
 of them the said Elizabeth it Katherinc as by the said wine 
 license it doth and may more at large appcare. Now wee the 
 said Christopher it Anne for divers good causes it considera 
 tions us thereunto moving have released surrended & con 
 firmed it by these presents doe remise release it confirm unto 
 the said Katherinc all our right title it interest in the said 
 wine license and all profits it commodities therein accruing 
 whatsoever To have hold it enioy all our said right title it- 
 interest and all & singular the premises w th the appurte- 
 
 1 Daniel Clarke, who is thus arrested trade; but, besides this, ho wns at times 
 at the King s suit, was tried at a quarter drill officer, commissioner for trying 
 court held in Boston Sept. 3, 1639, and small causes, and many times deputy, 
 found to be an immoderate drinker. He He came from the city of Salisbury, Eng- 
 wa.s fined 2, of which, says the Record, land, in 1638, being thirty-seven years 
 he paid 35. to the jury, and the rest to of age. He lived, as has been said, at 
 Increase Nowell, the secretary. Besides Salisbury, in New England, and removed 
 this, he does not appear again in court to Boston, where he was accidentally 
 for some time, nor, indeed, anywhere killed Aug. 10. IfiGl. Of the others I 
 else. I suppose him to be of Ipswich, can find no mention, and suppose that 
 As for John "\Vedgewood, the witness, he the whole transaction refers to affairs in 
 got small good for his trouble, for he England to which no successful illumi- 
 was condemned to be s>-t in the stocks nation can be applied. " Peter Thatcher 
 at Ipswich for being in the cnmpuny <>f clerke," called " our beloved brother," 
 drunkards. He had served in the Pe- may have been the rector of Salisbury, 
 quot war, and had there been wounded. "Wilts, father of Ilev. Thomas, of "\Vey- 
 
 2 Christopher Batt, of Colchester, mouth, or brother of Rev. Thomas (and 
 afterwards Salisbury, was a prominent son of Eev. Peter). 
 
 man in his town. He was a tanner by 
 
182 LECIIFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 nances unto the said Kathcrinc and her assigns for ever. 
 And we grant unto the said ivat. that we will at any time 
 hereafter within the space of live yeares next ensuing make 
 any further reasonable assurance of the premises unto the 
 said Kathcrin at her costs & charges as she shall require by 
 advice of Counsell learned in the law so that for the making 
 thereof we be not compelled to travel above the space of tenn 
 miles from our dwelling place. In witnesse &c. [2*. u t/.] 
 
 And we hereby give full power & lawfull Authority unto 
 our beloved brother Peter Thatcher, clerke, for us & in our 
 names generally to doe all & every other act & acts requisite 
 for the firmc conveyance of our said right title & interest in the 
 premises unto the said Katherinc & her assigns accordingly 
 as fully & effectually as if we ourselves were personally 
 present. In Witt : 
 
 [117] To the lion 11 ? the Governor, Council and Assistants of 
 this Jurisdiction and to the General Court thereof assembled 
 10-7-1039. 
 
 The humble supplication or petition of THOMAS LECH FORD [late 
 of Clements Inn in the county of Middlesex Gent, crossed 
 out on revision]. 
 
 Truly showing and acknowledging that he did offend in 
 speaking to the Jury without leave, in the cause of William 
 Cole and his wife ; and so much the more inexcusable was 
 this delinquent inasmuch as he knew it was not to be done by 
 the law of England. Yet he conceived it was not Embracery, 
 for that he had no reward so to doe ; and some extenuation 
 may, he conceiveth, be gathered by one or two seeming appro 
 bations of the like which he hath observed in other Causes 
 here. Notwithstanding, he is heartily sorry for his offence, 
 and acknowledge!!! the justice of this Court, and is comforted 
 in this that he hopeth it may doe him good and the example 
 be a benefit to the publick. Touching his speaking in publick 
 for future time, he submitteth to the wisdom of the Court ; 
 and for that which is past, he came to the Court being retained, 
 and it s true stood there at the lower end, next the deputy 
 
LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 183 
 
 Marshal, attending unto a cause or two wherein your peti 
 tioner was retained. It was to show his readiness to do the 
 Country any service he might, as well as to get a little money 
 for himself. Some speeches of his, specially some involuntary 
 and of sudden [interruptions?] of some [in authentic?] being 
 made, whereof some might he occasioned by themselves [being 
 too tartly, as he concciveth, rebuked and hindered by some of 
 the Court] and zeal of speaking for his matters, may seem to 
 offend such as have not been accustomed much to publique 
 pleadings of advocates. Such [passion ?] of his and involun 
 tary offences he humbly prayeth may bo passed by : and such 
 occasions of publique pleadings your supplicant will readily 
 forbear, as not being sullicient or inclinable by nature there 
 unto. And he hopeth that this Court and Country may upon 
 trial of this petitioner in some other [use] find him, as in many 
 things [ignorant] so teachable and tractable. In the mean 
 while, if your petitioner hath any the least talent to doe you any 
 service in any way of profitting himself [for his] livelihood, 
 he desireth it. lie is heartily ready, and humbly prayeth the 
 same, in regard of his low and poor estate, not unknown to 
 some of your Worships: Unfeigncdly desiring both to live 
 and die with you in the way of (J oil s ordinances, wherein your 
 petitioner hof>eth in some good time or other some of the rev 
 erend Elders and himself may come to a perfect or at least a 
 fair understanding of each other, which that we may do is the 
 unfeigned daily prayer of your unworthy petitioner. 
 
 THOMAS LECIIFORD. 
 
 The humble peticon of ISAACKE MORRELL THOMAS CARTER 1 
 blacksmithes in the behalf e of themselves $ the rest of the 
 blacksmithes ivithin this Colony. 
 
 Shewing & informing this Court that whereas heretofore 
 Coles have bin in this Country sold them for 30*. a chaldron 
 
 1 Isaac Morrell and Thomas Carter behalf of blacksmiths ; wln-nce I judge 
 both appear in the Colonial Records, but that it was not granted. In an entry 
 neither in connection with a petition in Sept. 27, 1642, the Record says : "The 
 
184 
 
 LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 now of late they arc ray sod to 41 lacking but 2s. chaldron, and 
 moreover that they are forced speedily to buy them at that 
 great price or els they can not be gotten for money but are 
 bought up & sent away into other parts of this Continent, 
 and yo r peticoners conceive that unlessc some speedy remedy 
 be i ound out to help & prevent these mischeifes their trade 
 will be much hurt and the commonwealth deeply prejudiced. 
 
 Therefore yo r peticoners in this case humbly crave the Ad 
 vice & help of this Court & shall dayly as their duty is pray 
 for yo r health & prosperity & the publicke. 
 
 Will" 1 Edwards bound in 5* to said Mr John Stone l of 
 Hertford one servant within 12. monetli dat 10. 7. 1639. coram 
 Nath. Micklethwaite & meipse. [Is.] 
 
 To all Christian people to wliome these presents shall come 
 Wee Thomas May hew 2 of Watertowne in New England 
 
 Governor, Mr. Dudley, Mr. Bellinghara, 
 and Incr. Nowell are desired to consider 
 of Goodman Morrel s petition." But no 
 further mention being made of it, I sup 
 pose that this also remained ungnuited. 
 Carter is noted in Wyman (p. 186) as a 
 blacksmith. Morrill was born, it was 
 said, in 1588, came in 1G32 in the 
 " Lion," and lived in Roxbury. He had 
 a wife and several children, and died 
 Dec. 20, 1661. 
 
 1 John Stone had been of Hartford, 
 but shortly after this, if not even be 
 fore, removed to Guilford. William Kd- 
 wards was freeman at Hartford in 1658, 
 although he had been there since 1639. 
 
 2 Thomas Mayhew was at this time of 
 Watertown, but afterwards, about 1647, 
 together with his son, removed to 
 Martha s Vineyard, where they had 
 charge of the church there gathered. 
 He came to New England before 1632, 
 having with him his wife Jane and a son, 
 Thomas Mayhew, Jr., the son of a former 
 wife, at that time ten or eleven years 
 old. Thomas Mayhew died in the Vine 
 
 yard 1681. His son, Thomas Mayhew, 
 Jr., \vus lost at sea in 1657, at the age 
 of thirty-seven. This passage should 
 correct some confusion in Savage s ac 
 count of the Mayhews, father and son. 
 Mr. Savage would make the wife of 
 Thomas Mayhew the elder to be Grace, 
 the widow of Thomas Paine. Jane 
 Paine, he thinks (perhaps a daughter of 
 Grace), was the wife of Thomas Mayhew, 
 Jr. " Nor," he goes on, " do I believe that 
 it was the son who was, in 1647, chosen 
 by Tl 1 )inas Paine, then fifteen years old, 
 as witli his wife Grace, guardians for him." 
 This becomes now much clearer. If we 
 can trust Lech ford, we must believe, iirst, 
 that the widow of Thomas Paine was 
 not Grace, but Jane; second, that Thomas 
 Mayhew Jr. s wife, whatever her name 
 may have been, was not the Jane Paine 
 here spoken of ; and, lastly, that whom 
 ever Thomas Paine chose in 1647 at 
 fifteen years of age, he did choose, eight 
 years before, his father-in-law, Thomas 
 Mayhew, and his mother, Jane Paine 
 Mayhew, to be his guardians. 
 
IID S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 185 
 
 merchant and Jane Mayhew wife of the said Thomas Mayhcw 
 sometimes wife of Thomas Payne late of London merchant 
 guardians it tuitors of Thomas Payne an infant of the age of 
 seaven yeares or thereabouts sonne of the said Thomas Pavne 
 and Jane Mayhcw send greeting in our Lord (Jod everlasting 
 Knowc yee that we for divers causes it considerations us 
 thereunto moving Doc herein constitute ordeyne it appoint it 
 in our place put our wellbeloved ffriends Ilichard Pavne of 
 Abingdon in the County of Berks gent John Shepard of 
 Totnester it Edward Barker of Yarnbrook in the Count v 
 of North 10 " gent and John Cooke of Wanting [ /r^/^///-] in 
 the said County of Berks yeoman, our true it lawfull Attor 
 neys and Procurators jointly or severally for us it in our 
 names and in the name of the said Thomas Payne the sonne 
 lawfully to enter on it to make a lease or leases of all or any 
 the [118] lands and tenements whatsoever of the said Thomas 
 Payne the sonne situate lying it being in Whittlebury in the 
 County of Northampton lawfully descended unto him from his 
 ancestors or any of them for any terme of yeares not exceeding 
 the number of seaven yeares from the time of making of such 
 lease or leases and so as no such lease or leases be made in 
 reversion but the same to be made only in possession and 
 under what rent it rents and upon what covenant or conditions 
 our said Attorneys it Procurators or any of them shall see 
 fitting And also from time to time to discharge place it dis 
 place lawfully all it singularo the tenants that now be or here 
 after shall be of any the said lands or tenements and from 
 time to time to take it receive to the use of ns it the said 
 Thomas Payne the sonne or our assignes all rents issues it 
 prolitts of the said lands it tenements w " h now are due or w ch 
 at anytime hereafter shall growe or be due to the said Thomas 
 Payne the sonne or to us for him out of the premises. And 
 further to sue for receive it recover the rents issues it profiitts 
 of the said lands <t tenements and all childs brothers or 
 nephcwes porcons or parts due or that shall be due unto the 
 said Thomas Payne the sonne of it from any person or per 
 sons whatsoever lyable to pay it render the same to the use of 
 the said Thomas Payne & of us it our assignes for him And 
 
186 LKCIIFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 generally to doc render perform all & every such lawfull act 
 & acts thing & things touching the premises for and in the 
 names of us & the said Thomas Payne as we shall by any letter 
 or writing under our hand <fc warrant appoint or allow to be 
 done executed or performed as amply & fully as we in our 
 ownc proper persons may or might doe Hereby ratifying & 
 confirming all & every thing whatsoever our sayd Attorneys 
 and Procurators or any of them shall lawfully doe concerning 
 the premises. In Witnesse &c dat 18. 7. 1039. Coram : 
 
 And I John Winthrop Esq r Governor of the Jurisdicon of 
 the Mattachusctts Bay in New England doe hereby Certify that 
 the abovesayd Thomas Payne the sonne did upon the day & 
 yeare abovcsaid appeare before me w th the abovcsaid Thomas 
 Mayhew & Jane his wife & did then elect & choose them to 
 be his guardians & tuitors whereupon the said Thomas May- 
 hew & Jane his wife sealed & delivered as their.act & deed the 
 abovewritten letter of Attorney to the use of the abovenamed 
 Attorneys & Procurators in my presence In testimony where 
 of I have at the request of the said Thomas Mayhew & Jane 
 his wife caused the Common scale of our Colony to be here 
 unto affixed the day & yeare abovesaid. [3s.] 
 
 Payd M!" Samuel Hutchinson in part of house vent 13s. 4d. 
 [16. 7. 1639.] 
 
 Payd Mr Micklctliwaytc in part of house rent & making of 
 the writingc to Mr Richard Hutchinson 8 4. 
 
 [119] John Rogers 1 of Dedham in New England makes a 
 letter of Attorney to Arthur Draper & Daniell Rogers to 
 receive 36* of Thomas Rogers dated 17. 7. 1639. [2*. (M.] 
 
 Elizabeth Clover 2 of Cambridge in New England widdowe 
 for 241 10s. sells to John Newgate of Boston Feltmaker all that 
 
 1 The number of John Itogerses to be be the men here mentioned, I imagine 
 
 found in Savage is so large, and they are that they remained in England. Arthur 
 
 so confused, th.it I have been unable to Draper, for the same reason, I should 
 
 fix this one by the slight hold that we imagine to be an Englishman, 
 have on him. From the fact that no 2 Mrs. Elizabeth Glover was the widow 
 
 Thomas and no Daniel there noted, could of the Ilev. Josse Glover, of Sutton, in 
 
Li-ciironirs M.\M;s< nii>T xorv-nooK. 187 
 
 parcell of land conteyning forty nyno acres or thereabouts 
 lying neare Rumiiey marsh in Ne\v England abutting upon 
 the sea towards the east upon the highway leading to the 
 Lotts of divers men towards the west on the lands of Rich 
 ard Tnthill on the north and the lands of Samuel Cole on 
 the souih, heretofore assigned by the Common consent 
 of the Townesmcn of L. aforesaid to Ml; Joas Clover late 
 husband of the said Elizabeth to him & his heircs for ever. 
 
 BOSTON IN Xi:w ENGLAND 2;> Soplembris 1030. 
 
 Att three score and ten days after sight of this my first bill 
 of exchange my second and third not being payd 1 pray pay 
 unto Mr Richard llutchinson of London linnen draper dwelling 
 at the signe of the Angell & Starre in Chcapside or his assigncs 
 the summe of sixty pounds of currant money of England for 
 soe much here received of S r geant Thomas Savage of Boston 
 aforesaid I pray make good payment & place it to account 
 according to advice. 
 
 THOMAS ALLEN. 1 
 
 To my loving friend My Roger Delbridgc merchant at his 
 house in Barnstable in the County of Devon. [Is.] 
 
 Borrowed of My George Story 2 - 5.?. [21. -7.] 
 
 Surrey, who died on the passage to New likely that this was the Rev. Thomas 
 
 England. Mr. Glover, it is said, had Allen, of Cambridge, the friend of John 
 
 made contract with one Stephen Day to Harvard, though there is small ground 
 
 come to America and set up a printing- for any decision among the three or four 
 
 press at Cambridge. Accordingly we Thomas Aliens mentioned by Savage. 
 
 see in Winthrop (i. 289) that Day on his 2 George Story, who is mentioned 
 
 arrival set up the press, although Mr. once or twice after this in the Note- 
 
 Glover had died. Mrs. Glover subse- book, I suppose to have been the one 
 
 quently married Henry Dunster, after- who assisted Mrs. Sherman i her suit 
 
 wards tho first president of Harvard Col- against Captain Keayne two or three years 
 
 lege (S/i.VKtjr,). Mrs. Glover is frequently after this. For the whole of the story 
 
 alluded to in the succeeding pages of the about the pig, see Winthrop (ii. G9, 11G). 
 
 Note-book. As for the land at liumney No more is known of him, however, 
 
 Marsh, see post, p. 141. than this, unless, says Savage, he were 
 
 1 Thomas Allen. I think it most in 1C43 ot Maine. 
 
188 
 
 LECIIFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 Mr Vincent Potter 1 tunics over Willin Browne to Thomas 
 Jove 2 of 1) Carpenter for such time as he was to serve Mi" Pot 
 ter to wit 9 yea res from the day of his arivall heere w ch was the 
 2:2th day of June last : for w ch he is to pay 101 at receipt of the 
 boy A: lUl 10 Muii px A: Mr Potter to pay the money coven 
 anted w lh the boy. [:>. U</.] 
 
 John Wiekes 3 of Aqucdnccke in New England planter to 
 pay to William Withington 4 31i "20 dayes after sight. 
 
 BOSTON IN NEW ENGLAND, 21 Sept. 1639. 
 
 Att twenty daycs after sight of this my first bill of exchange 
 my second & third not being payd 1 pray pay unto William 
 
 1 Vincent Potter was in Now Eng 
 land for only a short time. He came 
 over in 1635, being twenty-one years 
 old. For a year or two hi; was a soldier 
 at the castle, luit went hack to England 
 1639 (see ante, 60, 65). As for Wil 
 liam Browne, he may he the same who 
 was admonished (Mass. C\>L lice., i. 315) 
 not to use such base speeches as he had 
 on one occasion been guilty of. Other 
 wise, I fear we know him not, unless, 
 indeed, he be one among the thirteen 
 "William Brownes to be found in Sav 
 age. 
 
 - Thomas Joy is, I am happy to say, 
 by no means such an unknown quantity. 
 He was a house-carpenter, who was at 
 this time only two or three years in the 
 town. He married Joan, the daughter 
 of John Gallop, and lived in a house on 
 the north shore of the Town Cove (Book 
 of Posficssitms, K. 20, p. 127), some few 
 lots to the east of his father-in-law. He 
 removed, however, to Hingham about 
 1G47, and lived there until his death in 
 1678. As late, however, as 1660 there 
 is a reference in the Town Records to the 
 accounts of Thomas Joy and partner for 
 building the town-house and staircases. 
 Who the partner was I cannot say. It 
 may have been William Browne. 
 
 8 John Wiekes had before this lived 
 at Plymouth, where he is said first to 
 have met Samuel Gorton, with whom he 
 subsequently became involved. He ori 
 ginally came from Staines, in Middlesex, 
 where he had been a tanner ; and leaving 
 his brother Thomas, he went to New Eng 
 land with his wife and an infant daugh 
 ter. At Portsmouth, where he lived, 
 he seems to have had relations with the 
 Hutchinsons, who remained there after 
 Coddington and his friends had with 
 drawn to Newport. In 1643, however, 
 Wickcs moved across the bay to what 
 is now Warwick, where Gorton and his 
 company had settled. When the Gor- 
 tonists were brought to Boston, Wiekes 
 was one of them, and, with six others, 
 was condemned to confinement with hard 
 labor and irons. Wiekes was confined 
 at Ipswich, Gorton at Charlcstown, and 
 the rest at other towns. I .should im 
 agine that he was released shortly, how 
 ever, for in 1647 he was a town magistrate. 
 He was killed by Indians 1675, at the 
 age of about sixty-six. 
 
 4 William Withington, of Newport, 
 was a carpenter. His name is merely 
 noted by Savage as being on the list of 
 freemen in 1655. The name occurs sev 
 eral times in the Xotc-book. 
 
LECIIFORD S MAXUSCR1PT NOTE-P>OQK. 189 
 
 Witliiiigton of Aqucdiieckc in New England planter or his 
 assignee the sumnie of thirty-one pounds currant money of 
 England for so much of him heere received I pray make good 
 payment & place it to account according to advise. 
 
 JOHN WICKES. 
 
 To my loving brother Mr Thomas Wickcs dwelling in Stanes 
 in the County of Midi. [Is.] 
 
 BOSTON 20. Sept, 1G30. 
 
 Att twenty eight daycs after sight of this my first hill of ex 
 change my second & third not being payd I pray pay unto 
 M!" Richard Hutchinson of London lyncn draper dwelling Arc. 
 4()l for so much here received of S r geant Thomas Savage. 
 
 JOHN WICKES. 
 
 To Mr Tho Wickes ut supra and 401 more 30 Sept. At 
 40 dayes sight. [Is. 141 10*. upon 14 daycs <fce.] 
 
 [120] I John Winthrop Esqr. Governor of the Mattaclmsctts 
 Bay in New England doe hereby Certify unto all manner of 
 persons whatsoever whoine it may concernc that Isaackc Aller- 
 ton merchant hath no visible estate real! or personall heere in 
 this Jurisdiction or Country for the present to my knowledge 
 and yet I am well acquainted w lh him & his trade & dealings 
 in this Country And thus much 1 have thought good at the 
 request of Mr Thomas Allyn to testify in witncsse whereof I 
 have caused the Common seale of our Colony to be hereunto 
 affixed the 20 th day of Sept. Anno Dmi 1030. [!.] 
 
 Isaacke Allertonof New Plimmouth in New England merchant 
 aged about 53 yearcs sworne saith that the ship White Angell 
 was heretofore in the yeare of our Lord 1031 bought at Bristoll 
 of Alderman Aldworth by this deponent to the use of Mr James 
 Sherlcy Mr Richard Andrcwes M. r John Beanchamp of London 
 merchants l Mr Timothy Hatherley then of London feltmakcr 
 
 1 Shirley, Andrews, and Beauchamp Plymouth people looked for support and 
 were the London merchants to whom the aid ; they were their business correspon- 
 
100 
 
 LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 <fc this deponent, but this deponent saitli that the said Tim 
 othy Hathcrley did afterwards refuse to aceept of the said 
 bargainc. And this deponent saitli that the ship Frcndship 
 was heretofore hired & victualled by this deponent in the yeare 
 aforesaid for the use of the said Mr Sherley Mr Andrews M 
 IJcauchampe Ml Ilatherley and all the partners <fc purchasers of 
 the plantation of Pliminouth aforesaid. And further this de 
 ponent saitli that afterwards divers losses falling out upon the 
 said ship Friendship the said Mf Ilatherley and this deponent 
 did in the behalf of themselves & the said M Sherley M^ An 
 drews & Mr Bcauchampe agree <fc undertake to discharge & 
 save harmlesse all the rest of the said partners & purchasers 
 of & from the said losses for two hundred pounds. 1 [Is.] 
 
 dents. The business affairs of the Ply 
 mouth Colony with these merchants, as 
 conducted by Allerton, form a great part 
 of the subject-matter of Bradford s His 
 tory, which must be read by any one 
 who would entirely understand these 
 matters. 
 
 1 There is not here space enough to 
 go at length into the transactions al 
 luded to in this case. Isaac Allerton, 
 the business man of the Plymouth Col 
 ony for many years, in 1631 surprised 
 and grieved his New England friends 
 by bringing across the Atlantic these 
 two ships, the " White Angel," a trad 
 ing vessel, and a fishing ship, the 
 " Friendship." The following is from a 
 letter from James Shirley to his Ply 
 mouth partners: 
 
 "Gentle-men, partners, and loving 
 friends, &e., Bret-fly thus: we have 
 this year set forth a fishing ship and a 
 trading ship, which later we have bought; 
 and so have disbursed a greate deale of 
 money, as may and will appear by y 
 accounts. And because this ship (called 
 y e White Angdl) is to acte 2. parts, (as 
 I may say,) fishing for bass, and trading; 
 and that while M r Allerton was irn- 
 ploycd about y c trading, the fishing 
 
 might suffer by carelcsnes or neglccte of 
 y e sailors, we have* entreated your and 
 our loving friend Mr Ilatherley, to goe 
 over with him, knowing he will be a 
 comfort to M r Allerton, a joye to you, 
 to see a carefull and loving friend, and 
 a great stay to y 8 bussines." 
 
 Upon which Bradford comments as 
 follows: 
 
 "It needs not be thought strange that 
 these things should amaze and trouble 
 them; first, that this fishing ship should 
 be set out . . . And now a ship to come 
 on their accounte, clean contrary to their 
 both end & order, was a misterie they 
 could not understand ; and so much y 
 worse, seeing she had shuch ill success 
 as to lose both her voiagc and provissions. 
 The 2. thing, that another ship should be 
 bought and sent oute on newe dcsignes, 
 a thing not so much as once thought on 
 by any here, much less, not a word inti 
 mated or spoaken of by any here, either 
 by word or letter, neither could they 
 imagine why this should be. liass fish 
 ing was never lookt at by them, but as 
 soon as ever they heard on it, they looked 
 at it as a vaine thing, that would cer 
 tainly turn to loss. ... At length 
 My Hathcrley & Mr Allerton came unto 
 
LKCll FORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK, 
 
 101 
 
 A note given by M^ Tho : Savage to pay 20* upon 20 dayes 
 sight after notice of 401 payd My Richard Ilutchinson of Lon 
 don by John Wickcs to be payd to ihe said Jolin Wickcs or 
 his assg. Dat 26. T. 1030. Corani me. [GcJ.] 
 
 Mr David Offley l & Eliz : his wife make a letter of Attorney 
 to My Edward Woolcott Mr Tlenry Woolcott Richard Payne & 
 Christofcr Atkins or any of them to let <t sell receive rents & 
 profitts & to sell their interest of & in their coppihold lands in 
 Glaston for what money they arc well worth in time of peace 
 dated 20. 7. 1039. [Is. Qd.] 
 
 [121] A letter of Assignment <fe Attorney made by My John 
 Stratton 2 of Salim to Mr Richard Ilutchinson to receive 50* 
 of My John Harrison upon a writing under his hand of 100* 
 penalty dated 20. 7. 1039. 
 
 And 1 John Winthrop Esq r governor of the Jurisdiction of 
 the Mattachusctts Bay in New England having seen these 
 presents signed scaled <fc delivered <fc taken the oath of Adam 
 Winthrop 3 my sonne aged about [nineteen] yearcs testifying 
 
 them, (after they had delivered their 
 goods,) and finding, them strucken with 
 some sadness aboutc these things, M* 
 Allcrtou tould them that y c ship Whit. 
 Angell did not belong to them, nor their 
 accounte, neither neede they have any 
 thing to do with her excepte they 
 would" (Rruilford, 270 ct, scq.). 
 
 1 David Ollley, of whom we have 
 heard before, was of Boston, and had a 
 house and garden on what is now Essex 
 Street, near Chauncy. He was a mem 
 ber of the Artillery Company. Removed 
 to Plymouth 1643, says Savage, for 
 which see Plymouth Colony Records, ii. 
 57; but the, date of the Book of Posvrs- 
 sions (F. 106, p. 87) being some years 
 later than this, I suppose that lie moved 
 back again, as Savage inferred. He 
 is not mentioned in the Town Records 
 after 1639; but that does not prove that 
 he did not live in the town, for he might 
 
 have been both unimportant and inof 
 fensive. 
 
 2 Mr. John Stratton, of Salem, is a 
 man of whom we hear more later on a 
 different subject. He came to Salem 
 from Scarborough, where he was as early 
 as 1633, and is supposed to have moved 
 to Easthampton, L. I., about 1643. He 
 is mentioned several times in the Col 
 onial Records, in various ways, once 
 as being fined for lending a gun to an 
 Indian ; again, as helping to run the 
 line three miles north of the Mcrrimac. 
 For a continuation of this particular 
 case, see post., p. 126. 
 
 3 Adam Winthrop, fifth son of John 
 Winthrop, came over in the "Lion" 
 1631; married Elizabeth, daughter of 
 Mrs. Glover, of whom mention has al 
 ready been made, and with her lived on 
 Governor s Island, in the Harbor. He 
 died Aug. 24, 1652. 
 
19:2 LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 that he sawe the said John Harrison subscribe the said bill or 
 writing & that the said Adam did subscribe his name also 
 thereto as a witncsse as thereby appeareth w ch bill or writing 
 was showed unto the said Adam at the time of taking his said 
 oatli I have thought good at the request of the said John Strat- 
 ton to ccrtifyc the same in testimony <fcc. [Is. 8J.] 
 
 A letter of Assignment & Attorney made by the said John 
 Stratton to the said Richard Ilutchinson to receive the said 
 501 of Mf John Harrison upon another bill dated 8 July 1639. 
 dat 2b . 7. 1639. [1*.] 
 
 A Coppy of both these bills, with this Certificate. 
 
 Forasmuch as the abovcnamcd John Stratton hath assigned 
 the summe of fifty pounds due unto him from the abovenamed 
 John Harrison by the said bills or writinge or one of them 
 both being for the same debt unto Richard Ilutchinson Citizen 
 <fe ironmonger of London intcndeth accordingly to send over 
 the said bills or writings to him A least the same should mis 
 carry these Coppies have bin taken thereof, I John Winthrop 
 E.s<jr Governor of the Jurisdiction of the Mattachusetts Bay in 
 New England having examined the said Coppies by the origi- 
 nalls doe fynde them to accordc verbatim. W ch at the request 
 of the said John Stratton I have throught good to Kxemplifye. 
 In testimony whereof I have hereunto caused the Common 
 Scale of our Colony to be affixed this xxvi th day of September 
 Anno Dili 1039. [Is.] 
 
 Henry Jackson of Watertownc in New E: planter makes a 
 letter of Attorney to Edward How 1 of Watertowne One of 
 the Elders of the Church there to receive all his debts in New 
 England according to the bills w ch arc given him. [Is.] 
 
 ]>e it knowne unto all men by these presents that I Eliza 
 beth Glover of Cambridge in New England widdowe have 
 
 1 Edward IIo\v, of Watertown, was though not often mentioned, is known 
 
 "freeman May 14, 1034, ruling elder, to have been a lessee of a fishing weir 
 
 often selectman, and representative." tin-re, and is thought to have moved to 
 
 Died June, 24, 1G44. Henry Jackson, Fairtidd, where he had some estate. 
 
LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 193 
 
 received of John Harris Doctor of Divinity & warden of 
 the College neare Winchester & of Richard Davys Citizen & 
 merchant of London Executors of the last will & testament of 
 Josse Glover late of London my husband Deceased the 
 siiinmc of five hundred pounds of lawfull money of England 
 being parte of the goods & chattels of the said Josse Glover at 
 the time of his death <fc by him bequeathed unto me the said 
 Elizabeth by the said last will & testament and 1 doe hereby 
 remise release forever quitt day me unto the [122] said John 
 Harris & Richard Davys their executors <fc administrators all 
 & all manner of actions & demands concerning the said live 
 hundred pounds in witnesse ito 21 . 7. 1031). 4 of these acquit 
 tances all before R. Bcllinghain : Tho : Hawkins Nehemiah 
 Boarne 1 & mysclfc. [2. 8^/.] 
 
 A letter of Attorney made by Valentine Hill to Mr Richard 
 Ilutchinson to receive [&/&] of Mr John Harrison dated 20. 
 7. 1039. n*.l 
 
 M r ! 9 Glovers Inventory. [2.9.] 
 
 1 Those three names are in the same 
 way appended as witnesses to a letter of 
 atlornov, a few pages farther on, from this 
 Mrs. Glover to Joseph Davis and Thomas 
 Hawkins. Mr. Bellingham was at this 
 time an assistant. Thomas Hawkins, 
 usually railed Captain Hawkins by Win 
 throp, was originally of London, though 
 he owned land inCharlestown, and lived 
 in Boston and in Dorchester for some 
 years, and was a deputy from the latter 
 place. His business was that of a ship 
 wright, but he was also a merchant, and 
 part-owner of many vessels. lie was to 
 some extent mixed up in the D Aulnay 
 and De La Tour complication, which we 
 can hardly touch here. He is several 
 times mentioned in Winthrop. Savage, 
 in his notes, .supposes him to have died 
 abroad (in 1648), which is likely 
 
 enough, as he passed the greater part of 
 his time on the water, and was quite as 
 likely to be in London as in Dorchester. 
 At tin; time of his death he owned prop 
 erty in Dorchester and Boston. He had 
 business connections with Captain Ed 
 ward Gibbons, of which we find notice 
 port, p. 213. Nehemiah Bourne was a 
 Charleston*!! shipbuilder. He also lived 
 at Dorchester for some time, and a year 
 or two after this moved to Boston. In 
 1044 he went to England, as major of 
 the regiment of which Israel Stoughton 
 was lieutenant-colonel. He is said to 
 have commanded a ship-of-war under the 
 Parliament. He mine back again to 
 Boston, but returned to England, and 
 died in 1601. See Hist, and Gcneal. 
 frg., xxvii. 20-30. 
 
 13 
 
104 LECIIFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 Mr John Ilumfrcy bound to M Eliz : Glover in eighty 
 pounds to pay at 2 moncths or els to give cattell in payment 
 according to the rates of the Country at the time. 
 
 Mf Joseph Davys merchant [Thomas] Hawkins Attorneys 
 for M r i 3 Eliz : Glover to receive <fcc of Dr. Harris & Richard 
 Davys the Executors all the estate. 
 
 Thomas Watson l late of Duxbury planter makes a letter 
 of Attorney to Stephen Tracy of the same planter to receive 
 all moneys. Stephen Tracy 46s. Thomas Goodman 53s. John 
 Moore 5s. 4d. John Barker 4s. John Groomc 20s. : Anna Wat 
 son daughter of John Watson Deceased dwelling with her 
 mother in la\ve Elizabeth the wife of John Grey dwelling 
 ricarc Quiiiapeagc is to have all this & his trunckc with the 
 goods in it if he dye before he come or send over. John 
 Groome is to pay this 20s. to himselfc when he comes over or 
 upon notice from him to his Attorney. 
 
 Knowe all men by these p r sents that I Elizabeth Glover of 
 Cambridge in New England widdowc doc hereby constitute 
 ordeyne and in my place put my well beloved friends Joseph 
 Davys of London merchant & Thomas Hawkins merchant my 
 true & lawful Attorneys for me & in my name to demand & 
 receive of John Harris Doctor of Divinity & Warden of the 
 College neare Winchester and of Richard Davys Citizen <fc 
 merchant of London Executors of the last will & testament 
 of Josse Glover my late husband deceased all and all manner 
 
 1 Here are more of the arrangements of Anna Watson. The others are more 
 
 of Thomas Watson purposing to return difficult to identify. John Groome, who 
 
 to England. Stephen Tracy, his attor- was to pay 20s. to himself when he came 
 
 ney, had been in New England for a long over, never did come over that 1 know 
 
 time, having come, to Plymouth in 1023. of. It may be that he transacted the 
 
 He did not, however, remain in the business with Thomas Watson when he 
 
 country, but went home to England in met him in England. John Barker, it 
 
 1655. John Grey and his wife, it may is recorded, moved to Marsh field from 
 
 he remembered, soM their house in Lynn Duxbury 1638, and was drowned 1G52. 
 
 to Valentine Hill. Savage calls the The names of John Moore and Thomas 
 
 wife of John Grey the Widow Elizabeth Goodman are not found elsewhere. 
 Watson; she was probably step-mother 
 
LKcnroniys MAxrscjurr XOTK-HOOK. 195 
 
 of Simmies of money goods <t chattels given it bequeathed to 
 me by my said husband in it by his said last will A: testament 
 and upon receipt of the said summes of money goods it chat 
 tels for me it in my name to give make it deliver unto the 
 said Executors sufficient tt legall acquittance it acquittances 
 release tt releases Hut in case the said Executors shall refuse 
 upon demand to paye it deliver to my sayd Aftorne\ s the said 
 summes of money goods it chaff ells then I doe hereby authorize 
 [123J and appoint my said Attorneys for me it in my name to 
 sue it impleade the said Executors it their executors and ad 
 minist rators and all other administrators of the goods it chat- 
 tells rights it credits of the said Jossc Glover not administered 
 that shall he whatsoever for the said summs of money goods 
 it chattells and the same of them it every [one] of them by 
 due proeessc to recover for me it in my name it to my use it 
 behoofe. And further for me it in my name to make doe it 
 execute all A: every other lawfull it reasonable act it acts tiling 
 it things requisite for the receipt it recovery of the said summes 
 ol money goods it chattells as powerfully it effectually as 1 
 myselfe in my ownc proper person might or could doe Hereby 
 ratifying A: confirming all it whatsoever my said Attorneys or 
 any two of them in case one should dye shall lawfully doe in 
 the p r mises In witnesse etc -7. 7. IGoO coram llic : Belling- 
 ham. Tho : Hawkins Nehemiali Bourne it myselfe. [~. G.] 
 
 A pcticon for Nicholas Frost of Pascattaquay mason to 
 (he Governor it Deputy it the Assistants neare at hand. 
 
 A letter of Attorney made by Ivatherinc Earwiug of Dor 
 chester widdow to Nehemiali Bourne of Dorchester merchant 
 it Anthony Earwing of London mariner to receive all moneys 
 due to her in England. [Is. Ifi.] 
 
 1 Nicholas Frost was banished seven pardoned I do not know. In 1047 lie 
 
 yenrsbe.forethisfortheft, etc., committed was still living at Pascattaquay, with 
 
 on the Indians at Dame-rill s Cove. lie en-tain associates, "in a nio.st ryotons, 
 
 was once before this, in 103"), punished mutinus & turbulent maner." He died 
 
 by a line ot .5 (which was remitted him, in 1603. The full text of the petition is 
 
 by the way). Whether he were evor given in the course of a page or two. 
 
190 LKCHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 A letter of Attorney made by Nehemiah Bourne to Mf Sam 
 uel Sliepheard l of Cambridge gent whereas he hath payd a 
 1001 to Mr Nath Eaton for w cb he hath given 3 bills of ex 
 change charged on Mf Thomas Adams of London woollen- 
 draper to inquire of him what authority order or po\ver he 
 hath received from Mr Adams to charge the said bills on him 
 & if in case he cannot produce & shew such lawful authority 
 in writing then to sue him to put in sufficient security. 
 
 Me Elizabeth Glover do Cantabrigia in Nova Anglia wid 
 tener 1 <frc Joseph Davys de London mcrcatori in 350* Dat 27. 
 7. 1G39. [Is.] 
 
 The condicon of this obligation is such that whereas the 
 abovcboundcn Elizabeth Glover heretofore charged certaine 
 bills of exchange upon the abovesaid Joseph Davys for three 
 hundred & thirty pounds w ch he accordingly payd to one M r 
 Grecnsmith & one MrFooto, if heretofore the executors of the 
 last will & testament of Jossc Glover late of London Deceased 
 late husband of the said Elizabeth, shall allowc and suffer the 
 said Joseph Davyes to pay them so much the lesse upon the 
 bonds by him made unto the said Josse Glover in his life time 
 & shall thereof remise release & quittclayme the said Joseph 
 Davys his hcires executors & administrators all actions & 
 demands concerning the said three hundred pounds then <fcc. 
 
 1 Mr. Samuel Shepard was one of the according to Winthrop, he spent the 
 prominent citizens of Cambridge. lie greater part of his time in a state of intox- 
 came over in 1635 from London, and be- ication, which, it would seem, was the 
 came a member of the church under his custom of the country at that time. He 
 brother, the Rev. Thomas Shepard. He finally went home to England, and there 
 returned to England some time after died. There is much about Eaton in 
 this, and served in Ireland in the Civil the Note-book after his flight, but unfor- 
 War. Nathaniel Eaton, of Cambridge, tunately no allusion to his cruelty to 
 was the brother of Governor Eaton of Brisco. The whole story is told in Win- 
 Connecticut, ami was first head of liar- throp at great length (i. 308, 313). There 
 vard College (though not called presi- is also in Winthrop a note by Savage 
 dent). He fell into disgrace in Massa- regarding the manner in which the 
 chusetts on account of his treatment of scholars were treated, in connection with 
 one Brisco, a scholar; and, on being cen- which it may be interesting to compare 
 sured by the court, he fled to Pascatta- the Note-book, p. 201, post, in regard to 
 quay, and thence to Virginia, where, Samuel Hough, one of Eaton s scholars. 
 
LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 197 
 
 [124] Josiali Stanborough 1 of Lynno in New England 
 planter & Frances his wife daughter of Henry Cransdcn of 
 Turnbridge in the County of Kent Deceased, whereas the said 
 II. Gransden in his life time stood lease of certaine l^ids & 
 tenements in Tunbridgc fc at Stansted also in Kent w ch lands 
 were bequeathed with certaine rent charge among other things 
 of 5 1 a ycare to the said Frances by the last will & testament of 
 the said II. G. & were also descendible to Joane Alice Anne 
 Mary Frances Sarah <fc Martha his daughters notwithstanding 
 Alice Gransden wid hath sold the said lands & tenements in 
 Tunbridge: to sue her in the Court of Requests or Chancery to 
 pay them their parts as well as the 4 elder Av cb is 200. Attor 
 ney Richard Young Citizen & cooper of London. [Is.] 
 
 The humble peticon of Nicholas Frost mason. Showeth 
 that whereas yo r petieoner being a banished man and notwith 
 standing having he trusteth in some measure through the grace 
 of God repented of his sinnes <fc trespasses wherefore lie was 
 iustly banished and being before yo r worpps some time since the 
 said Sentence of banishment he conceived by some words then 
 spoken by some of yo r worpps that he might come into this 
 Jurisdiction about his necessary businesse & affaires yo r pcti- 
 corier did in simplicity of his heart not intending any contempt 
 repayre hither about his occasions ; but since he understands 
 that there is no order entered yet for revocation of the said 
 Censure he knoweth he hath offended and is heartily sorry 
 therefore <fe Humbly prayeth he may be for this time dis 
 charged of his imprisonment <fc he promiscth never to come 
 hither againe without Licence by Order of the General I Court 
 & shall as his duty bindes him pray for yo r worpps. [1. G.] 
 
 Knowe all men by these presents that I Nehemiah Bourne of 
 Dorchester in New England merchant doc hereby constitute 
 ordeync & in my place put my wellbelovcd ffriend Samuel 
 Shcphcard of Cambridge in Nc\v England gent my true & 
 
 1 Josiah Stanborough moved to Long anipton, and died there 1639. Nothing 
 Island, perhaps in the same company of his antecedents is known to enlighten 
 as John Stratton. He settled in South- the present facts. 
 
198 LECIIFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 lawfull Attorney for me & in my name to sue arrest & im- 
 pleade Nathaniel Eaton of Cambridge aforesaid gent for the 
 summe of one hundred pounds w ch he received of me upon -or 
 about the [blank] day of [WUM&] last past and w ch he owcth me 
 <fc the same of him his executors & adm rs to recover to my use 
 unlcssc he or they can shewe sufficient authority order & 
 ]>o\ver in writing that he had to charge the said one hundred 
 pounds upon Thomas Adams of London Woollcndrap. by cer- 
 taine bills of exchange And further to doe any other lawful 
 act or thing touching the premises as effectually & power 
 fully as 1 myselfe in my owne pper person might or could doe 
 Ratefyiug <tc. [1. 0.] 
 
 [125] Mr Will Leigh of Gratoton in Suff & his wife a letter 
 for Martha Hancock for service goodman Golston goodman 
 Newton Mather Stephen Gostlin and their wives & to Eliz. 
 Jordcn & to the rest & to her Cosin Harbert & his wife, 
 especially to her brother Robert. 1 
 
 A letter of Attorney for Henry Grey 2 now of Boston in 
 N. E. t. & heretofore citizen & m r chant t of London to Joseph 
 Young mariner to receive & recover 8 l of George Spencer 
 dat 28. 7. 1039. coram. [Is.] 
 
 1 I believe all those persons to be ut sion of any place of residence would lead 
 
 this time in Kngland. The names of one to doubt their being in New Eng- 
 
 Golston, Newton Mather, Stephen. Gost- land at this time. 
 
 Jin, are not to be found in Savage s 2 This name is mentioned four times 
 Dictionary, while it seems impossible in the Note-look, and- each time in so 
 to identify Martha Hancock, Cousin cursory a manner that speculations as 
 Herbert, and Robert Hancock on the to the identity are almost useless. First, 
 slight information here given. It is curi- Henry Gray is spoken of (ante, p. 47) as 
 ous that so marked a name as Mather an honest young man with a brother who 
 should appear with the unknown Chris- is a citizen of London. In this place 
 tian name of Newton. Mr. Richard Henry Gray was formerly a citizen and 
 Mather, the father of Increase, was at merchant of London himself. The next 
 this time in America with his sons, the mention (p. 141) is in a bill of ex- 
 eldest of whom was thirteen years old. change drawn by his brother William 
 It may !>< that Newton Mather was re- Gray on Jeremiah White, of Plymouth ; 
 latcd to him. I have not come across and, lastly (p. 176), there is a deed of 
 the name in reading the Magnalia, nor a house from one Henry Gray of Bus- 
 indeed any\yhere save here. The onus- ton to Thomas Lechford. \ni\\Qlioston 
 
LECHFORD S MAXUXCIUPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 I Thomas Watson J late of Duxburv in No\v Eughmd planter 
 purposing God willing to imbsirUe mvsrjfe [or I]nghind very 
 shortly & considering the i raylty of my life L thought good & 
 do make my will in this manner I commend inyselfe my soulo 
 tfe body unto the dispose of Hie Almighty & touching a few 
 debts & goods that 1 have heere 1 give <fc bequeath ihem unto 
 my neiee Anna Watson daughter of John Watson Deceased 
 dwelling w th her mother in law Elizabeth the wile of John 
 Grey dwelling nearc Quinapeagc; that is to say forty six shil 
 lings owing to mo by Stephen Tracy, fifty three shillings 
 owing to me by Thomas Goodman five shillings foure pence 
 owing to me by John Moore foure shillings owing to me 
 by John Barker and twenty shillings owing to me by John 
 Groome, <t one truncke of clothes & other things \v ch 1 have 
 leaft with John Stevanes of Boston taylcr, And i name my 
 executor hereof the said John Grey. Witnesse my hand the 
 28. 7. 1039. [1. 6.] 
 
 Knowe all men by these presents that we Josiah Stanboraugh 
 of Lynne in New England planter <fe Frances his wife Daugh 
 ter of Henry Gransden late of Tunbridgc in the County of 
 Kent gent Deceased doe hereby constitute ordeyne cv in our 
 place put our wellbeloved tfc trusty ffriend Richard Young 
 Citizen & Cooper of London our true & lawfull Attorney for 
 us in our names to demand & receive of and from Alice 
 Gransden of Tunbridgc aforesaid widdowe all such summes 
 
 Town Records is mention of Henry ]>. 101 (Tnnnbull s od.). As for George 
 
 Gray, a tailor. Besides this, .Savage Spencer, there is mention of one, of his 
 
 mentions Henry Gray, Fairfield, 1C 43, name being punished for receiving sto- 
 
 with wife Lydia. Otherwise, 1 find no len goods (Jfass. Col. Jlcc., i. 203). 
 
 mention of Grays or Greys either. Mr. 1 This is the last mention of Thomas 
 
 Trumljull thinks that there was but one "Watson, who probably did sail for Kng- 
 
 Ilenry Grey, a tailor of London and land as he purposed; though whether he 
 
 afterward of Boston, who had a wile ever reached the country in safety we 
 
 Lydia. lie rails ,lohn Grey (<r,if< t can hardly be sure. To the facts stated 
 
 j>. 122) and Henry Grey brothers, and about those indebted to him 1 regret 
 
 supposes their wives to be Elizabeth that I can add nothing. I have learned 
 
 and Lydia, daughters of William Frost, nothing of them, nor of John Stevens, 
 
 of Nottingham. See Conn. Col. Jlcc., a name which occurs frequently in 
 
 i. 465, and Lechford s Plaine Dealing, Savage. 
 
200 LECUFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 of money as are due unto us for our parte of the lands & 
 tenements in Tunbridgo aforesaid whereof the said Henry 
 dyed seized & w ch together w th other lands & tenements were 
 charged with a certaine rent charge or annuity to us or one 
 of us payable by vcrtue of the last will & testament of the 
 said Henry Gransden whereof the said Alice was made Execu 
 trix & who proved the same, w ch lands and tenements were also 
 lawfully descended unto us or one of us together with y e six 
 other sisters of me the said Frances w ch lands & tenements 
 the said Alice hath sold & passed away to [&/><&] of [i/ai&] his 
 heires & assigncs and hath satisfycd & payd the foure elder 
 sisters of me the said Frances for their parts of the said lands 
 & tenements but hath not yet payd us or either of us for our 
 said parte thereof And upon receipt of the said summes of 
 money for us & in our names to make & give a sufficient & legall 
 release and discharge for the same & for the said rent charge or 
 annuity unto the said Alice and further to make & execute any 
 other reasonable and lawfull act or deed acts or deeds for the 
 firme conveyance of our interest in the premises unto the said 
 Alice or [&/ufc] and their or either of their heires or to any other 
 person or persons whatsoever as the said Alice shall appoint 
 And in such case we grant that we will make & levy & exe 
 cute or cause to be made levyed & executed any other reason 
 able assurance or assurances in the lawe whatsoever for the 
 settling of the premises accordingly as the Counsel learned in 
 the Law of the said Alice shall advise or require so that for 
 the doing levying executing thereof we be not [126] com 
 pelled to travell forth of the Jurisdiccon of the Mattachusetts 
 Bay in New England. But in case the said Alice shall refuse 
 to satisfyc & pay the sayd summes of money to our said At 
 torney then we doc hereby Authorize & appoint our said Attor 
 ney by advice of good Counsell learned in the law to sue arrest 
 <fe implcade the said Alice & her heires executors & admini 
 strators and the said [Ww&] all or any of them in his Mats 
 Courts of equity & iustice thereby to compcll her <fc them to 
 reconvey & settle the said lands & tenements in such estate 
 & condition as they were in at the time of the death of the 
 said Henry and also to recover of & from her & them our said 
 
LECILFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 201 
 
 Rent charge or annuity Hereby ratifying all ct whatsoever our 
 said Attorney shall lawfully cv reasonably doe in the premises 
 In witnes ifcc 28. 7. 1.G39. (T>- 8. r in pic. r>.v. 1-8- Hi:5!).] 
 
 A letter to M? Ilarlow 1 fr Mr Stanborou<rh in this matter. 
 
 A letter of Attorney made by John Stedman 2 to M r Tlio : 
 Hawkins to receive of , the executors of M r (Hover f)()l legaev 
 dated 28. 7. liUU). cv, a release to the Executors. 
 
 And 1 John Winthrop Esrjr. Governor of the Jurisdiction of 
 the Mattaclmsctts 13ny in New England having seen these 
 presents signed scaled <$: delivered by the abovcnamcd Josiah 
 Stanborough k Frances his wife to the use of the abovenamed 
 Attorney have thought good at the request of the said .losiah 
 tt Frances to Certifyc the same and the rather that it might 
 appeare unto all whome it may eoncernc that the said Josiah 
 & Frances are at this time in full life & health In testimony 
 whereof I have caused the Common sealc of our Colony to be 
 hereunto affixed the said last day of September 1G-V.). 
 
 Me Johen Elford 3 dc Salem in Nova Angli.i Nauta tener 
 Jolii White de Dorcesteria in com Dor st (Tico <t Thome 
 Bustecd de eadem (}en in 24* coram me ct Willo Pierce 4 
 iund. 81. 7. 1039. 
 
 1 Mr. ILirlowe may have boon the; 
 young man (mentioned by Savage as a 
 means of introducing his three wives 
 and thirteen children) who had been 
 living at Lynn, but was now at Sand 
 wich or Plymouth. More probably how 
 ever lie was in England. 
 
 2 John Stedman, of Cambridge, namo 
 from England in the same yenr, and 
 probably in the same ship, with the Ilev. 
 Josse (Hover. lie was often selectman 
 of Cambridge, and in 1045, "on the 
 town s request, he was established En 
 sign of the eompanv there," says the 
 Colonial Record. He died in 1G93, 
 being ninety-two years old. 
 
 3 John Elford, of Salem, was in 1630 
 in trouble on an accusation of murder 
 of one Thomas Puekctt ; but I cannot 
 find out that the case was ever decided 
 one way or another. He was excom 
 municated in 1(539, says Savage, who 
 classes him with " Roger Williams and 
 other outcasts." lie is called here "tie 
 Amsterdam," but the phrase was crossed 
 out and " nuprr d^ Sttjr.m " substituted. 
 "Crico" perhaps is short for Cli .rico. 
 This would be naturally enough applied 
 to the I!ev. John White of Dorchester, 
 England. [T.] 
 
 4 There wen; two persons of the name 
 of William Tierce, each sufficiently 
 
202 LECUFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 Condiconed to pay 121 Gs. CJ. upon the 29. Sept 1G40 at or 
 in the house called or knowuc by the signc of the King of 
 England Bristoll & njion the [illegible] in Amsterdam being 
 the house of Constantino Welles. [Is-] 
 
 Knowc all men by these presents that I John Stratton of 
 Salem in New England gent, for and in parte of payment of 
 fifty pounds w ch I owe unto Valentine Hill of Boston in New 
 England mercer doc hereby give & grant unto the said Valen 
 tine Hill all that my lott or farinc granted and assigned to me 
 by the Townsmen of Salem aforesaid conteyning one hundred 
 acres or thereabouts be it more or lesse lying & being in the 
 village within the precincts of the said towne of Salem neare 
 the lands of M r Hawthorne 1 & Lieutenant Davenport w tb the 
 appurtenances To have & to hold the said lott or farme w th 
 the appurtenances unto the said Valentine Hill his heircs & as 
 signs for ever 1 say in parte of payment of so much of the said 
 fifty pounds as the said premises arc well worth but if the 
 premises arc worth fifty pounds then in full payment of the 
 said fifty pounds [127] then what in value the same shall come 
 shortc of the said fifty pounds 1 or my heircs executors or 
 adm, shall & will pay & satisfy unto the said Valentine Hill 
 his executor or administrators as soonc as the said Valentine 
 Hill shall receive newcs from England that the said fifty pounds 
 are not or cannot be recovered of John Harrison gent by vertue 
 of one letter of Attorney made by me unto Richard llutchin- 
 son Citi/en it Ironmonger of London upon a bill or writing 
 
 important. I take this one to Le Mr. 1(>;>4. lie was often a representative, 
 
 William Pieive, who came, in 1G33, and served as a captain or major in 
 
 in the "(irillin" with John Cotton King Philip s War. Lieutenant Duvcn- 
 
 and Hooker and others (for whom see port was one of the earliest inhabitants 
 
 Jfr inth., i. lo 1 .)). The other man of the of Salem, having come, in ItiiiS, with 
 
 name was Captain William Pierce, a Endicott. He was an ensign in 1G34, 
 
 prominent merchant, of whom mention and in 1G:>G was a lieutenant in tho 
 
 will Le made later. Pe<]uot War. He was subsequently cap- 
 
 1 I am sorry not to be able to place tain of the castle in Boston, where he 
 
 exactly the lot here referred to. Mr. had moved, and was killed by lightning 
 
 Hawthorne was probably William Ha- in 1GG5. (For the letter of attorney, 
 
 thorn, who came in the " Arbella" with see ante, p. 121.) 
 Wiathrop, and moved to Salem about 
 
LEC1IF01WS MANUSCRIPT XOTK-KOOK. 203 
 
 whercnnto Adam Winthrop was wilncssc according to appoint 
 ment of the said Valentine Hill & to the said Richard JJutch- 
 inson his executors administrators or assignes according to the 
 
 said letter of Attorney then this present gift it grant shall be 
 voyd ct of no force. And 1 further Covenant promise tt grant 
 t j & w tl the said Valentine Hill that I will pay all costs and 
 charges to be expended in the endeavour to recover the said 
 fifty pounds of the said John Ilarrisson if the same shall not 
 be recovered of him. In witnessc <tc. [1. (>.] 
 
 John Bourne 1 bound to M r Nchemiah Bourne for yeares 
 if he will undertake at; his coming from England to instruct 
 him in the trade of a shipwright if not for 4 yeares dated nit 
 Sept lO-W. eoram me tt T. Savage. [2x.J 
 
 A letter of deputation by Mr Nehcm : Bourne to Hannah his 
 wife to receive debts etc dated ult 7. 1639 coram Tho : Savage 
 ct meipe. both these. [Is.] 
 
 Knowe all men by these presents that I Walter Blackbourne 
 late of Roxsbery in New England Planter doe hereby for 
 21 5 1 to me in hand payd by William Cheney of Roxbery afore 
 said planter doe hereby grant bargaine ct sell unto the said 
 William Cheney all that my dwelling house in Roxberry afore 
 said with the lands & ground heretofore by me bought with 
 the same that is to say six acres of upland meadowe more or 
 
 I cannot say who John Bourne is, This I infer from the deeds in Lech ford 
 but think that lie is not mentioned by (post, pp. 215, 216), in which Eli/abeth 
 Savage. Possibly he never came over Blaukburne transfers this lot to Fran- 
 from England. Much is found in the cis Lisle, barber (see also Stiff. Deeds, i. 
 Note-book in regard to transactions be- 20). The lot may be found in the re- 
 tween Walter Blnckbnrnc and William print of the; Book of Possessions (F, 65, 
 Cheney, as well as the proceedings of p. 83) with this note : " Walter Black- 
 Elizabeth Blaekburne after her bus- burne had his lot, which Kli/abeth . . . 
 band s departure for Europe. I suppose sold in 1G41 to Francis Lyle the bar- 
 tins bouse and land to be the same that bcr." Blackburne s lot was said to be 
 he bought of Nicholas Parker (ante, in the "Gentry Field." Perhaps the 
 p. 35). He moved into Boston after sell- site in the Hook of Possessions could not 
 ing this house, and lived on Wash- come under this head; in which case I 
 ington Street, about opposite the spot suppose there were two lots, 
 where the Old South Church nowstands. 
 
204 LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 lesse six acres of salt marsh more or lesse sixteene acres in a 
 grcatc lott with a Common fence nync acres & an halfc of wooddy 
 upland unfcnccd twelve acres of a rocky woody lott fenced 
 teim acres belonging to the said house and two acres more or 
 lessc by me heretofore also purchased at another time and also 
 the Co\vc house or barnc set up but not quite finished A: all 
 my hay upon the premises w th the appurtenances and all writ 
 ings concerning the same that I have in my custody To have 
 <fe to hold the said house & dwelling & all and singulare 
 the premises w tb the appurtenances whatsoever unto the said 
 Willm Cheney his hcires &, assignes for ever In witncsse c. 
 dat ult 7. 1039. [1. 8.] 
 
 Me Willm Cheney de Roxberry in Nova Anglia plantator 
 tener Walter Blackbournc in 110* dat ult die Sept 1639. 
 
 Conditioned for payment of 55* 29. 7. 1640 at the dwelling 
 house of the said Walter in Boston. [1.] 
 
 This Indenture made the last day of September in the 15 th 
 yearc of the raignc of our Sovcraigne Lordc Charles now King 
 of England <tc Annocp Dmi 1639, Betweene Walter Black- 
 bourne late of Roxberry in New England planter of the one 
 parte And William Cheney of Roxberry aforesaid planter of 
 the other parte Witnesseth that the said Walter Blackbourne 
 for divers good considerations him [128] thereunto moving 
 doth by these presents grant alien A: cnfeoffc unto the said 
 William Cheney eight acres of salt marsh more or lesse lying 
 in Roxberry aforesd And five acres of upland whereof three 
 acres arc ploughed & some broken up <fe fenced And twelve 
 acres & an halfe of upland wooddy ground unfeneed w tb all 
 my posts & rayls provided to fence the same w th the appurten 
 ances. To have and to hold the said lands & premises w th the 
 appurtenances unto the said W m Cheney his hcires & assignes 
 for ever Yeilding <k paying unto the said Walter Blackbourne 
 his hcires <fc assignes for the premises the yearelyfee farinc rents 
 following that is to say for the said eight acres of salt mrs 
 three pounds for the said live acres of upland ploughed broken 
 up & fenced foil re pounds <fc for the said twelve acres and an 
 
LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 205 
 
 halfc of upland wooddy ground unfenccd twenty shillings at 
 two tonnes in the yeare that is to say the twenty fifth day of 
 March and the twenty nyncth day of September by equall por- 
 cons to be payd Provided allwaycs that whensoever the said 
 William Cheney his heircs or assigns shall pay unto the said 
 Walter Blackbourne his heircs & assignes the sumine of twenty 
 foure pounds for the said eight acres of salt marsh then the 
 said rent thereof shall cease & the said William Cheney his 
 heircs & assignes shall have the same to him & them his & 
 their heircs & assignes in absolute ffec simple for ever and 
 whensoever the said William Cheney his heircs or assigncs 
 shall pay unto the said Walter Blackborne his hcires or as 
 signes twenty pounds for the said five acres of upland plowed 
 <fe broken up & fenced then the said rent thereof shall cease 
 & the said William Cheney his heircs & assigncs shall have the 
 same to him & them his & their heircs & assignes in absolute 
 fee simple for ever and whensoever the said William Cheney 
 his heircs or assignes shall pay unto the said Walter Black- 
 borne his heircs or assigncs twelve pounds & ten shillings for 
 the said twelve acres & halfc of upland wooddy grounds un- 
 fenced then the said rent thereof shall cease <fc the said William 
 Cheney his hcires & assigncs Shall have the same to him & 
 them his ct their hcires <fc assignes in absolute fee simple for 
 ever. In witnesse &c. ult 7. 1039. [3s. 0.] 
 
 Articles of agreement indented made the last day of 
 September anno RRS. Carol! mine Anglii <tc. Annocp Dili 
 1039. Betwccnc Walter Blackborne late of Roxberry in New 
 England planter of the one partc & Willm Cheney of Rox- 
 berry aforesaid planter of the other partc as followcth. 
 
 1. Imprimist he said Walter Blackbourne agrecth & puttes 
 six Cowes to keeping unto the said William Cheney from the 
 day of the date hereof for three ycares fully to he complcat*& 
 ended. 
 
 2. Item the said Willm Cheney ngrecth & undertakcth well 
 <fc carefully to kecpe & looke to the said Cowes & their living 
 increase and to fynd & provide sufficient hay fodder & all 
 ncccssarys for them during the said tcrmc. 
 
206 LECIIFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 [129] 3. Item it is agreed bctwccne the said party s that once 
 a yearc during the said tcrmc the living increase of the said 
 cowcs shall be equally divided to & bctwecnc the said partycs. 
 
 4. Item that if during the said termc any of the said co\ves 
 dye the said partycs shall equally bcarc the losse thereof & 
 also equally repaire such lossc by making up the said number 
 of six cowes forthwith upon such Death. 
 
 5. Item the said Walter Blackbornc agrccth & promiseth to 
 pay halfe the Country rates but not any of the towne rates 
 wherew th all the said Cowes shall be charged during the said 
 termc. 
 
 6. Item the said William Cheney agree! h & promiseth to re- 
 deliver the said six cowcs or others in their roome from time 
 to time to he rcpayred <fe made up as aforesd if any of them 
 dye at the end of the said termc together w th halfe the living 
 increase of them unto the said Walter Blackbournc his execu 
 tors administrators or assignes. In witnesse tvc. [2. o .] 
 
 Michael Williamson 1 Anne his wife make a letter of 
 deputation Sc procuratorship to Anthony Stapley of Patcham 
 in Sussex Es<j r to rec of Elizabeth Gecrc of Lewis in Sussex 
 widdowc Executrix of the last will & testament of Dennis 
 Geerc late of Saugost deceased 501 legacy given by him to the 
 said A line by the name of Anne Panckhurst. Dated 2. 8. 1080 
 
 Coram Tho : Savage & mcipr> w th the Certificate of their 
 
 marriage by the Go vr under the Common scale. [Is. 8cZ.] 
 
 And their release to the said Executrix for the same. 
 [M.] 
 
 A letter to M r . is Gcere. And a release conditionall to M^ 
 Stapley. [GJ.] 
 
 Robert ITardiug 2 of Boston mercer conveys one acre & 
 lialfe of upland & one acre & halfe of marsh ground lying in 
 Hogg Island w ch were assigned to him by the Townesinen of 
 
 1 " Michael Williamson," snys Sav- three or four yours after he is heard of 
 
 a^ e, "Ipswich, cniiic in the Planter in ftliodw Island." See ^>n.<tf, j>. 171 
 early in 1 ():>.", a^ed thirty, as OIK; of the 2 Robert Harding moved soon after 
 
 servants of (Icoip; fliiMin^s ; and I this to Rhode Island (Savuge). 
 would ghully learn more of him, for in 
 
LECH FORD S MAX US CHI FT NOTE-BOOK. 207 
 
 Boston, and one acre of upland and three quarters of an acre 
 of mnrsli w ch \vas the lott of Barnabas Derriford 1 and one 
 aere of upland and three q rtrs of an acre of marsh w ch was tlie 
 lott of Jolm Pcnibcrton to S r gcant The : Savage & his heires 
 for 4t 10*. [Is.] 
 
 Me Will Cheney de Roxbcrry in Nova Anjrlia plantatorc 
 tenor cVc WaKero Ulnckhorne in r>(il 10s. daf nit 7. HJ W. 
 Cora in. 
 
 Conditioned io pay the rent according to the aforesaid 
 Indenture. [Is.] 
 
 A mortirn^e of the first lands w th the Dwelling house by Wil 
 liam Cheney to Walter blackborne w th proviso to redeliver the 
 (J eowes w (h their living increase at the 3 ycares end according 
 to the said Articles it to ful. lill the articles <vc. 
 
 A letter for M! John Jolmson 2 to M? Willm Pincheon of 
 Aggawam upon the river of Ivonnccticot. 
 
 Knowe all men by these presents that we Yovawan Sachem 
 of Pommanocc and Aswaw Sachem his wife ffor ten Coates 
 of trading (Heath to ns before the making hereof payd and 
 delivered [130] by Lion (Jardiner 1 ( 1 onimander of the forte 
 
 1 The spelling of tins name seems oarlymemberof the Company; and being 
 clearly Dcrriford. I think however tluvt already nn assistant, came over in the 
 the man must be F>arnaby Dorryfalls, or ileet with Winthmp lf>:>(). He settled in 
 Derrifall, who had a lot in Boston which Foxbury, but in 1 (>:.>(> removed to tli j 
 is several times alluded to in tin; records. Connecticut IJiver, where he. founded 
 He was a servant of Coddington, came the town of Springfield. He got into re- 
 over in 1033, and lived at Braintree. ligious controversy with the authorities, 
 His name is l. jjth on the list of mem- however, in the yar ICfil, ;ui l returned 
 hereof the First Church. to Kn-land, where he died HJiJ-J. His 
 
 2 Which John Johnson of the seven- fnmilv remained in New England. 
 
 teen mentioned in Savage this may be, 3 Lion (Jardiner was commander of 
 
 I cannot tell, but suppose him to be the fort at Saybrook from the year lf>35 
 
 Mr. John Jolmson of Roxbuiy, from the till he moved to Long Island, where lie 
 
 title of respect applied to him. Mr. lived until his death in K>r>3. The 
 
 William Pincheon (or Pvnchon, as the island here spoken of \vas called bvhim 
 
 name is more commonly spelled), how- the Isle of Wight, but has since been 
 
 ever, was widely known. lie was an called by his name. For his views on 
 
208 LECIIFOUD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 called Saybrook ffort als Pashpeshauks at the mouth of the 
 river of Kennecticot doe hereby for us and our heires & Suc 
 cessors grant bargaine & sell unto the said Lion Gardiner all 
 that our Island called Manchonat w th the appurtenances, and 
 all our right title <fc demand of in & to the same To have and 
 to hold the said Island w th the appurtenances unto the said 
 Lion Gardiner his heires & assigncs for ever. In witncsse 
 whereof we have hereto sett our hands & scales the third 
 day of the moneth called by the English May in the yearc by 
 them of their Lord written One thousand six hundred thirty 
 and nync 1G39. [2. 6.] 
 
 Thomas Barker John Johnson Francis Lambert and John 
 Punderson J & William Chcsebrough sell the house dwelling 
 house and lott conteyning neare an acre lying in Boston next 
 adjoyning to M. r Cotton s lotfc to S r geant Thomas Savage of 
 Boston & his heires dat 7. 8. 1G39. [Is.] 
 
 Me Samuel Hagborne 2 tener Walter Blackborne in 601 
 condiconed for payment of 30 1 3 1 15s. half yearly. [Is.] 
 
 Comfort Starre 3 of Duxbury in New England Chirurgian 
 makes a letter of Attorney to Edward Michelson of Cambridge 
 
 the Pequot war, throughout which he Mason had destroyed the Pequot fort, 
 
 held Saybrook Fort, see his llelation, Starr removed from Duxbury to Boston 
 
 3 Mass. Hist. Coll., iii. 131. some years after this (1643), and died 
 
 1 Tlie first four men may be supposed Jan. 2, 1GGO. Edward Miehelson is 
 to have been the four Yorkshire men three times mentioned in Leehford ; but 
 spoken of in the first entry of the Note- otherwise I find little of him. Ho was 
 book. Mr. Cotton s lot was on Tremont marshal of the colony ; and there is 
 Street, near Scollay Square, running notice, of his having been appointed 
 back into what is now Pemberton Square marshal of the court, together with a 
 (Book of Possession*, 111, II, 13). statement of his fees (Mass. Col. Eec., 
 
 2 Samuel Hagborne of lloxbury may i. 217), as well as mention of him as 
 be found in Savage. marshal two or three times, in the first 
 
 8 Comfort Starr, of Duxbury, came book of Suff. Deeds. He was not a 
 
 to New England in 1635. He was freeman. John Jones, of Concord, can 
 
 chosen surgeon, in 1G37, to go with hardly be the minister of that name, 
 
 the troops under Captain Patrick to the nor yet his son ; but I know no other 
 
 Pequot war. The party reached the of that name there, 
 scene of war just after Underbill and 
 
LECHFOllD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 gent to receive of John Jones of Concord brickmaker r>/).<?. tlic 
 remainder of 41 owing to him d;iT 12. 8. 1039. 
 
 Thomas Nicholls of Jlingham 1 planter l)ound to John 
 Cockercll mcrcatori in GQ1 dat 15. 8. 1G39. If 30* be pa,yd by 
 the brother of the said Thomas who was Executor of the last 
 will of Walter Nichols of Coggeshall in Essex clothier de 
 ceased upon the first day of Aprill to John Cockercll or his 
 ass* [Is.] 
 
 M r John Stratton of Salem gent conveys all his interest in 
 lands whatsoever at Cape Porpicc 2 to Richard Saltonstall 
 Esq r & Hugh Peters Pastor of 8alem & their hcires the rest 
 that is not sold Matthew Cradockc mercator pro 101 [1,9.] 
 
 Roger Conant 3 of Salem in New England planter makes a 
 letter of Attorney to Mf Thomas Wcston merchant to receive 
 
 1 Of Thomas Nicbolls, of Hinglmm, 
 it is stntcd that he married a wife and 
 moved to Scituute, but shortly returned. 
 Besides this I know nothing more of 
 the various parties to this agreement, 
 whatever may he inferred from p. 180 
 pnsf. The name of William Cockercll 
 occurs diifc, p. 50. 
 
 a Cape Porpice (Lech ford s method of 
 spelling Porpoise) is in York County in 
 Maine, and now forms the northeast 
 boundary of Kenncbunk Harbor. Hugh 
 Peter, in spite of the faet of his being 
 a minister of the Gospel, seems to have 
 been something of a man of business as 
 well. He is mentioned in the Colonial 
 Records as being requested to import 
 saltpetre from Holland ; also as present 
 ing a schedule of Robert Saltonstall s 
 properly to satisfy his creditors. Rich- 
 ard Saltonxtall s affairs, however, did 
 not, as a rule, terminate successfully ; 
 and it is to be hoped that this was an 
 exception to the rule. Hugh Peter 
 went back to England shortly after this 
 in the same ship with Leehford himself. 
 Matthew Cradock, although he never 
 
 came to New England, had frequent 
 grants of land there from the General 
 Court, and evidently had many business 
 enterprises there. 
 
 For convenience, I append here a few 
 dates and facts. Richard Saltonstall, 
 son of Sir Richard, was brought by his 
 father in 1630. He had been a member of 
 Emmanuel College, University of Cam 
 bridge. Shortly after arriving he went 
 home to England, and did not come to 
 New England again until 1635, when 
 he brought his newly married wife and 
 a daughter. He was representative in 
 1636 and 1637 ; assistant in 1637 ; 
 returned to England again, 1649; was in 
 Massachusetts for a few years, 1680; 
 died in England 1094. 
 
 Cradock, a wealthy London merchant, 
 was governor of the Massachusetts Com 
 pany before the election of John Win- 
 tin op. He never came to New England, 
 but was of great help to the colony. 
 He was a member of the Long Parlia 
 ment. He died May 27, 1641. 
 
 8 Roger Conant, born 1592, came to 
 New England in 1623, and had lived at 
 
 H 
 
210 LEG II FORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 of Captaine [ Mank] Fleet T l 14s. by bill owing to him seven 
 yeares 1(5. 8. 1039. [Gtf.] 
 
 Me Johcm Ifuinfrey ar toner ttc Daniel Butler do London 
 haherdashcr in 2001 dat 17. 8. K539 Condiconed Tor the pay 
 ment of 1001 Feb r px. [!.] 
 
 Richard Gridley tunics over Willm Borcman to Willm 
 Towncsend l of Boston in N E thatcher for 6 yeares from 
 29. 7 last past to be Apprentice of the craftc of a thatcher by 
 Indenture dated 17. 8. 1G39. [2.] 
 
 Me Martin Stibbcns 2 do Roxbury gardiner tener &c Walter 
 Blackbornc in 221 dat 
 
 Conditioned to pay ll l in three yeares halfe yearely 30s. Sd. 
 at a payment at Ml" Blackbornes house in Boston. 1st pay 
 ment 1 Maii px. [Is.] 
 
 [131] Articles of agreement made the 30 th day of the seventh 
 moneth Anno Dmi 1G39 Betweenc Thomas Hawkins of Dor 
 chester in New England shipwright of the one parte and Willm 
 
 Plymouth first, and then at many other liuivman, may imagine his journey to 
 
 places before settling at Salem. He his new master whenever tlu-y walk up 
 
 was appointed governor of the Dor- Summer Street. As for Townseml, lie 
 
 Chester plantation, which was projected was one of those respectable persons 
 
 in 1625. He was .several times deputy, who, because they do not figure promi- 
 
 was assistant at the court at Salem, nently in town records and such like, 
 
 and so forth. He died 1079. Thomas either as notables or criminals, are for- 
 
 "Weston was now a merchant of Lon- gotten by posterity. He was a worthy 
 
 don, and had been in the country only man, I should judge, even though he was 
 
 once, for a year or two, about 1623, forced to deliver up his arms to Captain 
 
 at Wcymouth, where he had under- Robert Keayne, with fifty-seven other 
 
 taken to plant a colony, which was citizens who, like himself, had been 
 
 unsuccessful. seduced and led into dangerous errors 
 
 1 William Townseml lived on "Wash- by our friends Mr. Wheelwright and 
 
 ington Street a little north of Winter Mistress Anne Hutchinson. 
 
 (Book of Possessions, p. 81, F, 72). 2 Martin Stebbins was a brewer of 
 
 (Jridley himself lived on the north side Roxbury. lie subsequently moved into 
 
 of Summer Street, by the water, not far Boston, where he continued. The Bus- 
 
 from what is now Federal Street. Any ton Town llccords have notice of him 
 
 readers, therefore, who are interested several times, but never, save once, in 
 
 in the somewhat pathetic wanderings regard to anything except beer, 
 of this Jack-of-all-trades of a William 
 
LECIIFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 211 
 
 Robinson l of the same husbandman of the oilier parto. As 
 followcth. 
 
 1. Imprimis the said Thomas doth agree & hereby let unto 
 the said William all that parte & portion of land sometime in 
 ihe occupation of Roger Ludlowc 2 gent lying w th in the bounds 
 of Dorchester aforesaid conteyning ncarc 100 acres of upland 
 & ni(Mlo\ve w th the neck of land called Squcnton on the east & 
 certainc marsh on the west and one house ncarely erected 
 thereupon but not finished w ch the said Thomas Hawkins shall 
 & will cause a stackc of brick chimneys to be erected & the 
 floares both aloft & below to be layd all but in one roome there 
 of in convenient time, together w tb eight Cowcs two sowes 
 sixty eight goatcs foure oxen and one bull w th one plough one 
 cart one paire of wheeler and one pairc of harrowes \v lh one 
 cliaino l)o\vc & yokes upon the said lands to be kept used & 
 imploycd from the making hereof for & during the space 
 of seven ycares from thenceforth next ensuing fully to be 
 com pleat e <t ended. 
 
 2. Item that the said Thomas shall sell the said William cart 
 wheelos the said W ni shall pay the said Thomas for thorn at 
 the second harvest after the date hereof. 
 
 8. Item the said William Robinson doth agree undertake & 
 receive the said premises accordingly and in considiration 
 thereof Doth promise & Covenant w th the said Thomas that 
 he will at his cost <t charges thatch the said house and all 
 other housing that the said Thomas shall have occasion to build 
 upon the premises at any time during the said tcrme. 
 
 4. That lie the said William shall & will in manner fc forme 
 following pay & deliver unto the said Thomas Hawkins the 
 one halfe of the increase of the said Cattle tt swine and halfe 
 
 1 William Robinson, of Dorchester, same year, and settled in Dorchester. 
 
 is continually mentioned in the records Jit; was in 1034 made deputy -gov- 
 
 of that town, where he was a well- ernor, and in 10o5 removed to Windsor, 
 
 known citizen. He came over in 1G36, Conn., and thence (1<J3!>) to Fail-field, 
 
 and was admitted freeman 1642. Went off to Virginia, 16f>4, " under a 
 
 2 The place and time of the birth and maledict." says Savage, "for carrying 
 
 death of Koger Lmllow are unknown, away the town ree., \vh. was a, charge 
 
 lie was chosen assistant, Feb. 10, l(i.,0; long aft. rcfut. l>y find, the vol. in 
 
 came to New England in May of the town." 
 
21 2 LECIIFORD S MANUSCH1PT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 of the butter cheese <t milke of (horn and Imlfe such corne as 
 by the best endcvours of the said Wilhn <fc his servants w th 
 the blessing of God upon the same shall ycarcly growe & renewe 
 upon the premises during the said ierme and that the said 
 William shall & will every yeare plant & plough 12 acres of 
 all sorts of grainc more than other at the least. 
 
 5. Item that the living increase of the said stockc except 
 swine shall be equally divided betweene the said parties at the 
 end of three yearcs next after the date hereof and againc at the 
 end of the said tcrme or sooner if the said lands shall bo found 
 uncapable of bearing <k susteyning the number of cattle w th 
 their increase aforesaid. 
 
 (>. Item that if any beast of the said stocke hereby demised 
 shall happen to dye during the said tonne the said Wilhn shall 
 & will bcare the losse & expense upon such death at his eoste 
 make good the first number of the said stocke from time to 
 time A; in the end of the said tonne redeliver the same stocke 
 or other cattel as good in their roome unto the said Thomas 
 his executors & assignes together w tb the said increase thereof 
 as aforesaid. 
 
 7. Item the said Thomas shall allow the said W m a boat for 
 his necessary occasions from time to time during the said termc 
 the said W m repayring & taking charge of the said boat &, to 
 provide a new one in case the said boat shall be split or cast 
 away in his service. And in lieu of the said boat the said W in 
 shall allow the said Thomas the use of the said oxen & cart 
 one moneth betweene hay harvest & corne harvest every ycarc 
 during the said termc to fetch home his firewood & the said 
 W m to grcant the said cart & be payd for his worke according 
 to the rate of ordinary wages for the time being. 
 
 8. Item that if any boast or beasts of the said stockc dye 
 the first throe retires then the said Thomas shall lay downe 
 money to ivpaire the said stocke and the said Willm shall 
 recompense the said Thomas Av th one yeares increase wholly 
 to himself according to the time that the said money shall 
 be forborne. 
 
 0. Item the said parties shall & may agree <fc consult to 
 gether from time to time during the said termc about the 
 
LECHEORD S JMAVASCfl/P7 T NOTE-BOOK. 213 
 
 altering any of the cowes of the said stocke & taking in any 
 of the increase or other beast fur stock. 
 
 10. Item that the said Thomas shall or mav take his parte 
 of the increase of the swine at his pleasure and the butter 
 cheese milkc to be divided as the said Thomas shall call 
 for it. 
 
 [132] 11. Item that the said William shall & will within the 
 first yearc of the said ternie ditch so much of the said lands 
 as may fence the same from all cattell tfc swine and within the 
 first three yearcs of the said tcrme shall & will ditch the said 
 lands round w lh a sufficient ditch and crusse fence the same 
 from ditch to ditch w th postcs & rayles. 
 
 12. Item that the said Willm shall & will well & suffi 
 ciently repairc scourc & dense <fc maintaine the said house <fc 
 all other housings to be built on the premises cvj the said ditches 
 <fc fences w th all need full <fc necessary reparations clensings & 
 scourings when & as often as need shall require during the 
 said tcrme and the same so well & sufficiently repaired scoured 
 <t mainteyncd in the end of the said tcrme shall will sur 
 render & yield up unto the said Thomas bin heircs executors 
 tt ns.signes together w th the said plough (Jartwheeles haiTowcs 
 ch:ii ne bowes & yoakes in so good case & coiidicoii as he received 
 them necessary use execptcd in meane while if any of the said 
 ntensills of husbandry faile or be broken or lost the said W m 
 is to buy new. 
 
 13. Hem that if the said W in shall dye within the said terme 
 then his wife or executors shall surrender the said farme & 
 stocke unto the said Thomas upon such termes as two or three 
 indifferent men by them to be chosen shall determine w lb ref 
 erence to former respects future hopes. 
 
 14. Item that if any difference or other considerable matter 
 concerning the premises shall hereafter fall out between the 
 said partycs yet unknown to them the same shall be ordered 
 by 3 arbitrators indiferently to be chosen by A- between tin; 
 said partycs. 
 
 15. Item that the said Willm shall A will this first yearc 
 fence in a large garden plott upon the premises ncarc the said 
 house & shall from yeare to ycare during the said tcrme plant 
 
214 LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 it w th usuall garden fruits tlicrcof allowc deliver yearcly to 
 the said Thomas one lialfe except such soiiier fruits as the 
 said Willm sliall spend & use in his house. 
 
 16. Item that the said Thomas & Willm shall & will equally 
 pay & discharge from time to time all rates that shall be im 
 posed on the said house lands & stoekc during the said terme 
 out of the increase of the said Cattel <fc proffitts of the said 
 lands. 
 
 17. Item that the said Thomas shall lend the said Willm 
 tcnn pounds and twenty five bushells of Indian conic who shall 
 repay the same at the next harvest according to the rates of 
 corne then & now differing. 
 
 Mr Thomam Martin 1 de villa Caroli in Nova Anglia planta- 
 tor to be bound by bill to Solomon Saffery in 301 to be payd 
 1. 1 next. 
 
 THOMAS WmiERLE 2 mariner pit 31 Oct 1639. 
 EDWARD II BALE 3 deft. 
 
 The pit compluineth against Defen dt for that whereas the 
 I)efen dt did upon the 26 tb day of May last past reteyne the pit 
 
 1 Thomas Martin moved to Cam- post, where he is called of Southwark, 
 bridge, and thence may have moved to Co. Surrey. 
 
 New London. Solomon Saflery is said 8 The name of Edward Ileale occurs 
 
 by Savage, on Hutchinson s authority, several times in the Note-book, sometimes 
 
 to have been a mathematician, who as- being spelled Hele, and sometimes Heale. 
 
 sisted Nathaniel Woodward to run the Savage calls it Healey, or Hale) , some- 
 
 south line of the Colony. He is nowhere times Hale, Hele, or Heale, the same 
 
 else mentioned that I know of. name. Nevertheless, there is no Ed- 
 
 2 Thomas Witherle. I think this ward among them all. From the 
 name is Witherly, as it is so spelled mention of Edward Hele, of Bristol, 
 later in the Note-book. Thomas With- later in the Note-book, I am led to think 
 erly was fined for contempt (Mass. Col. that if the two names (llc;de and 
 Jlcc., i. 261) ; but the name is not to be Hele) refer to the same person, this 
 found in Savage, who gives Wetherell, person was an English merchant who 
 which he says is the same as Witherly, never remained in the country for any 
 but no Thomas. Or is this Thomas length of time, if, indeed, he was ever 
 Witherly a Connecticut man, as appears there. It is very possible that lie may 
 later (p. 189 post), to whom that roll- have had a correspondent in Virginia, 
 ing stone, William Boreman, is finally and may have passed some time in that 
 intrusted (p. 142 post) 1 * See also p. 158 part of the country. 
 
LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 215 
 
 to bo his servant in the place of master of the barkc patience 
 now riding in the harbor of Boston to sayle to <fc fro upon the 
 seas in the occasions of the defend 4 for the wages of 41 by the 
 rnoneth ever since w ch time the pit accordingly served the said 
 defend 1 in the said barkc in severall voyages whereof the last 
 was from Virginia to Boston aforesaid where the said barkc 
 arrived the 20 th of September last so that there is due 
 to pit for his wages aforesd sixteene pounds for foure full 
 uioneths wanting but one day or two at most till that time. 
 Also since the said twentieth of September the pit being im- 
 payd his wages aforesaid whereby he is not discharged from 
 the said barkc but kept from returning to Virginia about his 
 occasions where he hath divers debts owing to him & being 
 not there to demand them while tobacco is in mens hands 
 there he may be in danger to loose his said debts thereby And 
 the pit further saith that by the law he ought to have wages 
 & dyet from the said defcn dt till he be payd off all wages but 
 the said defend* hath both refused to pay the pit his wages 
 and to allow him diet since the said 20 tb of Sept w ch hath to 
 this day cost the pit 5* besides 5 l and 5s. due [133] for wages 
 of one moneth & ten daycs since the said 20 th of September 
 till this present day so that there is due to the pit for wages & 
 dyet as aforesaid 26* 5s. besides his dammages aforesaid To 
 the Dammage of the pit 301 and thereupon he brings his suit. 
 [Is. Grf.] 
 
 LEONARD BUTTERS l Defendt. 
 ISRAEL STOUGHTON ESQ joft. 
 
 The Defend* saith that the reason why he hath not finished 
 the pits worke is because that John Peirce mason the Defend- 
 cnts Journeyman was pressed from this Defend* for the Coun- 
 tryes service about the Castle & the defend 1 could not get 
 another workman but hath ben ever since about other worke 
 
 1 Leonard Butters, or Buttolph, was relative. Tn regard to the work about 
 
 the bric.klayer, mason, and lime-burner the castle, I quote from the Colonial 
 
 already spoken of. As to John Pierce, Records of the date June 6, 1639, vol. i. 
 
 he may be the bricklayer of that name p. 260 : 
 of Boston (1670), or his father, or some 
 
21G 
 
 LECIIFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 w ch was in hand before the pits saving for foure daycs <fc now 
 the defeudt is ready to enter upon the pits worke if that he 
 please & for those foure daves he referreth himselfe to the 
 
 [Is.] 
 
 iudgmcnt of the Court. 
 
 Ruli c Scott at Edward Ileale in an accon of the case. 
 
 Jonathan Wcymouth 1 against the same in an accon of the 
 
 case. 
 
 Coppy of an account for M r Nicholas Tcrise & Mr Joshua 
 Ilewes. [2s.] 
 
 David Sellecke 2 of Dorchester soap boyler bound unto 
 John Kakcr of Ipswich grocer in G 1 to be payd 1 Mail at the 
 house of Francis Hudson in Boston, dat 2 No : 1G39. 
 
 " It was ordered that a levy of 10001 
 be raised i ourth\v th . ... Of this 10001 
 there is 250* appointed and alo\ved to 
 build a house, repair the batteries 
 at Castle Island. The Governo r [\Viu- 
 throp], tlic Deputie Governo 1 " [Dudley], 
 & Mr. Israeli Stoughtou are appointed 
 to agree with dipt. Gibons, how to be 
 stow this 250, what men to keep at 
 the fort for the 100* p (w, after it is re 
 paired. " 
 
 1 Neither Ralfe Scott nor Jonathan 
 Wcymouth is to be found in Savage. 
 
 2 David Sellecke, .soap-boiler, is twice 
 mentioned in an unimportant manner 
 in the Dorchester Town Records. He is 
 called of Boston by Savage, who says 
 he died in Virginia in 105 t. Savage is 
 somewhat confused in his account of 
 the various John Bakers ; but he must 
 be right when he says that "one was 
 of Ipswich, perhaps lie who was born at 
 Norwich, County of Norfolk, a grocer, 
 tbat came in 1637, aged thirty-nine, to 
 Boston in the Hose of Yarmouth, with 
 Elizabeth, his wife," etc. Francis Hud 
 
 son, the fisherman and ferryman, was 
 said to be one of the first to set foot on 
 the peninsula of Boston. I am not cer 
 tain as to the position of his house here 
 referred to. He had leave (Feb. 28, 
 1052) "to wharfe Befor his own ground 
 near the Ferry at Charlestown." But 
 in the Book of Possessions his house is 
 put down somewhere near Gallup s 
 Point (on Hanover Street). There is 
 a difference between the dates of these 
 two entries of seven or eight years, so 
 it is possible that the latter is here 
 referred to. But Hudson s mime is 
 always connected with the other .side of 
 the peninsula, that opposite Charles- 
 town. Hudson s Point, named from 
 him, is at the foot of Copp s Hill; and 
 it was on this side of the town that the 
 ferries from Charlestown and Wiimisim- 
 rnet reached Boston ; and it was here, I 
 should think, that Hudson s house was 
 likely to be. He had lease of the ferry 
 toward the end of his life, and died 
 Nov. 3, 1700. 
 
LECUFOllD S MAXi SCJUPT NOTE-BOOK. 217 
 
 And a release of executions &c. by John Baker to David 
 Scllcckc Dut 1 No. 1089. [lit/.] 
 
 William Brackcnbcrry l of Charlestowne in N E Plan 
 ter sells for 391 10.?. unto Edward Wood Baker one dwelling 
 house lyinpj in Charlestowne aforesaid bctwccne the lands of 
 Joseph Hill on ihe souih tt the lands lale M r . is Ili^iusons on 
 the north w th a forcyard already palled out and the 1ml fo of 
 one garden thereunto bc lon^ing that is to say the south hall e 
 to he equally divided in the iniddst & impallcd at equall costs 
 in convenient time and all outhouses & appurtenances thereto 
 belonging. Provided that the said Brackenherry shall have 
 liberty to brinu his cattell to <fc from his ownc yard Doorc 
 
 J O *> 
 
 through the foresaid foreyard iindinu: stuffe for the setting up 
 of the fore dore to the said yard the (lore to be made fitting for 
 the occasions of the said Edward Wood And liberty to make 
 a leanto unto the end of the parlor stopping no light <fe making 
 no annoyance to the house by filthy stincks or otherwise. 
 And that the said Brack : shall not bake or cause to be baked 
 any sorts of bread to sell except only for his owne famile 
 during the time the said partyes live in Charlestowne together, 
 except the magistrates shall find a necessity in regard of his 
 or his wiles pb vcrty or in regard of the towncs want. [Go?.] 
 
 A bond to perform Covenants in 391 1Q S . 
 
 A bill to Brack : for 151 to be payd 24 Dec. pcnall. [Is.] 
 
 This Indenture the [Wa//.-] day of [/;/ fc] betwccnc William 
 Brackenbcrry of Charlestowne in New England planter of the 
 
 1 William I rackenbury was a baker in Charlestown, and extended back oast 
 
 by trade. He was apparently a public- ward to the marsh by \yapping Dock 
 
 spirited man as well, for lie had served (Wyman s Ch trlcstmni). .Joseph Hills, 
 
 as constable for Charlestown a year who lived on one side of this house, was 
 
 01 two before this. He subsequently a woollendraper from Maiden in Eng- 
 
 moveil to Maiden, where he was for land, and his sons and grandsons lived 
 
 some time selectman, and died August, in Maiden here. Mrs. Higcjinson was 
 
 1663. The name, by the way, often Ann, the wife of the Itev. Francis Hig- 
 
 appears spelled Brankenbury. Little is ginson, of Salem (who died in August, 
 
 known of Edward Wood which cannot 1630). She had moved to Ne.w Haven, 
 
 be inferred from this passage. The where she died in 1640. 
 house spoken of faced the Market Place 
 
218 LECHF01WS MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 one partc fc Edward Woqd of the same baker of the other 
 parto witnesscth that the said William Brackenberry for thirty 
 nyno pounds & ton shillings to him in hand payd <fc satisfied 
 by the said Edward Wood before the scaling A: delivery hereof 
 whereof & wherewith he the said Willm Brackenberry doth 
 acknowledge himself to be satisfied & paid & thereof <fc of 
 every parte thereof doth acquite release & forever discharge 
 the said Edward Wood his heircs executors & administrators 
 by these presents doth [131] hereby grant bargaine & sell unto 
 the said Edward Wood one dwelling house situate in Charles- 
 towne aforesaid bctwecne the lands of Joseph Hill on the south 
 parte & the lands late M r . u lligginsons on the north parte w th 
 a foreyard already palled out of y breadth of two yards and 
 three ynches at the entrance thereof out of the strecte there 
 and the one halfe of one garden thereunto belonging that is 
 to say the south halfe to be equally divided in the middest 
 at the cquall costs & charges of the said partyes to these 
 presents in convenient time and all ovens outhouses waves 
 lights eas iuents & appurtenances thereunto belonging And 
 all the right title interest & demand of the said Willm Brack 
 enberry of in & to the premises hereby granted To have 
 & to hold the said dwelling house & all & singulare the 
 premises hereby granted w th the appurtenances unto the said 
 Edward Wood his heircs & assignes for ever. And the said 
 Willm Brackenberry doth hereby for himself his heircs execu 
 tors & administrators Covenant promise & grant to <fc with the 
 said Edward Wood his heires & assignes that he <fc they shall 
 or may lawfully quietly & peaceably have hold & enjoy the 
 said premises hereby granted & every parte thereof without 
 the lest trouble or eviction of him the said William Bracken- 
 bcrry & [t/a/it] his wife their heires ct assignes or any of them 
 or by their or any of their meancs assent or prom mt And the 
 said Edward Wood doth hereby for himselfe his heires & as 
 signes grant unto the said Willm Brackenberry his heires and 
 assignes free liberty of ingrcsse cgrcsse regresse for him 
 <fc themselves & his <fe their cattell <fc goods to pass to and 
 from his <fc their owne yards into & through the aforesaid fore- 
 yard lie <fc they finding stuff e & wood for the setting up & 
 
LECllFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 219 
 
 upholding of the forodooro of the said foreyard the said doore 
 to be made fitting i or the occasions of the said Edward Wood 
 his heires it assigncs who is it arc to set tip & from time to 
 time amend the said foredoore with the materialls of the said 
 Wilhu Braekenberry his heires & assigncs And further that 
 it shall be lawfull to & for the said Willm Brackenbcrry his 
 heires it assigncs at any time to make a Icanto unto the outside 
 end of the parlor of the said dwelling house upon his & their 
 owiio ground not stopping or hindering any light or lights of 
 the same parlor or other rooms of the said house nor making 
 or causing any annoyance In* any privyes hogstyc.s or any other 
 filthy stiucks or otherwise unto the said house or dwellers 
 therein, And furthermore in Consideration of the said money 
 & hargaiue it that the said 1 Mward Wood is a Baker by his 
 trade it the said Willm Braekenborry ct his wife were not 
 brought up to the said trade but did for a smale time use the 
 same in case of necessity heretofore Now the said Willm 
 Brackenberry i or himselfe ct his said wife his executors & 
 adm rs doth Covenant promise it grant to it w th the said Ed 
 ward Wood by these presents that he the said Willm Bracken- 
 berry it his said wife or either of them shall not bake or cause 
 to be baked any sorts of bread to sell during the time that the 
 said parties to-these presents and the said [blank] shall live in 
 the said Townc of Charlcstowne together saving that the said 
 Willm Brackenbcrry it his said wife may bake bread for the 
 spending of themselves it their family And except the mag 
 istrates shall hereafter judge the said William or his wife to 
 be necessitated thereunto through poverty or that the said 
 Townc cannot otherwise be supplyed. 
 In witnesse itc. [5s-] 
 
 [135] Joseph Cooke 1 of Cambridge in New England gent 
 Sonnc of Thomas Cookc of great Yealdham in the County of 
 
 1 Joseph Cookc came over in the came to America. He had a grant of 
 
 "Defence" (1635) with his younger land at Cambridge, which lie forfeited 
 
 brother, George, and with Roger liar- by remaining in England. Joseph Cooke 
 
 lackendcn, the younger brother of Rich- and his brother were both prominent 
 
 ard here mentioned. Richard never citizens of Cambridge, often deputies to 
 
220 LECUFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 Essex gent Deceased makes a letter of Attorney to Thomas 
 Cooke of Wormingford in Essex gent his brother & to Mf Rich 
 ard Ucrlakenden of Earles Colne in Essex Esqf lawfully to 
 enter upon the ffrechold lands in Rynkcscy in Suff <fc all Cop- 
 pihold lands in great Brysctt called Brysctt Kell holden of 
 the mannor of Bryset aforesaid belonging to Kings College 
 in Cambridge. 
 
 Me Will in Brackenberry de Charlestowne in Nova Anglia 
 plantator tener c Edw Wood in 391 iQ Sm dat <fcc. 
 Conditioned to <pforme Covents. [Is.] 
 
 Knowe all men by these presents that I Joseph Cooke of 
 Cambridge in New England gent one of the 2 sonnes of 
 Thomas Cooke late of Great Yealdham in the County of Es 
 sex gent Deceased Doe hereby constitute ordeyne and in 
 my place put my wellbcloved & dearc brother Thomas Cooke 
 of Wormingfold in the said County of Essex gent and my 
 wellbcloved ffriend Richard Ilerlakenden of Earles Colne 
 in the said County Esq!; my true & lawfull Attorneys joyntly 
 or severally for me &, in my name lawfully to enter on 
 all those my freehold & coppihold lands & tenements called 
 Brysctt Kell lying & being in Rynkesey & Great Brysett w ch 
 were given bequeathed settled to <fc upon me cither by the last 
 will & testament or any deed <t conveyance or surrender of 
 my said i father or otherwise in the County of Suffolko or any 
 other place whatsoever by what name or names soever the said 
 lands & tenements [be~\ called And also to goe unto the Court 
 Baron or Courts Baron of the manor of great Brysctt afore 
 said or manors whereof the said Coppihold lands are held and 
 
 the General Court, etc. George went look Joseph Cooke calls himself one of 
 
 home to England and served in the Civil the two sons of Thomas Cooke, the 
 
 War, and died in Ireland. Joseph, it is other being Thomas Cooke, of Worming- 
 
 thought, returned to England after his ford, Essex. If we trust Leehford, and 
 
 lirother s death. This information I take the passage to mean only two sons, 
 
 have taken from Savage, who says noth- as is most natural, George Cooke cannot 
 
 ing about any other Joseph Cooke that be the brother of Thomas Cooke, as 
 
 will correspond to what we know. But stated by Savage ; he may bo a cousin, 
 
 in the next entry but one in the Xotc- or some more distant relative. 
 
LECHFORD S MANUXCIUPT NOTE-ROOK. 221 
 
 for me it in my name to require to be admitted tenant or Ten 
 ants of all the said Coppihold lands it tenements according to 
 the Customc of the said mannor or mannors And for me tt in 
 my name to pcrforme all such suit it service att the said Court 
 Baron or Courts Baron as to me belongeth to be done in regard 
 of the said Coppihold lands and to compound it agree for and 
 pay all such payments duties & respect of homage or fealty as 
 1 ought to perform to & w th the Kings Ma tic or the Lord and 
 Lords of the said mannor or mannors or their Stewards or to & 
 w th any other person or persons to whomc such payments duties 
 tt respect, are or shall be due it payable for the said freehold <t 
 coppihold lands tt tenements \v th license of the Kings Mai st or 
 of the Lord or Lords aforesaid as the case shall require And 
 afterwards for me it in my name to demise let it sett it to take 
 the rents issues it proflits of the said freehold it coppihold lands 
 & tcn . s And further for me it in my name to article covenant 
 & agree w 11 * any person or persons about the sale surren 
 der it purchase of the said freehold tt-coppihold lands it tene 
 ments for such reasonable summcs of money as they are worth 
 and the said money for me it in my name to receive tt then the 
 said lands it tenements to such person or persons purchasing 
 the same it to their use for me it in my name to convey assure 
 it surrender according to law it the Customo of the said mannor 
 or mannors whereby they my sayd Attorneys or cither of them 
 may bynd me to make any further legall assurance conveyance 
 or surrender as the said purchaser or purchasers or their 
 Counsell learned in the law shall reasonably advise or require 
 so that for the doing thereof I bo not compelled to travel forth 
 of the Jurisdiccon of the Mattachusctts Bay in New England 
 And further for me it in my name to make doc it execute all 
 other lawfull acts it deeds requisite for the recovery entering 
 on it taking possession of the said lands it tenements tt further 
 touching the letting setting it taking the rents issues it profitts 
 thereof and touching the selling tt passing away of the same 
 and all other the premises as fully powerfully it [136] effec 
 tually as I myselfc in my owne proper person might or eould 
 doe Hereby ratifying gratefully accepting it confirming all & 
 whatsoever my said Attorneys or cither of them shall lawfully 
 
222 LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 doe in the premises In witncsse whereof I have hereunto sett 
 my hand & scale the {fifth day of November in the ffifteenth 
 yeare of the raigne of our Soveraigne Lord Charles now King 
 of England &c Annocp Dili. 1G89 Coram Willo Hihbens l & 
 [Want] <t mcipsc. 
 
 And I John Winthrop Esq r Governor of the Jurisdiction of 
 the Mattachusctts Bay in New England having scene these 
 presents signed scaled & delivered in my presence have thought 
 good at the spcciall instance & request of the abovemcntioned 
 Joseph Cooke to certify the same. In testimony whereof I 
 have hereunto caused the Common Seale of our Colony to be 
 affixed the day & yearc abovcsaid. [3s. Gc?.] 
 
 This Indenture c Betweene Willm Cheney of Roxbury in 
 N. E. p. of the one pte & Walter Blackborne late of Roxbury 
 afor s 1 p of the other ptc Witncsscth that the said Willm 
 Cheney for divers good causes & considerations him there 
 unto moving Doth by these presents grant alien <fc enfeoffe 
 unto the said Walter Blackborne all that his dwelling house 
 in Roxbury aforesaid w th the lands heretofore purchased w tb 
 the same that is to say six acres of upland medow more or 
 lessc six acres of salt mrsh more or lessc sixteone acres in 
 a great lott w lh a common fence nync acres & an halfe of 
 woody upland unfenced twelve acres of a rocky woodlott 
 fenced tonn acres belonging to the said house & two acres 
 more or less heretofore purchase ! at another time & also the 
 Cowehoiisc or barnc set up but not quite finished w th all & 
 singulare the appurtenances To have & to hold the said Dwel 
 ling house & lands & all & singulare the premises w th the 
 appurtenances unto the said Walter Blackborne his heircs and 
 assigncs for ever. Provided always that if the said William 
 Cheney his executors & administrators shall from time to time 
 & at all times hereafter well <fc truly observe fullfill & keepe 
 all such articles Covenants condicons agreements & promises 
 
 1 William Hibbins was admitted an but soon returned, and was chosen as- 
 
 inhabitant of Boston May 27, 1639; sistant in 164,3, which office he held till 
 
 made freeman May 13, 1610; deputy, his death, 1654. 
 1640 and 1641 ; then went to England, 
 
LECHFOHD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 223 
 
 menconed & contcyncd in ccrtainc Articles of agreement in 
 dented made the Day before the Day of the date of these 
 presents between the said Walter Blackborne of the one pane 
 <fc the said Willm Cheney of the other parlc concerning the 
 keeping of six Cowes & their living increase & rend ring the 
 said Cowes [137] tt an equall halfe of the said living increase 
 unto the said Walter his executors tt adm rs at the end of three 
 yearcs from thenceforth as on the partc <fc bchalfe of the said 
 William Cheney his executors or administrators arc to be ob 
 served fullfilled ct kept then this present grant & fcoffmcnt 
 shall be voyd & of none effect or els it shall be & remainc in 
 full power strength & vcrtue The said Win Cheney his heircs 
 & assignes to continue in possession of the said House <fc pos 
 sessions before granted unlesse a manifest breach of the said 
 Articles fall out to be committed by him or them their executors 
 or administrators. In witncssc <fcc. 1 Oct. 1031). [4.4.] 
 
 Me Ed vum Colcord l & Lieutenant Richard Morice dc Dover 
 ppc fhimen dc Pascattaqua in Nova Anglia plantator in TO 1 
 Stephano Orecnsmyth. The Condicon to deliver to S Or 5000 
 of Clapboard 4 foot <fc halfc long and at the heart from 2 inches 
 to 5 inches thicke or upward every way merchantable it at any 
 time after tho last of March next within a Cables length of the 
 usuall riding place of the shipps just at the waters side at 
 Pascatt rivers mouth & to fyiul a boat or lighter to help put 
 them aboard. [Is. Is. GcZ.] 
 
 Jonathan Weymouth 2 makes a letter of Attorney to Rich 
 ard Wayt to receive of Edward Ilele mercli 1 T 1 5*. recovered 
 
 1 Edward Colcord was allied with Mr. matters, but seldom in any other 
 
 Wheelwright in the purchase of some connection. 
 
 lands from Indians whereon to found 2 It will be remembered that Jonathan 
 
 the. town of Exeter. He was of Dover Weymoutli and Edward Ilele are not to 
 
 in 1G40, and moved thence to I lamp- be easily found. Richard Waite I take 
 
 ton, where he died IGS J. Lieutenant to be the Boston tailor who served in 
 
 Morris we have met with before in such the Pc<juot war as sergeant. lie was 
 
 transactions as the present. Stephen freeman, 1037 ; disarmed, as so many 
 
 Greensmith is frequently mentioned, in with whom we have had to do, for sym- 
 
 Winthrop and elsewhere, as being prose- pathy with Anne Hutchinson, and died 
 
 cuted for too rash speaking on religious 1680, or thereabouts. 
 
224 LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 ag l him in the Cort at Boston 5 No : 1G39 Dat 12. 9. 1G39. 
 coram inc. [Gc?.] 
 
 The same makes a letter of Attorney to the same agt Arthur 
 Browne l of Casko merchant for 3* Dat 12. 9. 1G39 coram 
 me. 
 
 John Winthrop Esqr Governor of the Jurisdiccon of the 
 Mattachusetts hay in New England to all manner of persons 
 whomc it may concerne greeting These are to certify you that 
 William Sergeant 2 late of Northampton haberdasher of llatts 
 and now of Charlestown in New England planter & Sarah his 
 wife late the wife of William Minshall of Whitchurch in the 
 County of Salop gent. Deceased are both blessed be God in full 
 life <fe good health at the time of the making hereof In testi 
 mony whereof I have caused the publicke scale of our Colony 
 to be hereto affixed the fourteenth day of November in the fif 
 teenth yearc of the raigne of our Sovcraigne Lord Charles now 
 King of England <fcc Annoqp Dili 1G39. [Is.] 
 
 Captainc Morris 3 makes a letter of Attorney to Willm Peirce 
 of Boston mariner agt Daniel Cornelius sawyer & ffisherman 
 for foure pounds in money & for two hoggshcads of cod fish to 
 the value of three pounds w ch should have ben payd this time 
 twelve moneth. 14. 9. 1G39. [Gd.] 
 
 This Indenture of a ffrcightmcnt made the twenty fourth day 
 of October in the fifteenth ycare of the Raigne of our Soveraigne 
 
 1 Arthur Brown, of Casco, and later and elsewhere, lie is said to have made 
 of Winnegansett (]>ost, p. 219), I sup- more voyages to and from Boston than 
 pose to be Arthur Browne, Saco, 163G, had any other in the same years. He 
 noted by Savage. was the; compiler of "an almanac made 
 
 2 William Sargent and his wife Sarah for New England" (Winth., i. 289), 
 are both mentioned by Savage, who which was the first thing after the Free- 
 knows but little else that is now perti- mans Ontli (probably only a broadside), 
 nent except the fact here certified to by printed at the press at Cambridge by 
 Winthrop. Stephen Day, the partner of the I\ev. 
 
 3 Morris was captain of I know not Josse Glover, as has been already noted 
 what, but frequently has the title given above. Captain Peirce was killed in 
 him after this entry. AVilliam Peirce the West Indies by the Spaniards some 
 was a Boston sea-captain, of whom very two years after this date, as may be read 
 frequent mention is found in Wiuthrop in "Winthrop (ii. 33). 
 
LECHFORD S M AX U SCRIPT NOTl 1-UuOK. 2:25 
 
 Lordc Charles now King of England &c Annocp Dili. 10o9 
 L>ct\vcene Nicholas Trerise : Master of the good ship the 
 Planter of the hurden of three hundred and fifty tiinnes or 
 thereabouts of the one parte and Samuel Mavericke gent in bc- 
 halfe of himselfe <fc his Company of the other parte Witnescth 
 that the said Master Nicholas Trerise Doth hereby Covenant 
 tfc promise to and with the said Samuel Mavericke & his Com 
 pany that he the said Nicholas Trerise shall & will compleatly 
 furnish the said ship w th men victualls ammunition and other 
 necessaries and w th what [138] convenient speed he may sayle 
 directly from New England unto the roade of poynt Comfort in 
 Virginia and there or in such other place or places in James 
 river or yorke river as he shall be assigned to goc unto and 
 there, take aboard his said ship such tobacco as shall be pro 
 vided for him by the Assignee or Assignes of the said Samuel 
 Mavericke & his Company unto the full quantity of two hun 
 dred tunncs. For loading of w ch tobacco It is agreed bctweene 
 the party es to these presents that the said Master w th his said 
 ship shall stay from the day of his arivall at Poynt Comfort 
 aforesaid seventy dayes if need so require : and shall afforde 
 
 1 Nicholas TrcrwiG (the name is spelled "Planter" of thirty-five tons, lot to 
 In many ways) had been captain of La Tour, is called a pinnace by AVin- 
 the "Planter" five years before, when throp. Those anxious to make out the 
 that ship came from London, and lived connection, as I am, may please, them- 
 in Charlestown. Thence he moved to selves by imagining that the smaller 
 Wobnrn. Of the members of this Com- boat was some sort of tender or long- 
 pany, beaded by Mr. Samuel Maverick, boat of the larger, of which Maverick 
 I can hardly form a conjecture. In had become possessed. Another rcfer- 
 regard to the " Planter," tbe follow- once is in a deposition of Maverick 
 ing may interest the curious : In 1646 (3 Mass. Hist. Soc., vii. 116), in which 
 Monsieur de la Tour hired of Samuel the "Barque Planter " is spoken of 
 Maverick, who acted for Sir David as La Tour s ship. Tn the M nssachu- 
 Kirke and partners, "a certain vessel setts Colonial Record (iii. 226) there 
 called the plan Iter], burden thirty fyve is mention of a ship "Planter" in eon- 
 tunns of there about, for a voyage in nection with Edward Bendall and Wil- 
 her to hi; made vppon the coast of liam Aspinwall, which may or may not 
 Lacadie" (,SV// . Di-al*, i. f. 7f>). This have had some connection with the two 
 is nothing more, however, than a coin- here mentioned. The year is 1651, six 
 cidcncc in names and numbers. The years after the deed to La Tour. The 
 " Planter " in which Trerise commanded name " Planter " was probably a corn- 
 could hardly be of less than three bun- mon one, however, and nothing can be 
 dred and fifty tons burden ; and the really inferred from it. 
 
22G LKCIlFORirS MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 what help & assistance ho can w" 1 boats <fc men for the speedier 
 loading of the said tobacco aboard the said ship according to 
 the Custome of the Countrcy necessary attendance for safety 
 of the said ship exccpted. And the said Samuel Maverickc in 
 behalfe of himselfe & his Company doth hereby Covenant A: 
 promise to and w th tlic said Nicholas Trerisc that he the said 
 Samuel & his Company shall A: will provide the said quantity 
 of two hundred tunnes of tobacco as aforesaid within the 
 time afore praelixed and shall & will pay or caused to be payd 
 unto the said Master or his Assignes fower pounds & tenn shil 
 lings for every tinin of tobacco taken in on his or their account 
 accounting lower hoggshcads of Virginia casks to a tun one 
 thousand and three hundred pounds of leafe tobacco and 
 two thousand pounds of rould tobacco in bulke to a tunne. 
 This aforcs d money to be payd one halfc at twenty dayes after 
 the said ships arivall at her porte of Discharge* w ch is London 
 if no other place be agreed on in the interim by a joynt Con 
 sent of the said Master & loaders & the other halfe at twenty 
 dayes after the said twenty dayes. Good security being given 
 by the loaders for the payment of the aforesaid money viz 
 the whole quantity of the said Tobacco or so much as the said 
 Master shall thinke fitttobo Dctcyned in his hands or custody 
 for payment <fe satisfaccon of the aforesaid summes of money 
 and if payment be not made at the times afore prefixed then 
 the said Master may Dispose of as much as will pay the freight 
 and to lie accountable to the loaders for the remainder of the 
 said Tobacco. In witncsse whereof the partyes abovesaid have 
 hereunto interchangeably set their hands & scales the day <t 
 yeare first above written. [3s. 6?.] 
 
 The will of Mr Willm Bernard 1 of Charlcstowne 15. 0. 
 1G39. [3*.] 
 
 A Supplication for the shopkeepers of Boston M^ Cogan 2 <fc 
 the rest to the ficnall Cort 13. 9. 1039. [2s. Grf.] 
 
 1 Of William r>amanl there is a note 2 John Cogan was this year one of 
 
 in Wyman s Chnrlcstown Estates and the selectmen, and was one, of the town 
 
 Genealogies : " Inhabitant 1(542-3 ; constables as well. His house nnd shop 
 
 m. Alice, who was adm. church 1. (."), were on the northeast corner made by 
 
 1645." Other mention is lacking. State Street and Washington, next to 
 
LECUFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 227 
 
 John Evercd als Webb of Boston Planter conveys to John 
 Ilansctt ! of Boston husbandman one jrardcn of halfe an acre 
 or thereabouts lying betwccnc the lands of goodman Reynolds 
 ou the north <fc the lands of Richard Wayt on the south & the 
 lands of Nicholas Parker on the east <fc the highway on the 
 west for 91. In prcscncia mei & Willi Hcrickc. [Is. Gd.~\ 
 
 [139] For the Country. 
 
 The writing of the receipt of the Inhabitants of Dover Kit- 
 tcry & Oyster river into the Protect-on of this Jurisdiccon. 
 [Is. Grf.] 
 
 The Commission to M? Bradstrcate for those places. [Is.] 
 
 The Institution & limitation of the Counccll of this Juris- 
 diccon. [2.] 
 
 Another of the same. [2.] 
 
 Chartn libortatis. [2.-0.] 
 
 The Act of the publiquc & private tenure of land. [1.] 
 
 The division of the Plantation into shires. [1.] 
 
 the house of tho Rev. John Wilson and 
 opposite that of ( nptain Robert Keayne, 
 who lived on the southeast corner. These 
 three houses were v pn the open Market 
 Place, where the Old State House was 
 afterwards built, while just across Wash 
 ington Street was built, a year or two 
 later, the Meeting-House. At this time 
 the Meet ing- House was on the south side 
 of State Street, some few steps below 
 Robert Keayne s (Book of Possessions, 
 G. 60, 64, 81, 84, 85, pp. 98-103). 
 
 1 John Ilansett, called in the church 
 record " servant of our pastor, John 
 Wilson," moved after this to Braintroe, 
 where he may have lived on Wilson s 
 land there, or acted as overseer, and 
 again to Roxbury, and died in 1684. 
 John Evcred, as well as Stephen Evered 
 (perhaps his brother), always appears as 
 "alias Webb," and later in the Note 
 book &* " Webb als [blank]" (p. 224). 
 He came from Wiltshire, where, accord 
 ing to Savage, W T ebb is a common name ; 
 
 went to Chclmsford, and then to Dra- 
 cut, and died in 1068. This I get from 
 Savage. But lie bought in 1658 the 
 house of Richard Hutchinson, of Lon 
 don, with the ground whereon the Old 
 Corner Bookstore now stands. He sold 
 the property, or a part of it, in 1661 
 (ShurtlefTs Boston, p. 675). This, I 
 suppose, was just before his removal to 
 Chelmsford, where he was representa 
 tive 1663-1655. The garden, of half 
 an acre or thereabouts, is easily iden 
 tified. It was on the east side of Wash 
 ington Street, south of Milk Street. 
 [Savage thought it might bo "unavail 
 ing to ask why this family is described 
 in all the records by a double surname." 
 A fact mentioned in Fuller s Church 
 iristori/ (p. 110) suggests a probable an 
 swer. In the reign of Edward III. many 
 Dutch tradesmen emigrated to Eng 
 land from the Netherlands; and "I am 
 informed," says Fuller, "that a prime 
 Dutch clothmaker in Glocestershire had 
 
228 
 
 LECUFUIW S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 Richard Carter 1 of Boston & Matling Knight of the same 
 doe undertake for 51 to fell & cutt out the wood growing in a 
 swampe of Nicholas Parkers at Rumney marsh 2 within 26 
 daycs after the date hereof & to place them in hcapcs fit for 
 carriage & reasonable hurdcns fitt for a man easily to carry. 
 
 For every great lighter load of Ed : Bcndalls 23s. 4d. If the 
 worke come to more they are to have more if lesse to repay 
 what it comes short. [Gd.~\ 
 
 Lieuten 1 Robert Fekc of Watcrton in New England gent 
 
 and 
 
 Sargeant William 
 
 Palmer of Yarmouth in New 
 
 Eng- 
 
 the surname of Web [i. e, weaver] given 
 him by King Edward there, a family 
 still [1048-1655] famous for their man 
 ufacture." T.j The lot is in the Book 
 of Possessions (p. 81, F, 4*J), standing in 
 the name of Edward Fletcher. It has 
 the same abutters, except Nathaniel 
 Bishop, instead of Nicholas Parker. 
 Bishop s lot (in 1C 15, or thereabouts) 
 was immediately between Fletcher s and 
 Parker s, and it is probable that he 
 purchased it after the date of this 
 grant. 
 
 1 Richard Carter, of Boston, is gen 
 erally called a carpenter. He had a 
 house, bought just about this time, of 
 William Hudson, Jr., on the west side 
 of Washington Street, near Boylston 
 Street, then well out in the suburbs. 
 Of Matling Knight, I find mention sev 
 eral times in the Town Record and else 
 where. He was admitted townsman 
 March 31, 1615, and was appointed 
 fence- viewer at Muddy River in 1653. 
 There arc other unimportant references 
 to him and to his house, which, I think, 
 was somewhere in the region of Seollay 
 Square, near the corner of Hanover and 
 Washington streets; though I am not 
 certain of it, for he has no land in the 
 Bonk of Possessions (Boston Town Rec 
 ords, i. 114; Book of Possessions, p. Ill; 
 H. 11). 
 
 2 The land here spoken of is the 
 great allotment made in 1637 to Mr. 
 Henry Vane (Town Records, i. 27), 
 which by this time had come into the 
 possession of Nicholas Parker. Here see 
 p. 141, post, and note thereon. As for 
 Edward Bendall, it was one of his avo 
 cations to keep the ferry over to Noddles 
 Island and to the ships riding before 
 the town. But it is likely enough that 
 he had a "great lighter" on purpose to 
 do such work as the present. There is 
 much in Lech ford, which the careful 
 reader will remember, on the subject, of 
 a great lighter owned by Richard Parker 
 and Edward Bendall, and managed by 
 one Thomas Hedger. But I cannot say 
 that that must be the same lighter as 
 the one here referred to. The ques 
 tion of lighters becomes more involved 
 on the inspection of these extracts 
 (dates and all) from the Colonial Record 
 (i. 165, 181), March 3, 1635-1636: 
 "Ordered, that there shall be xxl 
 gyven Edward Bnidal out of the trea 
 sury towards the loss of his lighter;" 
 and October 25, 1636 : " Whereas Ed 
 ward Bendall had 20* yielded toward the 
 loss of the lighter and that the lighter 
 was recovered the Court allowed him 121 
 out of the 201 \ v ch he should have had, 
 if it had been lost towards his charge k 
 hindrance." 
 
LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 229 
 
 land <fc Judith his wife, and Toby as Feke 1 a^cd 17 sonne & 
 Daughter of James Fckc, latoof London goldsmith Deceased 
 makes a le!^ of Attorney to Tobyas IHxon Citizen <fc mercer of 
 London to sell one tenement or house & shopp in Lombard 
 street London held of the Company of Goldsmiths in London 
 whereof he dyed poss cd , late in the occupations of one Bramp- 
 ton. dat 5. 10* 1030. coram Jo Winthrop Gov r James 
 Luxford 2 & mcipsc. [3s. J 
 
 The Information of Edward Hall of Ipswich servant to 
 Richard Salstonstall Esqr to the right wor 11 the Governor & 
 Counsellors <fe Assistants in the Court of assis ts now assembled : 
 This informant saith that he knowcth Mar mad like Pierce 3 of 
 Salem tayler knew his late servant a boy of about thirteen 
 yoares of age Deceased upon whose Death the said Marmaduke 
 WUH lately arraigned iu tho Court at Boston as for a supposed 
 Murder of the said boy And this inform 1 saith that he can de 
 pose upon his oath if this Court please that when he wrought 
 
 1 Tobyas Feke is not noted in Savage, 
 and so I suppose is not heard of again 
 in New England. William Palmer was 
 brought to Plymouth by his father, of 
 the same name, in L621. When married 
 (in 1(534), he lived at Scituate, and after 
 ward at Yarmouth. Savage says he 
 moved to Yarmouth "before 1643," 
 which we may amend to "before 1<>39." 
 lie became a lieutenant later, and died 
 in Newtown, L. I., before 16 Jl. 
 
 2 The appearance of the names of 
 James Luxford and John Winthrop re 
 calls the frequent mention of the "un 
 faithfulness of my servant Luxford" in 
 the n- inthrop I apc.rs (4 Muss. Hist. 
 Coll. vi. k vii. passim). It is curious 
 that the two should have been together 
 at this time, for it must have been very 
 close upon the time of Luxlord s broach 
 with Winthrop. Hugh Peters says: 
 "James Luxford was at Saugust when 
 I came by. I have layd out for him." 
 This is in a letter evidently written after 
 Winthrop s misfortunes, dated Salem, 
 
 Dec. 26, 1639 (4 Mass. Hist. Coll 
 vii. 202). James Luxford is also noticed 
 in the Colonial Record as having two 
 wives, and being punished for the same 
 (i. 245, 283, 295). 
 
 3 The trial of Marmaduke Pierce for 
 the murder of his servant is related 
 shortly by Winthrop (i. 319), from 
 whom, and also from the Colonial Rec 
 ord, I take these facts. He was first 
 accused Sept. 3, 1639; but the mat 
 ter not seeming quite clear, it was 
 put off till the next Quarter Court to be 
 tried. At this trial the jury could not 
 agree, and the case was continued, Pierce 
 being let out on bail. This deposition 
 in Lechford was sworn to on December 
 3 of that year, and, with this additional 
 evidence and perhaps more that we 
 know nothing of, the case was tried 
 December 3, and the jury rendered a 
 verdict of " not guilty." Winthrop says 
 that two of the jury dissented. Pierce 
 was not finally discharged until March 
 of the next year. 
 
230 LECUFUllD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 for the said Harmadukc at his house in Salem in or about the 
 first moncth last was twelve inoneth the said Marmaduke 
 having whipped this said boy for mooching the next morning 
 after the whipping he eame voluntarily & shewed this inform* 
 his body to see how his said Master had whipped him and this 
 informant saith that the said boy did put downc his breeches 
 before this informant and he lifted up the said boys shirt & 
 viewed his body well both behind & before & his Doublctt 
 being some thing loose this inform 1 saw also the sd boys 
 wast & halfe way up his backe & this inform 1 saith he saw the 
 marks of stripes upon the said boys buttocks on both sides red 
 <fe wales but no blood neither did this informt see any signe of 
 stripe upon the said boys belly forepart of his theighes wast 
 or any parte of his backe but all the said parts of his body 
 besides his buttockes were white & faire and this inform 1 
 believeth [140] the said correction was w th a* rod upon w ch 
 whipping this inform 111 saith that within a day or such a space 
 after one M? Pcrin of Salem brought home the said boy to the 
 house of the said Marmaduke & Ml Pcrin then said he had seen 
 how the said boy was whipped & therefore wished the said 
 Marmaduke Pierce his wife he being then from home to give 
 the said boy some victualls & to spare any further correction for 
 that time for that he thought the boy had sufiicient correction 
 for that time or spake words to that effect. And this inform 1 
 saith that he hath heard one good man Walker of Salem did 
 upon the same whipping meete w th the said boy in the woods & 
 together w th the said M? Perrin saw the signes of the said stripes. 
 And further this inf onnt saith that upon the sixt day of tin: 
 fourth moncth last past he met the said boy at the Townes end 
 of Salem & this informant seeing him hold his head aside asked 
 him what ayled him whereto the said boy answered that he had 
 bin keeping of goats or swine & sitting in the woods under a 
 tree a limbe of the tree fell downc upon him & struck his head 
 & said that his head was very sore and this informant told him 
 that he doubted he had bin a mooching as he was wont to do 
 & wished him to tell his Master & Dame of his sore head and 
 this informant hath heard the sayd boy dyed upon or about the 
 thirteenth day of the same fourth inoneth And also this 
 
LECIIFORD S MAXUXC111PT NOTE-BOOK. 231 
 
 infor mt saith tliat whilcst he wrought w th the said Marmaduke 
 w ch was about the space of fortnight the said boy complaycd 
 to tliis inform" 1 for want of vietualls as he said and the said 
 Marmadukc complayned to this infor 1 " 1 agt the said boy for 
 lyinir mooching & idlenesse the like wherefore this inform 111 
 gave the said boy as good counsel! as he could but; told not him 
 or his Master cacli others Com I>lta and did observe that at din 
 ners constantly during that space the said boy had vietualls 
 enough k to leave: A: lastly this informant saith that he did 
 ever it doth still take the said Marmadukc for a moderate <fc 
 Christianlikc man. And further this informant cannot say or 
 depose materially. [2. Gc?.j 
 
 Willm Wintered 1 mortgagcth ccrtaine lands at Ipswich to 
 Will m Tynge merchant w th proviso or com! icon to satislic 
 Mr Tynge all Debts & lawful! demands within twelve moncths. 
 Dated J. 10. 1G39. Coram Tho : Burton Robto Fekc ct mc- 
 ipse. [2x.] 
 
 An account of the widdowe ha! field at suit of W m Whitcred. 
 
 Ingrosment,.of the last will & Testament of Roger Ilarlaken- 
 den 2 Ksqr & the Inventoric. [Gs.J 
 
 Received of Mr Bcllingham 26 No : 1639 upon account to 
 the Country 5*. 
 
 Received of him more 12. 22. - 2s. 
 
 [141] To write for Willm Palmer to M? Dixson at the goat 
 in Lumbard street mercer to excuse a bill of Exr charged upon 
 
 1 I > ;xn make nothing of this agree- Thomas Burton of Uingham, whom I 
 
 nnMit. AYhitoreil is only mentioned in find in Savage, or not, having nothing 
 
 I.ochford (in the next entry), and is not to guide inc. The "widdowe half) old" 
 
 found anywhcM-e else that I know of, nor I t;d<e to lx: the relict of Richard IlafFec, 
 
 can I find any other connection than or llaflield, of Jpswich, who came in 
 
 this paper between either of the parties 1(5, 55 with his wife Martha, and whose. 
 
 to the agreement and any of the wit- will has date Feb. 17, 1GI59. 
 nesses. Indeed, I know not if the 2 Roger llarlarkendeu died Nov. 16, 
 
 Thomas Burton here mentioned be 1038. 
 
232 LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 him to one Edmund Anger 1 of Cambridge for his occasions a 
 new plant <fc his wife lying in & to advise him of the Lc r of At 
 torney & further writing, to buy 10* of butter & to spend the 
 rest in linncn & wollen cloath for a suit & coate & a gowne for 
 his wife of good broadcloth, viz buckram & a piece of good 
 stuf fc for pettycoates a Dozen of shoocs halfe a dozen for women 
 7 n3 & so many for men ( J U3 six paire of russet bootes 9 na 3 for 
 winter & 3 for summer. & a coppy of the le r of attorney. 
 [Is. GcZ.] 
 
 John Winthrop Esqr Governor of the Jurisdiction of the M : 
 &c for 801 sells to John Newgate of Boston ifeltmaker One 
 Lott of upland 2 lying neare llumney marsh conteyning 150 
 acres abutting upon the highway leading to divers mcns lotts 
 on the east and upon the lands <pteyning to Charles-Towne to 
 the west and the lands now of Nicholas Parker sometimes 
 MF Vanes on the south and partly upon the lands of James Pen 
 & partly upon the lands of the said John Newgate on the north 
 pt, in fee : [1-G] 
 
 William Grey 3 makes a letter of Attorney by his brother 
 Henry Grey to Philip White of Pascattaquay mariner against 
 Jeremiah Willis 4 late of Sagus als Lynne for 31 11s. 16s. G(/. 
 charge to sue him at Plymouth & 5s. for a short hand booke. 
 
 1 Edmund Angier had lived \vitli with one exception, the name of Mr. 
 John Cotton in Lincolnshire, and had Vane stands in the Town Record, while 
 intended to embark with him. He did "Nicholas Parker sometimes Mr Vane s" 
 not, however, come over until 1636, and is in Lechford. The third name is 
 was not made freeman until 1640. that of James Penn, above mentioned, 
 
 2 This land was given to Winthrop who had fifty acres. The fourth name 
 Jan. 8, 1637-1638 [Boston Record, on the list is that of John Newgate 
 i. 27], in the portioning of the great aforesaid, who received one hundred and 
 allotments at Rumney Marsh from the twelve acres. 
 
 town of Boston. The lirst name in the 8 Concerning these and other Greys, 
 
 allotment is " Mr. Henry Vane, Esq.," there is much confusion. Savage men- 
 
 who received two hundred acres, which, tions no William Grey, and this men- 
 
 as will be remembered, were now iu the tion of his brother Henry is too vague 
 
 possession of Nicholas Parker. The for identification. 
 
 next name is that of John Winthrop, the < "Jeremiah Willis, Lynn, 1637, 
 
 elder, who received one hundred and found in freeman s list at Newport, 
 
 fifty acres, described precisely as above, 1655" (Sdvcigc). 
 
LJ CIJrORD S MAXCSCn/I T NOTK-KOOK. 233 
 
 Willm Pester, 1 an affidavit 11. 9. 1G39. [Is.] 
 
 Articles of Agreement made the 9 th day of January Anno 
 Pmi 1(189 betwcene Edward Uralc 2 of Bristoll of the one partc 
 and William Pester of Salem in New England mercer of the 
 other parte as folio wet h 
 
 Imprimis the said Edward tleale doth hereby for himselfe 
 his heires executors and administrators Covenant promise and 
 grant to <t with the said William Pester his executors admin 
 istrators and assignes by these presents that he the said Ed 
 ward Ileale his heires executors or administrators shall <fc will 
 pay or cause to be payd unto the said William Pester his exec 
 utors administrators or assignes the summe of sixty-five pounds 
 sixteenc shillings and eight pence together w th all such Dam- 
 mages as he or they hath bin or shall be iustly put unto for 
 not-pay mcnt of the said money from the twenty-lift day of 
 March last past, upon the [Wawfc] day of [blank ] next ensuing 
 the date hereof at or in the Insurance oilicc in or ncare the 
 royall exchange London. 
 
 Item the said Willm Pester doth for himselfe his heires 
 executors & administrators and assignes covenant promise and 
 grant to and w th the said Edward Healc his executors adminis 
 trators and assignes by these presents that he the said William 
 Pester his heires executors administrators or assignes shall & 
 will accept of so much money as the nync hundred weight 
 of tobacco w ch the said William Pester heretofore had of the 
 said Edward Ileale & one Richard Barnhousc 3 are or shall 
 be sold for by the said William Pester his executors adminis- 
 
 1 William Pester, mercer of Salem, Bristol, which gives me the impression 
 since 1G37. He must l>e the one who that he was not in America for any 
 owed " the country for wine bought and length of time, particularly as his dwell- 
 souhl fortie one shillings & eight pence." ing-place is not stated in any of the re- 
 (M<is,<i. CoU. Rcc. \. 225), though the ferences to him made heretofore. 
 
 trade of mercer seems hardly compatible 3 Richard Barnhousc may have been 
 
 with that of a wine-seller. Savnge snys: Richard Barnes of Marlborough (see 
 
 " Salem 16^7 when with grant of land Savage), but 1 think, rather, that he was 
 
 he had the prefix of respect, yet aban- an Englishman, or more likely a Virgin- 
 
 doned the country in 1G42, and ten years ian, with whom Ilcale had had dealings 
 
 later not being heard of, his wife Dorothy (see ante, p. 132, where is mention of 
 
 had leave to marry again." Heale s connection with Viiginia). 
 
 2 Edward Ileale is here called of 
 
2o4 LECH FORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 trators or assigncs according to their best endeavours in parte 
 of payment of the said summc of sixtie five pounds sixteenc 
 shillings & eight pence and Pammages if the said Tobacco 
 shall be as aforesaid sold for lesse than the said suinnie and 
 Pammngcs but if the said Tobacco is or shall be as aforesaid 
 sold for more than the said summc and Pammages then the 
 said William Pester his heires executors adm tb or assg shall & 
 will pay and allow all the iust overplus of the said money unto 
 the said Edward lleale his executors adm rs or ass? within one 
 weekc after lawfull demand thereof by him or them to be made. 
 Item it is agreed and fully condescended unto by and bc- 
 twccne the said partyes to these presents that all former bills 
 bonds writings deeds covenants and promises made to each 
 other concerning the premises other than these presents & the 
 writings abovesaid now agreed to be made are & shall be voyd 
 & of none effect and each to release the other.of them pres 
 ently And that the said W m P. 
 
 In witnesse <tc 
 
 Item it is agreed and fully condescended unto by and be- 
 twcene the partyes to these presents that each of them shall 
 presently become bounden each to the other in one bond of 
 [MiMfc] pounds apeece for the effectual performance of these 
 present articles. [2. Qd. payment taken here about o. 4.] 
 
 [142] Mr Micklethwayt agreed w th me for to let me tin; 
 chamber &c at 5* a ycare from the first of September 1030 to 
 be payd quarterly or after that rate whensoever I goe away. 
 His time also began 1. Aug : before w c - h moneth he alloweth 
 me for the writings w ch I made for M r bemis 8s. and hence 
 forward to pay the rent to Mr Hill. 23? 11? 1030. 
 
 Tno: LECHFORD NATHANIELL MICKLETIIWAITE. 
 
 James Pen sells to Nicholas Parker 50 acres of land lying 
 at llumney Marsh l lying bctweene the Lands of John Newgate 
 feltmaker for28l to be pd 1. 4. 
 
 1 This fifty acres was James Penn s received something less than 11s. an 
 allotment before spoken of. Winthrop acre for his land. James Penn received 
 
LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 235 
 
 Articles of agreement & other writings made bctwccne Ed 
 ward Tyng merchant & Thomas Cornell 1 of Boston 30. 11 
 1G30. [10s.] 
 
 Job Judkin tunics over Willm Boreman and he placcth 
 himselfe apprentice to Thomas Withcrley mariner for six 
 ycarcs by Indenture dated 30. 11. 1G30. [2s.] 
 
 Robert Harding conveys his ground where his house stood 
 &c. to Robert Keaync Richard Parker & John Cogaii & their 
 heires. 12. 1. 1031). [Is. IM.] 
 
 A writing for Mf Cogan agt Timothy Hawkins. 2 12. 1. 
 1G39. [Is.] 
 
 A mortgage by Edward Bcndall to Willm Tyng merchant 
 11. 20. 1G39 for 108 to be paid 20. 6. 1G39. coram Tho : 
 Burton 3 & mcipse. [2. G.] 
 
 something more than 11.9. an acre. The 
 difference, however, was only about six 
 pence an aero. Edward Ty.ng, a Boston 
 merchant, "early wrote! himself brewer," 
 says Savage, as we shall see later (see 
 post, p. 144). He was a man of great 
 influence in the Colony, as was also his 
 elder brother William, of whom Lech 
 ford makes frequent mention. He lived 
 to an old age and died in 1681. He had 
 two sons and several daughters. Of 
 these last, Hannah married Habijah 
 Savago, son of Thomas Savage, and 
 at his death, Major-General Qookiii ; 
 Deliverance married Daniel Searle ; Re 
 becca, Joseph Dudley, afterwards gover 
 nor ; and Eunice, Samuel W ilia I d, Vice- 
 president of Harvard College. 
 
 1 Of Thomas Cornell little is known. 
 He is said to have removed, in 1654, to 
 Rhode Island, where he was freeman in 
 1655. Job Judkin must have received 
 William Boreman from William Towns- 
 hend of Boston, thatcher, to whom, the 
 reader may remember, Boreman was 
 intrusted by Richard Gridley. Either 
 
 Boreman was apt at the learning of 
 trades, or his character may be inferred 
 from his name. Hi; makes lour changes 
 in the course of six months, thus experi 
 encing four trades, each of which re 
 quires six years completely to master 
 it. This transfer to Thomas Witlierly 
 removes him from Lechford. I suspect 
 that he went to Wetherslield, Connecti 
 cut (see ante, p. 105, note). Of Job Jud 
 kin nothing is known except the names 
 (and dates of the birth und death) of 
 his wife and live children, for which the 
 inquiring reader may consult Savage. 
 
 2 Timothy Hawkins I suppose to be 
 the carpenter of that name mentioned 
 later in Lechford. He was, I believe, of 
 Watcrtown ; but I can find but little 
 mention of him, except in the Colonial 
 Record (i. 112, 244), where he is fined 
 for selling (and drinking) strong water. 
 I do not think he was ever freeman of 
 the Colony. 
 
 8 Thomas Burton (perhaps the one 
 mentioned ante, p. 140) may have been 
 the man of that name who, Avltfc others, 
 
236 
 
 LECH FORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 A grant by James Pen to Nicholas Parker of the 50 acres 
 aforesaid upon condicon of paym* of 28*. 4. 2. 1G40. [2. 6.] 
 
 I payd Nathaniel Ileaton 1 for full of writings <fc cutting 
 wood. 11. 31. 1039. 5s. 
 
 I payd John Ilurd 2 delivered to his wife by Sara our mayd 
 for making my wi.t^s gowne. 12. 1. 1639. 8s. 
 
 I payd Thomas Marshall 3 before hand for Wood delivered 
 by my wife to his wife in the 10 moncth last past. 1* 
 
 became obnoxious to the General Court 
 on account of his views on government. 
 There is little for or against this theory, 
 except that I can find no other of the 
 name, and think it likely that Lechi ord 
 would have had some dealings with the 
 agitator if he were at this time in 
 Boston (sec Winth., ii. 262, 302). 
 
 1 Nathaniel Ileaton was of Boston as 
 early as 1(534. He died shortly after 
 this date (about 1644 or 1G45, 1 should 
 say), and his wife Eliza married succes 
 sively two husbands, both of whom she 
 survived. 
 
 * John Hard, the tailor, had his 
 house and garden on Washington Street, 
 iKitwocn Summer and Bedford. His 
 shop may have been there too ; but I 
 think from some words in the Town 
 Record that it was somewhere north of 
 the Town Dock. [The Town Record says 
 (vol. i. p. 101): " M r . Glover and Brother 
 Burden hath set unto them the ground 
 before their proprietyes, so Fare as from 
 the Corner of M? Webs house to the 
 Corner of Goodman Hurds Shop upon a 
 streiglit line." (Hover and Burden lived 
 next each other on the north side of 
 Dock Square, being then directly on the 
 water, opposite the Town Dock. There 
 is, however, no mention of either Webb 
 or Ilurd in the neighborhood, nor of 
 Glover ami Burden living beside each 
 other, as this extract would seem to 
 
 imply they did, in any other part of the 
 town. But it seems to me that this was 
 not an unlikely place for a tailor s shop. 
 Thomas Savage tiie tailor and John 
 Newgate the hatter had shops in Ed 
 ward Gibbons s house; nearly opposite, 
 and George Burden, just mentioned, was 
 a shoemaker. These last facts are from 
 the Book of Possessions, which was com 
 piled between 1645 and 1C50, while tin- 
 date of the extract from the Town Record 
 is March 31, IGJl.] 
 
 3 "Great indulgence," says Savage, 
 "in speaking of Thomas Marshall the 
 ferryman, must be granted to investigat. 
 a. this name, for nno. Thomas, Boston 
 1(543." There are, also, two other 
 Thomas Marshalls of date near enough 
 to this, one of Reading and one of Dor 
 chester. Every one of these four had a 
 wife at this time, so we get small help 
 from that quarter. Nevertheless, I think 
 that the one here mentioned is the 
 Thomas Marshall who kept the ferry to 
 Charlestown, and it is not unlikely 
 that he brought the wood from some of 
 the lots at Rumney Marsh in which we 
 have interested ourselves just above. 
 If this be the man, like many more of 
 Lei.-hford s friends he had been disfran 
 chised and disarmed in the Wheelwright 
 times, but afterwards rose to some dis 
 tinction in the town history. 
 
LECUFOUD S MAM SCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 237 
 
 Since \v cb timc 1 had of Itini six loads of wood at 5s. so I owe 
 him 1 Os. And I payd Zacheus Bosworth l "2s, for 2 loads 
 briiiji-ing & owe him for y c rest 4.s\ 12. 3. 1G39. 
 
 I writt 5 coppies more of ihc Lawes for the Country by the 
 direction of our Governor. 11. 8. 1039. [12.s>. GJ.] 
 
 Seven of them & the former had 3 lawcs more added. 
 [3.s. 0.7. ] 
 
 A Coppie of the Abstract of the Lawes of New England dd 
 to the Governor 11. 15. 1G39. [5. G.] 
 
 And 12 Coppies of the said Lawcs first delivered vizt in 10 
 last, [11 10s.] 
 
 I wrote M r Keayncs answerc before the Elders to M! Sals- 
 tonstalls letter the answer dated 11. 3. 1G39. llec Gd. & ISd. 
 allowed him for an houreglassc. [2.] 
 
 Received of Mf Kcayne G* of Spanish tobacco upon account 
 11. 12. 1G39. And I owe him one load of wood a good load. 
 
 I payd M! Burton for malt cheese & irons ll & owe him 
 8s. \)d. in 10 last. 
 
 For writing a Coppy of the breviat of the body of Lawes for 
 the Country. 12.5.39. [3s.] 
 
 [143] The 3 lawes added to the Copie of Lawcs for Dor 
 chester dd. to the Constable 12. G. 1039. [6<7.] 
 
 1 Zacchcus, or Zachariali, Bosworth in 1G37, and also in that of the richer 
 
 was early of Boston, and may have come inhabitants wlio contributed the year 
 
 with Winthrop. In the Town Ifrc.ordft, before to the support of Daniel Maude 
 
 when: he is once or twiee mentioned, as schoolmaster. We have often had 
 
 he goes by the name of "Zackie" or occasion to refer to these lists, and shall 
 
 "Zaehe," as though nobody \vas very undoubtedly again; for almost every 
 
 sure as to which Christian name was Boston man mentioned by Lech ford 
 
 in right his. His name, or nickname, figures in one or other of them, as is 
 
 is found in the list of those disarmed indeed most natural. 
 
238 LECllFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 The 3 lawcs added to 4 more of the said Coppics brought 
 by the marshall 12. 11. 39. [2s.] 
 
 Three Copycs of the said brcviat delivered to the Coverno r 
 besides the first 12. 12. 1039 Coppy dd to M? B for an old 
 hogshed. [96-.] 
 
 One Coppy of the said breviate delivered to Mf Bcllingham 
 w th one coppy of tlic originall Institution <t limitation of the 
 Councell at 4s. and 2s. "l2. 17. 1639. [1. 2.] 
 
 Three bills of exchange bctwcene Thomas Nicholls and 
 David Ollley l for 21 l to be payd by George Nichols to 
 Stephen Offley in 15 daycs after sight any time after 1. July 
 px!2. 20. 39. [1 G.] 
 
 Received of M. Bellingham 12. 22. 1G39. 2s." 
 
 For drawing Articles for Ml: Cradocke & Gould & Putnam 
 &c. 12. 27. [6s.] 
 
 Seven coppycs more of the said breviate. [I 1 Is.] 
 
 Be it known unto all men by these presents that we Web- 
 cowitcs and the Squa Sachem of Misticke wife of the said 
 Webcowitcs calling to mindc and well considering the many 
 kindnesses & bcncfitts we have received from the hands of 
 Captaine Edward Giboncs 2 of Boston in New England in 
 pade of requitall whcrof and for our tender love and good 
 
 1 David Ofll.-y. See note, p. 104, Salem lie became converted from whnt- 
 
 anfe. ever Morton ism he may have had, and 
 
 - I think this is the first mention of hecame freeman early in 1031, his name 
 Captain Edward CJibbons in Lechford. being in the first list of those admitted. 
 lie is too well known to make it ne- He shortly afterwards moved to Boston, 
 cessary to insert in this place any where he became one of the most prom- 
 description of his life, but a few dates incut citizens. In Colony matters he 
 may be some help to the reader s mem- was also forward, being almost continn- 
 ory. lie was with Morton, of Merry- ally deputy from Boston between 1634 
 mount, before the settlement of the town and 1641. lie was always employed in 
 of Boston, and lived in Salem 1G29, some any enterprise relating to military mat- 
 little time before moving to Boston. In ters, both by the town and the Colony. 
 
Ll CllFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 239 
 
 respect that we doe bcarc to Jotham Giboncs Sonnc and 
 lleirc Apparent of the said Captaine Giboncs doc hereby of 
 our o\vne motion & accord give and grant unto the said 
 Jotham Giboncs the reversion of all that parcel of land w ch 
 lyes against the ponds at Mistickc aforesaid together \v tb 
 the said ponds all w ch we reserved from Charlcstownc and 
 Cambridge late called Ncwtowne And all herrcditamcnts 
 and appurtenances thereunto belonging after the Death of 
 the said Sachem To have and to hold the said Reversion 
 of the said parcel of land and ponds and all <fe singularc the 
 premises w th the appurtenances unto the said Jotham Gib- 
 ones his heires & Assigncs for ever In witncsse whereof we 
 have hereunto set our hands & scales the thirteenth day of 
 the eleventh moneth in the [Wanjfcl yearc so Declared by 
 Christians One thousand six hundred thirty and nync and in 
 the ffiftccnth yeare of the raigne of King Charles of England 
 tvc Willing that these be recorded before our much hon 
 oured friends the Governor of Mattachusctts 13 ay in New 
 England and the rest of the Magistrates there for perpetual 
 remembrance of this thing. [2 G, r. Is.] 
 
 In 1H30 ho was chosen lieutenant for sachems. It wns with tho desire of 
 
 Boston, tho rcdoubtablo John ITiitlerhill treating with tho "Sipui Sachem" that 
 
 being captain, and Kobert Harding Miles Standish niado his explorations 
 
 ensign. He had been ensign to Under- about Boston some nine years before the 
 
 hill for two years. In 1637 he was in town was settled. She lived on good 
 
 the Artillery Company, and in 1041 was terms with the Colonists, bartering land 
 
 its captain, as well as twice in later with them, and receiving a "coate" each 
 
 years. In 1G49 he was made, major- winter from the town of Cambridge, as 
 
 general of all the Massachusetts forces, well as corn from the same town (which 
 
 and in lOTiO was made assistant. He did not supply these small luxuries 
 
 died Dec. 0, 1051. He had been pos- regularly without some orders from the 
 
 sesscd of considerable! fortune, but had General Court). This deed in Leehford 
 
 probably suffered large losses towards may be found (with some small differ- 
 
 the end of his life, having been mixed ences in text) in Sufi. Deeds, L, 1, f. 43, 
 
 up in the La Tour complications, entered in the year 1040. The "Sijua 
 
 and being on the whole rather more Sachem" made her sign (a bow and 
 
 adventurous than steady-going as a arrow) first, and Wcbcowitos second. 
 
 merchant. Webcowites was her second husband, 
 
 As for AVebcowites (or Webba Cowet, and had formerly been only mcdicine- 
 
 as it is sometimes written) and the man. Jotham Gibbons was at this time 
 
 "Squa Sachem " of Misticlce, they were about six years old. 
 both well known among the friendly 
 
240 LLCllFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 A petition fur Richard Crichlcy l & his wife 1. 3. 1039. 
 
 Kno\vo all men by these presents that whereas 1 David 
 Ol fley of Boston in New England gentleman did heretofore 
 receive of Robert Bowen 2 of Boston aforesaid Cutler one case 
 of Knives of the value of [///</</] shillings upon condition to 
 pay him ten pounds upon the birth of a child w ch he should 
 have by his next wife and did promise to scale him a bond 
 or bill for the same when he should require it and wheras 
 his former wife is dead as he saith <fc he hath since married 
 another Now 1 the said David Oi lley in performance of my 
 said promise doe hereby acknowledge myselfe to be indebted 
 unto the said Robert Bowcn the summe of ten pounds to be 
 payd unto the said Robert Bowen his executors administra 
 tors or assigncs upon the birth of a child w ch lift shall have by 
 his present wife for the w cb payment well & truly to be made 
 1 bynd me my heires executors & administrators firmly by 
 these presents sealed w th my scale Dated the third day of 
 the first inoneth Anno Dmi 1G39. [9s. Gd.~\ 
 
 [144] A letter of Attorney for M: Thomas Mayhewe 3 & 
 Jane his wife for her sonne to 3 Attorneys fcc. [il G.] 
 
 Articles of agreement 4 betwecne M* John Wilson Pastor of 
 the Church of Boston & Richard Wright 1. 3. 1G39. [Gs.] 
 
 1 I do not find this petition men- 4 These articles of agreement I sup- 
 
 tioned in the Colonial Record. Critch- pose to be on some subject eonneeted 
 
 ley was a blacksmith who lived on Court with Mr. Wilson s land at Braintree, 
 
 Street (where S. S. Pierce has hud his which was granted to him in 1034 in 
 
 store so many years). His wile was exchange for land which he held at 
 
 Alice, the widow of William Dinely and Mystic. liicluiril Wright was of Boston 
 
 mother of Fathergone Dinely, born after about this time ; but as he is always 
 
 the death of her husband. The house mentioned in connection with alfairs at 
 
 and land belonged to the heirs, and was Mount Wollaston, I do not think that 
 
 held for them by < ritehley. he lived in the city at all, but rather 
 
 - Bowen I cannot lind any trace of. , m bi s farm, lie has no land in the 
 
 8 Mr. Thomas Mayhew was at this Book of Possessions live or six years later 
 
 time living at Watertown. He did than this date, though his land is men- 
 
 cot move to Martha s Vineyard until tioned as bounding an estate at Mount 
 
 1647. Wollaston. 
 
LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 241 
 
 Borrowed of M* Blackbornc to pay M* Micklcthwayt for 
 house roome 2 f 10$. 1. 9. 1039 to be repayd in a moneth & I 
 payd M Micklethwayt the same for w ch I have his receipt. 
 &c. [payd.] 
 
 James Pen 1 conveys an house sometimes a brew house 
 adjoyning to the ware house ncare to the wharfe in boston 
 w th the ground to the said first mentioned house belonging 
 upon parte of w ch grounds towards the waters syde with an 
 highway leading from the said wharfe to Edward Bendalls 
 wharfe, to Nicholas Parker his heires & assigncs. 
 
 Nicholas Parker conveys the same to Edward Tyng <fc his 
 heires &c. [2.?. I owe M! Parker all reckoning seven beside 
 Is. Qd, for wood, pd.j 
 
 Articles of agreement bctwecne M! John Cogan & Thomas 
 Stocker 2 2. 12. 1640. &c. [5s.] 
 
 Copy of the frcemens oath to goodman Shrimpton. 3 [fid.] 
 
 1 James Penn came in the fleet with on this very street until warned by the 
 "Winthrop, and held several offices in selectmen), and William Franklin, 
 Church and State before his death, in blacksmith. Beyond Wilson s lane 
 1671. The house* "sometimes a brew- (now Devonshire Street) was John Wil- 
 house" is down in the Book of Possessions son s property, running back from 
 in the name of Edward Tyng, who sold State Street, and on the corner of Wash- 
 it in 1651 to James Everill. It was on ington Street was Major Edward Gib- 
 the north side of State Street. The bons s house with two shops, one occu- 
 highway mentioned is now Merchants pied by Thomas Savage, and the other 
 Row, and the south side of Faneuil Hall by John Newgate. 
 Square. The highway I suppose led 2 Of Stocker I find no mention be- 
 along the shore end of the wharves. On fore 1651. Savage s remark is " Chelsea 
 the wav up to what is now Washington nnd Lynn, 1651, 1672," with some de- 
 Street (through Dock Square) from tails as to his wife and children, 
 this wharf, comes first a house of Valen- 3 Goodman Shrimpton I suppose is 
 tine Hill s {whether he had a wharf or " Henry Shrimpton, a Brasyer . . . al- 
 not, I cannot say), and then, aftiT Isaac lowed to be an Inhabitant." 25. 1. 1639 
 Gross* 1 , is the stone house and ware- (Boston Toivn Records, i. 40). As one of 
 house of Edward Bendall, on the cor- the few references to him in the Town 
 ner of Exchange Row with the wharf Rcc.ords mentions a fine of five pounds 
 spoken of. On the highway (beyond for refusing to serve as constable when 
 Exchange Row) came George Foxcroft, elected, I think it by no means un- 
 Robert Nash, the butcher (who was likely that he never cared to incumber 
 in the habit apparently of killing beasts himself with civic responsibility so far 
 
 16 
 
242 LECIIFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 M^ Kcaync 4 bills at Qd. 2 agreements at 12c?. one petieon 
 at Is. 6d. [5 Gdf.] 
 
 To the rijht iuor 11 the Governor Councill $ Assistants $ the 
 rest of the General Cort now Assembled 3. 13. 1640. 
 
 The humble peticon of EDWARD PALMER l carpenter 
 
 Sheweth that he was heretofore fined 5 1 for taking 19*. for the 
 timber of the stocks in Boston w ch was adiudged an excessive 
 price yo r petieoner is heartily sorry for his offence w ch though 
 not great in itselfe yet was of evil example to others and there 
 fore he is the more sory for it, lie confesseth it was 5s. 
 too much w ch he is willing to restore Yet forasmuch as this 
 was his first offence in this kinde & as he is poore <t no 
 wayes able to pay the said fine having a wife & G children all 
 or some of w ch he expects to come forth of England to him 
 shortly he humbly prayes the honourable Court to be pleased 
 to remit unto him the said fine and he shall dayly as in duty 
 he is bound pray for yo r \vurpp s A: the wcale Publicke. [1. 1.] 
 
 Won 11 S r , When 1 came first into the Country w ch was T 
 y cares since upon taking an oath of an Inhabitant hcere in 
 this Jurisdiccon I was promised that I should have all privi 
 leges of a free inhabitant & particularly in Disposing of towne 
 lotts w th other men since w ch time I have bin twice sent forth 
 a souldier from Waterton in the Country s service I never had 
 yet any thing but bare wages for my reward neither hath the 
 Towne of Waterton given me any Lott but some of them 
 say their towne is full & yet I know where ground lyeth un 
 disposed of wherein they may give me a portion if please 
 them I have a wife & child & reason to looke for my subsis- 
 
 cven as to take the freeman s oath. His about a yt?ar before, and Palmer was 
 name is not to be found in the list. His punished by a fine of 5, which was 
 son Samuel, perhaps through filial rev- remitted to 105. With a grim sense 
 erence, some twenty years later refused of humor not wholly foreign to the Cen 
 to serve as constable, and paid a fine of eral Court, he was also set for an hour 
 ten pounds. in these very stoeks. He paid his fine 
 1 We may find this case in the Mtxs. of IG.s. at the Court assembled on the 
 Records. The ollVnee was committed date above (Muss. Col. Rcc., i. 260, 2l>l ). 
 
LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 243 
 
 tencc & the maintenance of my famyly <fc Now upon this my 
 presenting my case unto you I humbly desire yo r worp" 
 Counsell & best help to be afforded to me resting 
 
 Yo r humble servant, 
 
 JOHN SiUBBiN. 1 
 
 Thomas Richards 2 of Wey mouth conveys to Nicholas 
 Butler 3 12 acres more or lesse lying in Dorchester necke 
 being parcell of the lott assigned to the said Thomas. [Is.] 
 
 John Hanset sells an house in Boston & a garden plot 4 of 
 halfe an acre or thereabout lying next to Ralfc Mason on the 
 south & M* Flints house on the north to Thomas Paynter & 
 he conveys it to Thomas Clcrkc 25! 41 [2s.] 
 
 [145] Inventory of John Johnsons goods. [2. G(Z.] 
 
 Releases <fc acquittances by Thomas Barker & Francis 
 Lambert for themselves & John Johnsons children to M r 
 Thomas Savage 3. 14. 1640. [Is.] 
 
 1 John Stuhbin, of Watcrtown, is by noticing the abuttcrs. It was on the 
 very vaguely heard from in various ways, west side of Washington Street, north 
 Savage says he may have moved to of West Street. It is in the Book of 
 New London, and mentions his wife and Posscssio-iis under the name of Thomas 
 the time of his death. He never took Clarke. I do not know exactly who this 
 the freeman s oath, but was probably John Johnson may have been, though I 
 admitted an inhabitant of Watertown. suppose him to have been one of the 
 
 2 Thomas Richards, it will be remcm- " four Yorkshiremen " (ante, p. 1). If 
 bered, had just moved from Dorchester he were dead at this time, he had left a 
 to Weymouth (see p. 103, ante). He took son of the same name (noted in Savage 
 the freeman s oath about this Jime (May as "Rowley, 1050"), who was one of 
 13, 1640), and it is possible that he may the children mentioned below. Thomas 
 have taken the opportunity of a journey Barker and Francis Lambert were two 
 to Boston to make this bargain. of the Yorkshiremen spoken of; and 
 
 8 Nicholas Butler was one of the altogether this business, I suppose, may 
 
 more prominent inhabitants of Dorches- have had somo connection with the 
 
 ter. Ho moved in 1651 to Martha s conveying of the house spoken of 
 
 Vineyard. above, though there is no mention 
 
 4 This lot of land was not the one of Punderson, who was now settled at 
 
 spoken of above (p. 138), as may be seen New Haven. 
 
244 LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 Fourc writings for foure Children of Mr Will Skipper 3. 14. 
 1640. [4s.] 
 
 Coppy of the freemcns oath to Mr Rucke. 1 
 
 To the honor** Governor <f Court assembled. 
 
 The pcticon of Abraham Palmer of Charlcstowne Shcwcth 
 That this Court was pleased about a ycarc since to grant him 
 200 acres for money put into the common stocke about 12 
 yearcs past Yo r petitioner humbly dcsireth that the same may 
 be layd out to him at the end of Charlestowne bounds And 
 he shall as his duty bynds him pray for this Court &c. 2 
 [1,.] 
 
 I payd Thomas Marshall in full for all wood 3. 15. 1640 
 7. Qd. 
 
 And goodman [Zachie] Bosworth & I are also even for 
 payd him the same day 1. 
 
 Articles of agreement made the ffifteenth day of May Anno Dni 
 1640 betweene RICHARD PARKER of Boston in New England 
 merchant of the one parte and JOHN PARKER 8 of Dedham 
 in Neiv England yeoman of the other parte as folloiucth. 
 
 Imprimis the said Richard Parker doth hereby demise & to 
 farme Ictts unto the said John Parker one ffarme and lands 
 thereto belonging lying in Dedham aforesaid w th the appurte 
 nances To have & to hold the said farme house <fc premises 
 w th the appurtenances unto him the said John Parker his 
 
 1 If this is the same date as the two the petition. He was a merchant from 
 entries above, Mr. Thomas Rucke had London, who in 1628 was interested in 
 already taken the oath the day before. the patent. He came over in 1629, 
 
 2 This land was granted him by and was made freeman 1630. He was 
 tho General Court Sept. 9, 1638. later a representative, and served in the 
 Whether it was laid out as he wished, I Pequot war. He was an active merchant, 
 cannot say. I find no record of it in and died in London, 1651. See Savage 
 Wyman s Chnrlcstown. Palmer was an and Wyman. . 
 
 influential man in his town, and had 8 John Parker, of Dedham, I can 
 much to do with laying out the lands throw no light on, and it is hardly neees- 
 eti-.,and I suppose that tin-Court granted sary here to say anything of Richard. 
 
LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 245 
 
 executors administrators & assigncs from the twenty nynth 
 clay of September last past for & during the terme of seven 
 ycarcs from thenceforth next ensuing fully to be compleat 
 <fc ended. 
 
 Item the said Richard Parker doth hereby let & deliver 
 unto the said John Parker the stockc hereafter mentioned 
 that is to say nync cowcs one bull of two ycares old one steere 
 of foure yearc old one steere of three ycare old and one steere 
 of two yearc old six ewe goats and one ram one breeding 
 sowe two turky henncs <fc a cockc one waine w th whecles & 
 other furniture thereto belonging also one plough & furniture 
 therto belonging and one boatc w th the appurtenances valued 
 &c. in a schedule hereto annexed mentioned to be kept used 
 & improved on the premises & in the managing thereof 
 according to the true meaning of these presents. 
 
 Item that the said Richard Parker shall <fe will finish the 
 housing on the premises and build a new barne w th necessary 
 outhouses for the cattle in convenient time. 
 
 Item that the said partycs shall each of them have the one 
 lialfo of the increase of the said live stockc & the profitts of 
 the said fnrmo during the said terme except of the conic 
 thereon growing this present yearc w ch the said John Parker 
 is to reape & have to himselfe <fe afterwards during the said 
 terme the cornc to be equally divided bctwecne the said 
 partycs by the bushcll. 
 
 Item that the increase of the said live stockc shall be 
 equally divided bctwecne the said partycs att the end of every 
 two yeares during the said terme and at the end of the said 
 terme. 
 
 Item that the said John Parker shall & will kecpo & im- 
 ploy on the premises two men servants <fc one mayd servant 
 together w th his owne labour & industry during the said 
 terme. 
 
 Item that the said John Parker shall <fe will broake up & 
 plough so much of the ground on the promises as shall make 
 up the ground thereon already broken up twenty acres within 
 the terme aforesaid and what ground more he [146] shall break 
 up on the premises that he cannot take two cropps of the said 
 
246 LECllFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 Richard Parker ahull & will allow him so much for the doing 
 thereof as it shall be worth. 
 
 Item that if any of the said live stocke decay during the 
 said termc the same shall be made up in kindc from time to 
 time out of the best of the increase of the said stocke. 
 
 Item that the said John Parker shall & will from time to 
 time rcpaire maintain & uphold the said ffarmc house & 
 premises w th all needful & necessary reparations & fences as 
 often as need shall require during the said terme (saving that 
 if the said house or any of the premises shall be wasted by 
 lire windes or Enemies without any wilfull default found in 
 the said John Parker or his servants then such reparations 
 shall be done at the charges of the said Richard Parker) And 
 the same so well <fc sufficiently repaired & fenced the said 
 John Parker shall will in the end of the said terme 
 together w th a waine Avhccles plough & furniture boate <fc 
 appurtenances as good as those hereby letten leave & yeild 
 up unto the said Richard Parker. 
 
 Item that if the said John Parker shall receive any other 
 cattell to summer or winter on the premises the said Richard 
 Parker shall have halfe the prontts thereof. 
 
 Item that if any help shall be att any time during the said 
 terme hired in planting hay tyme or harvest besides the said 
 John Parker <fc the said servants for the mannaging the 
 premises the charges thereof shall be equally borne betweene 
 the said partyes. 
 
 Item that all ordinary towne rates shall be equally borne 
 betweene the said partyes. 
 
 Item that it shall or may be lawfull to & for the said 
 Richard Parker from time to time to exchange & renew the 
 said live stocke as good as the old stocke or better at any 
 time at his owne discreation. 
 
 Item that the said John Parker shall & will in the end of 
 the said terme rcdeliver unto the said Richard Parker the said 
 live stocke as good for number & kinde as the same that is 
 now letten together w tu his parte of the increase thereof. 
 
 Item that the heires executors administrators <fc assignes 
 of each party shall enjoy like priveleges & bencfitts & be 
 
LECIIFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 247 
 
 equally & reciprocally bound to each other by vcrtue here 
 of as fully & effectually as if their names were punctually 
 expressed in & throughout every article in the same. 
 In witncssc <tc. 
 
 Me JolioiTi Griffon dc civitute TJristoll nautor toner tvc. 
 p nobili War. in 2001 dat 3. 20. 1040. 
 
 The Condicon of this Obligation is such that if the abovc- 
 boundcn John Grifliii shall within 40 dayes next after his 
 arivall in England personally appcare before the right hon 
 orable the abovesaid Earlc of Warwickc l to answerc all 
 such matters as shall be objected against him the said John 
 (Jriflin in any Course of Lawc or justice as the said Earlc of 
 War vncke shall advise & direct or otherwise and shall abide 
 his Lor pps direction & commandment in all things concerning 
 the same matters and not depart away from his Lor pps presence 
 or attendance upon his Lor pp without his leave & dismission 
 then this obligation shall be voyd & of none effect or els it 
 shall be & remainc in full power strength & vertuc. [2 G] 
 
 Me llobtum Luker 2 de [w&] in Nova Anglia tener &c. Gubcr- 
 nator Assistant & Societat DC Lc Mattachusetts bay in Nova 
 Anglia in 30* dat nt supra. Condieoned for the said Grillins 
 apparance ut supra. 
 
 [147] To the Honoured Governor Cort Assembled 
 The humble peti"con of DANIELL IIowE. 3 
 
 Shcwcth that heretofore the Towne of Lynne assigned unto 
 yo r petieoncr 00 acres of land lying in the outmost of the 
 
 1 The Karl of Warwick was nftcr- 2 If the Governor of Massachusetts 
 wards one of the commissioners for was to have, any such hunt for Robert 
 regulating the affairs of the West Indies Luker as I have had, his " conditioned 
 and the Colonies in America, and was for the said Griffin s appearance" must 
 in other ways interested in New Eng- have been worth but little. I can find 
 land and the other parts of the New the name mentioned nowhere, and sup- 
 World. (Cf. Winthropin various places.) pose that he, too, was a sailor of Bristol. 
 Of Griflin I have not found anything. 8 Daniel Howe may or may not have 
 It is tantalizing to meet everywhere received the ratification he wished. The 
 abundant mention of the ship "Griffin," Records say nothing of the matter, 
 but no word of the sailor. though there is much other mention 
 
248 LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 bounds of that Towne and because there may be doubt 
 whether it pertcyne to the Towne or no Yo r peticoner humbly 
 praycth yo r wor pp9 to be pleased to ratify the same lands to 
 him by the Authority of this Cort and he shall daylie pray e. 
 
 M : Coy an a Utter of Attorney to SILVESTER CALTON of Wax- 
 risquete in Virginia merchant. 
 
 Knowc all men by these presents that whereas Nathaniel 
 Eaton l late of Cambridge in New England Master of Arts did 
 about the 8 th day of August last past receive of me John Cogan 
 of Boston in New England merchant the summc of one hundred 
 pounds of lawfull money of England to be by him the said 
 Nathaniel returned unto one Roger Clay factor of Blackwcll 
 hull as by one of the bills of exchange thereof hereunto annexed 
 appcareth And whereas the Letter of advice sent by the said 
 Nathaniel unto one John Hobson merchant upon whome the 
 said bills were charged did purportc that the said John Hob- 
 son should receive order for discharge of the said bills of 
 exchange from Thcophilus Eaton merchant brother of the 
 said Nathaniel W ch since the said Thcophilus hath disavowed 
 & testifyed to sufiicicnt witnessc that he had not nor would 
 give order unto the said John Hobson for the payment of the 
 said summc of money accordingly Whcrby it appcareth that 
 the said Nathaniel Eaton had not any power to charge the 
 said John Hobson therewith Now Knowc yee that 1 the said 
 John Cogan doe hereby authorize & in my place put my lov 
 ing ffriend Silvester Calton of AVaxrisquete in Virginia mer 
 chant my true & luwfull Attorney for me & in my name to 
 sue the said Nathaniel by way of Equity before the honoured 
 <fe right wor 11 the (Governor <t other Magistrates in Virginia 
 
 of Howe, who was a well-known man, * Some time after this, Eaton sent 
 
 being often deputy from Lynn. He from Virginia for his wife to join him. 
 
 moved to Southampton, L. I., about "Whereon, after speaking of her friends 
 
 1641, where lie was one of the earliest who desired that she should remain in 
 
 settlers, so that the inference would Boston, Winthrop remarks, with quiet 
 
 be that he did not reecive what he joy, that "she went notwithstanding, 
 
 wanted. and the vessel was never heard of atruin." 
 
LECIIFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 249 
 
 thereby to compcll him the said Nathaniel to put in sufficient 
 caution unto the said Governor & Magistrates or some other 
 sufficient Officer by them authorized, to the summo of one 
 hundred & fifty pounds at the least for answere of such 
 Dammages as may accrew unto me by reason of the premises. 
 In witnesse <fcc 
 
 Coppy of the bill of exchange. 
 
 And I Thomas Dudley Esqr. Governor of the jurisdiction 
 of the Mattachusetts bay in New England having seen these 
 presents sealed & delivered in my presence doe hereby certify 
 the same to be the act <fc deed of the said John Cogan In tes 
 timony whereof I have caused the Common seale of our 
 Colony to be hereunto affixed the day & yeare abovesaid. 
 
 And I T D <fcc having scene a writing purporting a bill of 
 Exchange signed by Nathaniel Eaton Master of Arts whereof 
 the writing above said is a true coppy doe hereby at the re 
 quest of John Cogan merchant grant to exemplyfie the same 
 under the common seale of our Colony the 2Gth day of May 
 1G40. <tc. 
 
 M r John flumfrcy letts one rnesuage and ffarmc called the 
 plnynes conteyning by estimation ffivc hundred acres of arra- 
 ble & wooddy ground be it more or Icsse and all the fresh & 
 salt march thereto belonging lying & being within the liber- 
 tyes of Salem in New England unto Zachcus Goold 1 of Lynne 
 yeoman for 10 yeares from the 29 Sept. next. Rent 900 bush 
 els of corne yearely in this manner 400 rye 800 wheat 200 
 barley w th 8 oxen 5 Cowcs 2 hcyfers & 4 Calves 2 mares. 
 
 [148] M* llumfrey is to make up of broken ground at his 
 charge 60 acres in time convenient. 
 
 The cattle to be invcntoryed <fe the like for number kinde 
 age & quality to be redelivered M* Willin Hawthorne & 
 Richard Wright to inventory the same. 
 
 1 Zaccheus Gould seems a more com- if he is the one of Brain tree, who had 
 
 mon name than might be supposed, for been of Lynn, as Savage seems to think. 
 
 I find four examples noted in Savage. Mr. Humphrey, one of the assistants, 
 
 Of this particular one little is known, was about to go to England at this time. 
 
 William Hawthorne, of Salem, we have He sailed in 1641. 
 noted before, and also Richard Wright, 
 
250 LECIIFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 Mr Ilinnfrcy to make up all fences needful to defend the 
 ploughed ground & the rent to repaire & make good the same 
 <fc so deliver it up well repayred. 
 
 Articles <fcc. 
 
 Imprimis that the Cattle and utensils demised & lettcn 
 by the said John Ilumfrey unto the said Zachcus shall 
 be inventoried & valued by Willin Hawthorne gent and 
 Richard Wright and the inventory thereof to be hereunto 
 annexed. 
 
 Item, that the said John Ilumfrey shall & will at his proper 
 costs & charges cause to be broken up so much ground on the 
 premises as shall make up the ground already broken up 
 sixty acres in convenient time. 
 
 Item, that the said John Ilumfrey shall & will at his proper 
 cost & charges from time to time during the termo of the 
 lease made betweenc the said partyes cause to be made up all 
 new fences necessary for the ploughed ground on the prem 
 ises and the same being so made the said Zacheus Goold 
 shall & will from time to time at his proper costs & charges 
 well & sufficiently repaire & so repayred shall & will leave & 
 yield up unto the said John Ilumfrey his heires or assignes 
 in the end of the said tenne together w th all the premises by 
 the said lease demised. In witnesse c. [3-4. 1-8] 
 
 Richard Wright of Mount Wollaston yeoman bound to 
 Walter Blackborne in 1201 Condicon to pay 60* by 5 l every 
 halfe yeare at Mf Blackborncs house in Boston. [Is.] 
 
 James Marshall of Exon merchant consigned certaine com 
 modities of the value of 344* 9s. 3d. unto John Cogan & George 
 Allcockc 1 to take for factorage betwecne them what the 
 factorage was worth. Richard Mansfield for Marshall. M? 
 Cogan tooke 5 p Centum ITl 4s. for halfe the factorage. 
 [2-C] 
 
 1 George. Ak-ocke was of Roxbnry. etc. Ho had come in 1630 with Win- 
 He is often mentioned in the Colonial thmp, had been admitted freeman the 
 (and llo.iburif) Records as bcin appoint- next year, and was representative several 
 ed to run lines, determine boundaries, times. He died towards the end of 1640. 
 
LECUFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 251 
 
 Dcrmondt Matthew 1 servant of George Strange gent com- 
 plaincs against his master for that whereas the said Matthew 
 was to serve the said George from the Oth day of May 1GC9 
 for six vearcs for the wages of i oure pounds by the yeare and 
 a pigg to be payd at every yeares end and .in the end of the 
 tonne to have a Convenient lott for his serviee. lie promised 
 also the said servant three suits of apparel A; six shirts. All 
 w ch appeares by an Indenture & sufficient witnesse. 
 
 The said George Strange hath not payd him any wages nor 
 given him any clothes according to his bargaine. Also the 
 said Dcrmondt Matthew did bind Teg Mathcw his sonne a 
 child of i) yeares old apprentice to the said George Strange 
 for ten yeares from the said Otli day of May w th Covenant to 
 keepe him two yeares at school and the other eight he was to 
 serve in the same house w th his ffather the said Dcrmondt 
 Matthew. But the said George Strange hath w th out the 
 consent of the said Dcrmondt sold the said T egg to one Mf 
 Browne of Salem to his the said Dermondts great grief of 
 heart contrary to the said Covenant. And whereas the 
 said Dermondt being an ignorant illittercd man <fe trusting 
 upon the fa ire promises of the said George Strange that lie 
 would ever use him well & shew him his Indentures as often 
 as he would now the said Dermondt having no chest nor box 
 to put the said Indentures in they were rotted & spoyled in 
 his pocket before he was aware. Notwithstanding the said 
 George Strange refuseth to let the said Dermondt or his 
 friends see the said Indentures Therefore the said Dermondt 
 Matthew humbly praycth the Court that the said Indentures 
 may be shewed to the Court by the [149] said George Strange 
 
 1 Permont Matthew and bis son Teg recommence his m r for damage done him, 
 
 are not met with in many of the contem- & losse of his time, & his master 
 
 porary authorities. The following from was willed for this time not to correct 
 
 the Colonial Record (vol. ii. p. 20) is of him." The careful reader must decide 
 
 date almost exactly two years after this for himself if there be connection be- 
 
 entry : " Dearmont Mathewe was ordered tween these cases. Matthew died before 
 
 to go home to his m r . & if he can 1661, for inventory of his estate (112 
 
 prove his m r did beat him. wh j n hec l.. 4<L ) is found with date Aug. 2, 1661 
 
 came home with order from M r Deputy, (>nJT. Prob. Hcc., 4. 8S). 
 his mr to bee punished ; if not lieu is to 
 
252 
 
 LECIIFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 & that they may be recorded or els that his wages may be ap 
 pointed by the Court & justiee done him in the premises. [Gs.] 
 
 To the HONORED RICHAHD BKLLINCIIAM ESQR deputy Governor 
 J- to the rest of the Magistrates now assembled. 
 
 The humble peticon of THOMAS GREY l of Marble head fisherman 
 
 Shcwcth that he was heretofore iustly fined & punished 
 for a great offence in his passion committed by drawing 
 his knife in the Court for w ch he hath ben very sorry A: is 
 much ashamed of it. He humbly prayeth the Court in regard 
 of his poverty to be pleased to forgive & remit his fline im 
 posed upon him for the said offence and he shall ever pray for 
 you & endeavor by the help of God to live more conformably 
 to good order. [Is. 6d. Cipher. ] 
 
 Thomas Bro \vncll of Mount Wollaston als Braintree Planter 
 sells to Deodatus Curtis 2 of Braintree aforesayd Planter for 
 
 1 Thomas Gray was always in trouble 
 with the Government, both for his own 
 behavior anil for that of his friends, 
 who gathered at his house at Marble 
 Harbor (which seems even at that early 
 time to have had something of the same 
 reputation that it enjoys at the present 
 day). He probably came over in 1626 
 with Iloger Conant, perhaps before. He 
 was banished from the jurisdiction of 
 the Colony very early (1630), his house 
 was ordered to be pulled down, and 
 all persons were forbade giving him 
 .shelter. Nevertheless, lie lived on 
 at Marble Harbor, the winter being 
 cold for a man with no house, and 
 Governor "NVinthrop being indulgent 
 (Width., i. 85) ; so in 1638 the sen 
 tence of banishment was ordered to be 
 carried into ell ivt. lie .still remained, 
 however, and the occasion of his draw 
 ing his knife in court seems to have 
 been the wind-up of some debauch at 
 his house. " Ralfe Wainner is fined 10 
 sh for being at excessive drinking at 
 
 Thorn : Grayes at Marble Head," and 
 "Thorn: Gray for being drunke, pro- 
 pluming of the name of God, keeping a 
 tipling house & drawing his knife in 
 Courte was censured to be severely 
 whiped &, fined 5V are the entries in 
 the Record. There is one more entry 
 recording a sentence for drunkenness, 
 June 2, 1640, which may be before or 
 after this petition. Otherwise his prom 
 ise of good behavior seems to have been 
 sincere, for he appears no more in a 
 criminal or other capacity. lie was still 
 at Marblehead in 1648, says Savage. 
 
 It was at this court, where Thomas 
 Gray drew his knife, that "Thomas 
 Lech ford, forgoing to the Jewry & plead 
 ing w tb them out of Court," was " de 
 barred from pleading any mans cause 
 hereafter, unlessehisowne, & admonished 
 not to presume to meddle beyond what 
 he shall be called to by the Courte" 
 (Mass. Coll. Rcc., i. 270). 
 
 2 The names of Deodatus Curtis mid 
 Thomas Brownell are both noted in 
 
LECIIFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 253 
 
 38 1 One house and one garden and six acres of arable land in 
 Braintree aforesaid parcell of the lands heretofore of Edward 
 Raynsford of Boston w th the appurtenances to him & his 
 heires for ever. 
 
 Thomas Brownell is to Deliver unto the said Peodatus soe 
 many foot of planke board as will make up the boards 
 in the house 1000 foot presently lying fonrc square to 
 the said house, the land is bounded on the common on the 
 west part on the lands of goodman Best on the cast on the 
 lands of goodman I)aw r son on the north and on the lands of 
 Nathaniel [ft/an] on the south. [2s.] 
 
 Myles Brathwayte 1 of the Isle of Providence Planter 
 makes a letter of Attorney to James Oliver 2 of Boston sur 
 veyor to receive of John Seavcrne tayler 3 1 14.s\ $<L for 
 1121 of tobacco at 8d. a t, G 10 1040 and of one that is a 
 Cooper of Hcituate money for 104* of tobacco or els the to 
 bacco againc delivered him out of goodman Sweets celler 
 delivered by Richard Newton And leaves him 5001 waight of 
 tobacco or thcrabout to dispose for me to my best advantage. 
 
 Savage with little addition. I suppose Seavearne, tailor, little is known that 
 
 that Brownell was selling his property will be of help here. 
 preparatory to moving to Portsmouth, 2 Miles Brathwayte may have been a 
 
 R. I., where he is mentioned, 1655, as member of the church in the. Isle of 
 
 freeman. Edward Raynsford was a well- Providence, of the Bahamas, of which 
 
 known man in Boston. He came with the unlucky end may be read in John- 
 
 AVinthrop in 1630, and was a deacon son, bk. ii. ch. xx., and 11" inthroj), ii. 33. 
 
 and ruling elder in the church. He lUchard Newton, who delivered the 
 
 died in 16SO. tobacco out of Goodman Swecte s cel- 
 
 1 Thomas Oliver brought with him lar (in the Mill Field, I suppose, near 
 
 to this country, in 1632, two sons, John Gallop s Point, Look of Possessions, 
 
 and James. I think that the Oliver 123, K, 3), may be one of the two men 
 
 here mentioned must be John, for he is of that name who took the freeman s 
 
 the one of the two brothers who would oath. Savage calls one of Sndbury, 
 
 be more likely to be called surveyor, and mentions his wife and children ; 
 
 having been on committees appointed to adding that he took the oath in 1645, 
 
 run lines or determine boundaries, while and again, 1647, "for no other Rich- 
 
 his brother James (this year made free- ard is heard of." It is barely pos- 
 
 man) was a merchant, and would hardly, sible that this may be that "other 
 
 I think, be called surveyor. Of John Richard." 
 
254 LECIIFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 George Lnxan l assignes & Mathew Dove places himsclfe 
 servant to John Blackleath of Salem for 4 yeares from the 1 
 of June for 4* a yeare. [2s. 6t7.] 
 
 Knowc all men by these presents that whereas I John 
 Throckmorton 2 gent have received 83 1 of Richard Parker 
 of Boston in New England merchant I doe hereby Covenant 
 promise & grant to <fc w th the said Richard Parker that I shall 
 & will pay unto the said Richard Parker his executors admr* 
 or assignes at or in his dwelling house in Boston aforesaid 
 the summe of twenty pounds upon the llth day of June w ch 
 shall be in the yeare of our Lord 1G41 and twenty pounds 
 upon the llth day of June w ch shall be in the ycarc of our 
 Lord 1G42. And shall <fc will then deliver <fc pay unto the 
 said Richard Parker his executors administrators or assignes 
 forty one goats every one of them under five- yeares of age 
 and two ram goats each above one yeare old. And whereas the 
 said Richard Parker hath letten unto me two Cowes vizt one 
 blacke and the other red to receive & take the increase & 
 profitts of the said blacke cowe from the first day of May last 
 past for & during the terme of two yeares and of the said red 
 cowe from the 10th day of September next ensuing the date 
 hereof for <fe during the tcrmc of two yeares I doc hereby 
 Covenant promise <fe grant to and with the said Richard 
 Parker that I shall & will pay or cause to be payd unto the 
 said Richard Parker his executors administrators & assignes 
 at or [150] in his dwelling house aforesaid the summe of five 
 pounds by the yeare for the increase & profitts of the said 
 blacke cowe & five pounds a yeare more for the increase & 
 profitts of the said red cowe And to the true performance 
 
 1 George Luxon, who is mentioned time after this, and finally to Hart- 
 several times in the pages following, ford. 
 
 was master of the " Fellowship," and 2 John Throckmorton came over in 
 was probably never in New England the same ship with Roger Williams, 
 for any length of time. He appears with whom he warmly sympathized. 
 in the Note-book generally as factor He was with him banished from the 
 for some person or other. John Black- church at Salem, where he lived, and 
 leach was a busy merchant of Salem, moved to Providence. He removed after- 
 lie moved, however, to Boston some wards to New Jersev, arid died there. 
 
LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 of all the promises I bynd me as aforesaid <fe also my heires 
 executors ct administrators firmcly by these presents. Scaled 
 w th my scale etc. June 11 1(>40. [1-G] 
 
 John Johnson l of lloxbury in N. E. yeoman in bclialfc of 
 Willm Perkins gent mortgageth to Walter Black borne of 
 Boston in N E merchant six ac of planting ground lying in 
 the Calves pasture in Uoxbnry leading to Dorchester. Also 
 20 acres lying in the pliiine in Roxbiiry betweene the great 
 lotls tt Hie fresh meadowes And 25 acres of the last division 
 lying at the end of Roxbury bounds nearc Pedham. 
 
 Mr Blackborne to convoy the same to John Johnson Josuah 
 Hughes & Thomas Lambc And they 8 to become bound to 
 Mr Blackborno in &c. for the pay in t of the annuity. [5s.] 
 
 Whereas John Cognn merchant hath told me that William 
 Pester did inform the Cort that 1 tooke three pounds a tunnc 
 for the freight of shott brought in a ship wherein I was under 
 taker and hath desired me to tcstifye whether I did take so 
 much or no I doc hereby deny that I tookc so much for the 
 sayd shott but I did pay Mr Hassard for the freight of a tun 
 of shott for my sclfe 3s. about the same time & so much for a 
 tun I should have taken & did take & no more 2 Witnesse my 
 hand (4) 10. 1G40. 
 
 Robert Lewes 3 late of Tanton in New England Carpenter 
 tunics over Willm Roberts to serve John Crabtree or his 
 
 1 Of this John Johnson, fortunately a minister in this country. Savage says 
 
 more is known than of the Yorkshire- "minister, Imt whero educated is un 
 
 man mentioned above. He was ono of heard." I find in the Emmanuel Reg- 
 
 the substantial men of Roxbury, having ister at the English Cambridge, " 1G24. 
 
 come with "\Yinthrop. He was often Wm. Perkins, Pensioner, A. ]." 
 
 representative in the General Con it. 2 I can add nothing further to ex- 
 
 Joshua Hughes (the name is generally plain this business. Hassard may be 
 
 Howes) was an active merchant of the Thomas Hazard, the ship-carpenter of 
 
 same town. Thomas Lamb, also of Rox- P>oston, though he had by this time 
 
 buiy, came with his wife and children moved to Rhode Island. 
 
 in the fleet with AVinthrop. From the 3 Robert Lewis, of Newbury, who 
 
 title of "gent," applied to William camo toSalrm in 1635, may be the mnn. 
 
 Perkins, I should infer that though a Inquiry fails to add anything in regard 
 
 preacher, he had not yet been ordained to John Crabtree to the note on p. 100. 
 
25G LECIIFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 assignes from this time till the Gth of December come twelve 
 moncth for 4 1 a ycarc quarterly to be payd 
 
 for 5 1 ui)on the 1 of March 1040. 
 
 fc for 5 l upon the 1 of August 1641. 
 
 [1-6] 
 
 BOSTON (4). 25. 1G40. 
 
 The Answcrc Complaint of Elizabeth Cole wife of Willm 
 Cole concerning a deed of trust made by & betweene Francis 
 Doughty her brother and her sister Bridget Doughty on the 
 behalf c of the said Elizabeth on the one parte and her said 
 husband before their marriage on the other parte 
 
 The Court booke at IGtZ a sheete 102 shcctcs for M. r Eudc- 
 cott commcth to G 1 IGs. [G 1 IGs.] 
 [2*i0o lines in cipher] 
 
 Thomas Scudamore 1 late of Westerley in the County of 
 Glouc r blacksmith makes a letter of Attorney to [/>/<*] Haz- 
 zard of Bristoll mariner & Willm Prigge of Westerley afore 
 said yeoman to sell tfc dispose of One mesuage or tenement 
 w th an orchard A: garden lying in Westerley & to bring over 
 liis wife & children. The lease is from Thomas Roberts of 
 Westerley Esqr to T S for 99 yeares if he & Ellen his wife 
 [151] A Thomas their sonne or any of them so long live. lie 
 warrants to sell it for 50 l <fc to dispose thereof & to bring over 
 his wife <fc children <fe such commodities as I shall by my 
 letter direct. 
 
 Know all men by these presents that whereas I Thomas 
 Scudamore late of Westerley in the County of Glouc r <t now 
 of Cambridge in New England blacksmith stand possessed to 
 me <t assignes of in One messuage or tenement w th an or 
 chard & garden w lh the appurtenances thereunto belonging 
 lying in Westerley aforesaid for the terme of fouerscore and 
 
 1 Thoinns Scudamore may be Thomas vol. i., Appendix, A. p. 59). I can find 
 Skidmore, who is vaguely heard of in no Scudamore at all, and fear inquiry is 
 1636 in connection with John Win- useless in regard to Hazzard of Bristol, 
 
 fly. 
 
LKClirORD S MANUSCRIPT XOTE-KOUK. 257 
 
 nyncteene yeares from the date of a certaine Ion so made 
 thereof unto me by Thomas Roberts Esqr fully to be com- 
 plcat <fc ended. 
 
 John Pickering 1 of Pascataquay in New England ])lantcr 
 makes a letter of Attorney to Isacko Allcvton merchant to 
 attach and bring backe Richard Price his servant who was to 
 serve him for 4 yeares from the 2oih of Aprill 1(530. lie is 
 now umlutifully departed his service a tayler by liis trade 
 borne in Shrewsbury in the County of Salop as he hath sayd 
 a man of middle stature black long haire black beard thin 
 faced of a swarthy color in a tawney kersy Doublet <fc hose 
 w th ash colored points at the knees a russett hat, to bring him 
 backc or 10 ! for his time. [!] 
 
 [This note seems to be set in the very middle of the letter 
 of attorney.] 
 
 w ch lease is dcterminablc upon the Deaths of me the said 
 Thomas Scidmorc and of Ellen my wife & Thomas my sonne 
 as more at large by the said Lease appearcth. Now Knowe 
 yce that I the said Thomas Scidmorc doc hereby constitute & 
 ordeync my much respected ffriend Henry Ilazzard of Bristoll 
 mariner my true & lawfull Attorney for me cv: in my name to 
 contract to and w th any person or persons for the sale of the 
 premises <fc all my right title ct interest therein for fifty 
 pounds & to bynd me my Executors <fc Administrators to 
 make any further legall <fe reasonable assurance thereof as the 
 purchasers thereof or their Counscll learned in the law shall 
 advise or require Or if my sayd Attorney please himself c to 
 purchase the same when lie shall see the said Lease premi 
 ses at the price aforesaid I authorize him to take the said 
 Lease in his hands & possession and 1 hereby promise upon 
 
 1 Savage notes John Pickering, of such service as the one hero spoken of. 
 
 Portsmouth, 1635, of whom little, is I hope he had better luck in searching 
 
 known, who may be the man. lie is for Price than I have had. Thomas 
 
 referred to again, p. 158, post. As for Hawkins was of course a very different 
 
 Allcrton, he was doubtless well known man from the merchant (p. 122, <nt(e) of 
 
 all along the coast up to Machias, and the sanu; name. This man was at the 
 
 it would be natural enough for a man time a baker, and later is said to have 
 
 at Pascattaquay to call on him for any kept an inn. 
 
 " 
 
258 LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 account <fc receipt of the said fifty pounds in manner herein 
 expressed to be imployed & disbursed that I my executors & 
 administrators shall <fc will make any further Icgall & reason 
 able assurance thereof unto him as He or his counsel! learned 
 in the law shall advise or require. And lastly for the said 
 fifty pounds I appoint the same to be disposed in this manner 
 vizt for the passage transportation of my said wife & our 
 Children from England to this Country of New England and 
 the rest of the money to be disposed of as by my letters of 
 advice or other direction I shall warrant him In wilnessc 
 &c. [Is. 6cl] 
 
 John Crabtrcc of Boston ioyner & Thomas Hawkins of the 
 same Baker to be bound to George Luxon in 12 l to be payd 
 to him or his ass g upon the sixth of January next at the 
 house of Nicholas Willis 1 in Boston. [GJ.] 
 
 Griffith Bowcn 2 Willm Colbron & Jacob Eliott to be 
 bound unto Francis Kingsmyle Esqr Willm Arundell Willm 
 Fleming & George Waters merchants in 205 1 to pay 23oi to 
 them upon the first day of January next ensuing the date 
 hereof 7. (5) 1G40. [Is. (}<L copayd Is. eopayd Is.] 
 
 A bond by John Powncs 3 to George Luxon Nicholas Brook 
 ing 4 <fc John Morris in 1G0 1 Condiconed for payment of 80i 
 
 1 The Nicholas Willis here spoken of merchants mentioned were, I suppose, 
 was a mercer by trade, and his house Englishmen, though they may have been 
 (and shop as well, I suppose) was just Virginians (p. 153, jwst). 
 
 off Dock Square, on Union Street. He 3 Inquiry as to John Downcs "do 
 
 was, by tho way, chairman of the jury Ponte Bondon in Como Cork" (p. 158, 
 
 in the trial of Marmaduke Pierce for post), merely results in the following : 
 
 murder, mentioned above. "Bandon Bridge, a market town of 
 
 2 Griffith Bowcn (also a, juryman in Cork, on the River Bandon, 13 in. from 
 the same trial) was a Welshman, who Cork, and 136 from Dublin. This town 
 lived for u time in Roxbury, but finally was erected in 1G10 in the mid.st of an 
 returned to England. William Colbron impassable bog by Richard Boyle, Earl 
 and Jacob Eliott were both early set- of Cork" (Capper s Dictionciry of (!rct 
 tiers and well-known men in Boston, Britain). See post, p. 158. 
 
 being deacons of the church there. Both * Of Nicholas Brooking I find no 
 
 were sympathizers with Mrs. Hutchin- mention, and notice of John Morris is 
 
 son, although the former was not dis- so vague as to be useless here, 
 armed nor disfranchised. The four 
 
LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 250 
 
 within 10 claycs after the arrivall of the Jolin & Francis in 
 England or Ireland G. (5) 1640. [Is. M.] 
 
 A letter of Attorney by one of Plymoth to Mr Isackc 
 Allerton ! agt a dutchmaii. 4. 5. 1(540. [G</.] 
 
 [152] Thomas Moulton 2 <t Jane his wife complainc against 
 "Willm Stidson <fc his wife in an action of trespasse upon the 
 Case. 
 
 The Comp lts say that slice the said Jane being a woman of 
 good name and conversation was about nvnc yeares since as 
 saulted by John Treble who feloniously did endeavor to ravish 
 her when she was alone in an house in the (Fields whereupon 
 she crycd out & ran away from him to another house a good 
 way of and afterwards proscecuted against him so that he lied 
 out of this Jurisdiction unto Pascattaquay & thence into Eng 
 land, that since about halfc a yea re agone the said [&W.-J 
 Stidsons wife maliciously intending to take away & Destroy 
 the good name of the said .lane hath reported that the said 
 Juno did o\ve unto the said Treble bever or money and sayd 
 that he had a letter to receive and that when he came to aske 
 his o \vnc meaning the said bever or money then she put that 
 Tricke upon him meaning the said accusation of Rape and 
 said she would have him before the Governor for it and 
 further that the said letter was to that pin-pose w ch was a 
 false it malicious slander cast upon the said Jane by the said 
 
 1 Mr. Deanc s note on Allerton snys : declaration or certificate in regard to an 
 
 "From some evidence ho would seem Indian gift of land with others, mostly 
 
 to have been a resident of New Am- Dutch, as " Isaaek Allerton, of Suffolk." 
 
 sterdam in 1G43 ; and in a document [See Dt ">;iciifs rc.I<ifig to flic Colonial 
 
 recorded in the Old Colony llccw- ls, IIi*tnri/ of A vr York, i. 140, 191,192, 
 
 bearing date 27th October, 1G4G, he G07, 599.] Allerton died in New Haven 
 
 styles himself as of New Amsterdam Feb. 12, 1058. 
 
 in the province of New Netherlands " 2 The names of Thomas Moulton and 
 
 (Bradford, p. 300, note}. In 1642 his William Stidson are known in connec- 
 
 naine is found among the " eight men " tion with other matters, but perhaps 
 
 of New Amsterdam, looking curiously this particular affair is not worth much 
 
 out of place among the strangely spelled inquiry. There is no trace of it in the 
 
 names of his Dutch friends. Later it Colonial Records or in Wintlirop. 
 is signed (at Fort Nassau, 1G51) to a 
 
Stidsons wife to the great hurt of the good name oi Hie said 
 Jane A: much disquiet A; contention betwecnc the Pits, to the 
 damage of the Fits x l . 
 
 and d ul also deelare the same before many persons it 
 es}>ecially Mercy Baster James Browne & John Lawrence and 
 at a time when some Difference came bchvcene the said Jane 
 and the said Mercy Baster & the wife of the said Lawrence 
 ncare James Brownes house at Charlestowne Jane Moulton 
 meeting w th Will" 1 Stidsons wile ncere unto the house & in the 
 presence of James Browne of Cliarlestownc did askc the said 
 Stidsons wife what was the matter betweene John Treble and 
 her the said Jane the said Stidsons wife answered that that 
 was best knowne to God it her the said .Janes conscience the 
 said Jane replyed it secmes you knowe and therefore 1 pray 
 you tell how it was whereupon she sayd that the said Jane 
 did owe unto the said Treble bever or money and that they 
 had a letter to demand it of her and further that when the 
 said Treable came to askc his ownc then she put that tricke 
 upon him and sayd she would have him before the Governor 
 for attempting to ravish her and that the said letter was to 
 that purpose or words to that effect. Then the said James 
 Browne asked the said Stidsons wife how long time a gone that 
 was that that letter was sent she said seven ycare agone why 
 then sayd the said Browne was it not spoken of till now she 
 rcplyed because the said Jane was a member <t he the said 
 Klias was then none he thought she should be believed & not 
 lice nay that is not well sayd the sayd Browne for an honest 
 man that lives in the feare of God is to be believed as 
 soone as a member but where is the letter sayd he? the said 
 Stidsons wife answered that it was sent backc into England 
 who had the said letter she said Elias Mavcrieke then sayd 
 the said Browne But what doth this amount now how comes 
 it to passe that this is now spoken of said the said Browne I 
 doe not knowe savd the said Stidsons wife it is nothing to me. 
 And this Conference was about halfe a yeare since. [Is. (W.J 
 
 The humble petition of Thomas Moulton shcweth that 
 whereas heretofore the wor 11 Mlf Nowell did divers tymes put 
 
LECHFOllirS M AX T SCRIPT NOTE-HOOK. 201 
 
 yo r peticoner off from having a warrant against Willm Stid- 
 son ct his wife for wrong done to yo r peticoncrs wife and bad 
 trespassed yo r peticoner in his medow "-round neare 100 pole 
 long w ch be complayed of to biin but bud no remedy the said 
 Mf Xowcll turning to other conference Yo r poore petitioner 
 was much grieved & in liis passion at a neighbours house sayd 
 some misbesecming words of injustice against AK Nowell lor 
 \v rh he bath since humbled himself to him k. craved forgive 
 ness & so doth now againe beseech yo r worshipps to forgive 
 him & to discharge your said peticoner of the recognizance 
 taken before M? Nowell bimselfe [153] <fc some other old 
 matter that came in upon this tor his apparancc at the Court 
 thereabout <t the rather because that the man that, heard the 
 said words hath given out x p that yo r peticoner shall be 
 whipt ct he is thereby so much terrify ed that he cannot w th 
 ehcereftilnesse goo about his busincsse or rest qnictt a suffi 
 cient punishment to him. And yo r peticoner shall according 
 to bis duty pray for yo r wor 1 3 [Is.] 
 
 Me Ricum Parker dc Boston in Nova Anglia mercatorem 
 tenor e. Thome Fowle 1 Armigero in 400 1 daf 25 Decembris 
 1089 
 
 Condiconod to pay 205 upon the lift of March w ch shall be 
 Anno Dmi 1040. [1.9. Cipher.] 
 
 This Indenture made the. seventh day of July Anno Dmi 1040. 
 Bvtweene GRIFFITH BOWKN of Boston, in New England 
 gent of the one parte And WILLIAM COLBRON of Boston 
 aforesaid gent and JACOB ELIOTT of the same planter of the 
 of her parte 
 
 Witnesscth that the said fUriQlth I owen (for in (Consid 
 eration that the said William Colbron and Jacob Elliott at 
 
 1 Thomas Fowlr, often mentioned He became involved in the complica- 
 
 in subsequent jntges of the Note-book, tions about D Aulnay and La Tour, 
 
 was a \vell-kno\vn merchant of H<>s- which we cannot IIOJM to nnravcl here, 
 
 ton. Savage says he canx^ over Ix-loi o and in certain religions controversies 
 
 in.)5. He was at any rate allowed to (Dr. Child; see U hi/h., ii. 201, 205, 
 
 le an inhal itant of Uoston in lOW. 321). 
 
262 LECIIFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 the special! instance and request of the said Griffith Bowen 
 together w th him and for him stand bounden unto Francis 
 Kingsmill Esqr Willm Arundell William Flemming and 
 George Waters merchants in one obligation or bond of the 
 snmmc of two hundred sixty and five pounds bearing date 
 the Day of the Date of these presents Condiconed for the pay 
 ment of the siunme of two hundred thirty & live pounds unto 
 them or any of them their or any of their Executors adminis 
 trators or assignes upon or before the first day of January 
 next ensuing the date of the said obligation) hath granted 
 bargained and assigned and by these presents doth grant bar- 
 gaine <fc assigne unto the said Willm Colbron and Jacob 
 Eliott all those twenty five head of cattell w ch were bought 
 by the said Griffith Bowen of George Luxson ffactor for the 
 said Obligees To have and to hold the said Cattell unto the 
 said Willm Colbron and Jacob Elliott their executors adminis 
 trators and assignes Provided allways that if the said Griffith 
 Bowen his heires executors administrators or assignes shall 
 well and truly pay or cause to be payd unto the said Francis 
 Kingsmill Willm Arundell Willm Fleming and George Waters 
 or any of them their or any of their executors administors or 
 assignes the said sumnie of two hundred thirty and five 
 pounds according to the tenor of the said Obligation or Con- 
 dicon thereof then this present grant bargaine & assignement 
 shall be voyd A of none effect or els it shall remainc <fc be 
 in full power strength As vertue. In witncsse whereof the 
 partyes abovesaid have hereunto interchangeably sett their 
 hands & scales the Day & yeare first abovewritten. [2-G r a 
 bushell of corne.] 
 
 1. \Vheras l M r Trcworthy bought a boate of scavcn tun or 
 thereabout of M Thomas Parches 1 alleadge that he under 
 stood how old the boate was and agreed to give 25t for it and 
 2. in the bargaine being made at Paseattaway at a house 
 called Nequickanamnickc then M r . 13 Masons I was to have the 
 
 1 I su]]osc that tliis is written by with John Treworthy about this same 
 Thomas Purchas, of Pagiseott, who, it boat that is mentioned by Lechfoid 
 may be remembered, luul some trouble (ante, }>. 84). 
 
LECIIFORD S MAXTHCRi 
 
 boalo within 8 daycs to transports UK? home w th one man of 
 M r . Treworthys & then also \v th the boate to receive the 
 money. 
 
 8. The bargaine was made about the midst of July IGoG I 
 was forced to stay myself c & 3 men a moiicth at charges ex 
 pecting the boate to carry us home whereby .1 lost the labour 
 of my men for 5 weekes in the midst of hay harvest so that 
 my Cattell suffered much thereby besydes my losses otherwise. 
 
 4. I was put to charges of 4 J for our transportation home 
 at that tyino wheras we were to have had that boate to have 
 gone home in wthout that charge. 
 
 5. It appeareth that the money being 25 at first & the said 
 4 l <t my other charges for me & 8 men of 5 l in all 84 } hath 
 ben deteyned 4 y cares w ch might in way of merchandize have 
 benelittcd me in that tymc so much more so that I may 
 iustly say my dammage is G8 1 which I leave to yo r worthy 
 Consideration, 
 
 [154] I Thomas Dudley Esqr Governor of the Jurisdicon 
 of the Mattachusctts Bay in New England Doc hereby certify 
 unto all manner of persons whome it may conccrne that Ed- 
 wnrd Hall 1 late of the parish of Jlenborough in the County 
 of Glouccstei\carpcnter and now of Duxbury in New England 
 sonnc of Francis Hall late of Henborough aforesaid yeoman 
 Deceased as appeareth unto me by his ownc oath & the oath 
 of James Smith marriner is now at the making hereof in full 
 life and health. In testimony whereof at the request of the 
 said Edward Hall I have caused the Common Scale of our 
 Colony to be hereunto affixed the fifteenth day of July in the 
 sixteenth yeare of the Raigne of our Soveraignc Lorde Charles 
 now King of England cvc. Annoq* Dmi 1040. [2-G] 
 
 That Sarah Hubbard wife of Edmund Hubbard of Hingham 
 in New England sometime wife of John Lyford Clerke some 
 time Minister at Levclegkish neare Laughgaid in the County 
 of Ardmagh Deceased is alive c. [A writing of advise 6tZ.] 
 
 1 This is not the Edward Hall men- bury as early as 1636, .and later of 
 tioncd above ()>. 139) as servant of Mr. Bridge water, and then of Rehoboth. 
 llieluml Saltonstall. He: was of Dux- 
 
204 LLC1IF01WS MAXUSCIilPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 BOSTON 15 Julii 1040. 
 
 Upon sight of this my first bill of exchange my second ct 
 third not being payd I pray you pay unto James Smith mar- 
 rincr or his assignes the summe of ten pounds & ten shillings 
 currant money of England w ch is for so much in Commodities 
 hecre received of him to the use of myselfe & my brother John 
 Hall late of llenborough in the County of Gloucester tayler 
 sonnes of Francis Hall late of the same yeoman Deceased. 
 I pray make good payment <fc charge it to the account of the 
 said John Hall as by advice. So 1 rest 
 
 Yo r loving Friend 
 
 EDWARD HALL. 
 
 To my very loving friends Ed\vard Stokes of Charlcton in 
 the parish of Hcnborongh aforesaid yeoman & John Taunton 
 late of Henborough aforesaid husbandman Executors of the 
 last will & Testament of the said Francis Hall or to either of 
 them. 
 
 The Commodities received 2 barrells of beife at 40 3 
 
 p peece 4l 
 
 Item ;J barrells of oatmeale at U 3 p bushell . . . . 31 15 8 
 
 Item two peices flanuing of 63 yardes at Sd .... 2 1 
 
 [2-G. 27 Julij. The ship called the Mary Rose about one 
 of the Clocke riding at Anchor before Charles Townc was 
 blown ii]) wherein among other marriners & seamen the said 
 James Smith.] 
 
 Me W m Bevan 1 dc Civitatc Bristoll mercatorcm tener 
 Thome Dudley Ar Gubcrnator de le Mattachusetts in Nova 
 Anglia in mille libris Dat 17 die Julii 1G Carol! 1040. [Is.] 
 
 The Condicon of this obligation is such that whereas the 
 aboveboundcn Willm Bcviu hath lately bought of Robert 
 Saltonstall gent Ccrtaine peeccs of Iron Ordinance that is to 
 say two Demy Culvcrins of the weight of three thousand one 
 
 1 The nnme Bovans is found in New but it is unlikely that this man was ever 
 England towards the end of the century ; in New England for any length of time. 
 
LECIIFORD S MAXL SCttirr XOTE-llUOK. 2G5 
 
 liiindrod fifty six pounds a pooce for the |>n>prr use and ser 
 vice of him the said Willni IJrvin. If therefore tin; said Willm 
 IJevin shall not sell or putt oft the said peoees of Oniinanee 
 or cither of them to any [155] person or persons not being the 
 subject or subjects of our Soveraigne Lorde King Charles 
 then &c. [Is.] 
 
 Nos Johem Squire 1 dc Attamciiticus in Nova Anglia Pisca- 
 torcm NicluTm Squire de eadem piscatorcm <fc Sampson Anger 
 de eadem in Piscatorcm toner Thome Foule Ar in GO* dat 21 
 (">) 11)40. 
 
 Condition, That if the abovcboundcn John Squire Nicholas 
 Squire Sampson Anger or any of them their or any of their 
 hcires executors or administrators shall well and truly pay 
 and deliver imto the abovenamed Thomas Foule his executors 
 administrators or assigncs so much well-condiconed and mer 
 chantable dry codd fish at the rate of fourcteenc shillings the 
 Kentall or in default thereof so much money aboard such 
 vcssclls or shippcs at or neare the Isle of Sholcs or Pascat- 
 taway in New England before the first day of July next ensuing 
 the Date hereof as shall fully satisfy and countervayle all such 
 goods fe commodities as the said Thomas Foule his execu 
 tors administrators or assignes shall at any time or times 
 before the said first day of July upon request of the said John 
 Nicholas & Sampson or any of them their or any of their 
 executors administrators or assignes deliver unto them or any 
 of them at such prices and rates as they shall agree upon. 
 [Is. Gt7.] 
 
 Me Thoman Foule de Boston in Nova Anglia Ar tener e. 
 Join Squire Nicholas Squire el; Sampson Anger in 001 dat 21 
 July 1040. 
 
 That if the abovcbonndcn Thomas Foule his heires execu 
 tors administrators or assigncs or any of I hem shall from 
 time to time take and buy or cause lo be taken it bought 
 
 1 Of the Squires of Agamenticus I freeman 1652, and constable 1655. The 
 
 find no satisfactory mention. Sampson name is spelled Al^er more often, appar- 
 
 Anger, however, is noted in Savage as cntly, than either Anger or Auger, 
 on the grand jury at York in 1G49, 
 
LECUl OliD ^ MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 of tlic abovesaid John Nicholas & Sampson their execu 
 tors administrators or assignes such tt so much well-con- 
 diconed and merchantable dry codd fish as they or any of 
 them shall cure dresse and provide at the rate of i ourtcene 
 shillings the kentall A: receive the same into some vcssells or 
 shippcs at or neare the Isle of Sholcs or Pascattaway in New 
 England Ijefore the first day of July next ensuing the date 
 hereof either with tt for redy money or in Default thereof 
 goods tt commodities at the prices tt rates as they shall agree 
 upon. Then. [Is. Ot/.] 
 
 Samuel Freeman l of Watertowne in N. E. g. makes a letter 
 of Attorney to Andrew Walker Citizen tt tallow chandler of 
 London vers Willm Clcrke ttc. 
 
 Knowc all men by these presents that whereas Willm 
 Clcrke Cittizen and Skinner of London standetji bound unto 
 me Samuel Freeman now of Watertowne in New England ct 
 late of Mawlyn in the County of Kent gent in one bond or 
 obligation of eight hundred pounds Dated the second day of 
 November in the twelveth yeare of the Raigne of our Sove- 
 raigue Lord Charles by the grace of God King of England ttc 
 Annoij r Dili IGoO. Conditioned for a surrender of a certaine 
 coppihold Cottage or Tenement orchard and garden and two 
 acres <t halfe of land w th the appurtenances in Chcswicke in 
 the County of Midd to be made by the heire or heires of 
 Elizabeth Clcrke late wife of the said Willm Clerke unto 
 Robert Cogan of Chcswicke aforesaid Esqr in such manner 
 and form tt for saving harmlesse me the said Samuel and my 
 heires as in and by the Condition indorsed on the said bond 
 is expressed as more at large in tt by the said bond tt Condi- 
 con thereof it doth tt may appeare. Now Knowc yee that I 
 for divers good Causes and Considerations me thereunto 
 moveing have granted and assigned and by these presents 
 doe grant, tt assigne the said bond and all profitts advan 
 tages tt money thereby to be recovered nnto Andrew Walker 
 Cittizen tt Tallow chandler of London To have and to hold 
 
 1 Samuel Freeman, of Watertown, had home to Engbiul shortly after this, airl 
 probably come with Winthrop, but went there died, as it ib reported. 
 
LECIIF01WS MAXUSCJUPT NOTE-HOOK. 207 
 
 receive it perceive the said bond profit ts advantage;; it money 
 thereby to bo recovered unto liiin [156J tlio said Andrew 
 Walker his hcires it Assignes. And further for Hint end & 
 purpose 1 doe hereby make ordeync constitute and in my 
 stead it place by these presents put and appoint the said 
 Andrew Walker my true and lawfull Attorney irrevocable 
 for me and in my name but to the proper use of the said 
 Andrew Walker his hcires and assignes to sue for recover 
 and receive of it from the said Willm Clerke his hcires execu 
 tors and administrator the said eight hundred pounds giving 
 and granting unto my said Attorney my full power and 
 Authority in execution of the premises for me and in my 
 name to arrest sue impleade imprison condemnc and out of 
 prison to deliver and plead proeessc it prosecutions for me 
 tt in my name to susteyno it maintcyne in any Cort or Oorts 
 and before what Judges or Magistrates soever and to compound 
 and agree and upon the Reeoverys and receipts in that bchalfc 
 acquittances or other sufficient Discharges for me and in my 
 name to make seale it deliver and if need be satisfaction 
 upon record to acknowledge and also the said bond or obliga 
 tion to Cancell & deliver up And Attorney or Attorneys one 
 or more under him to doc the premises to substitute and 
 revoke And further to doe say afiirmc procure it cause to he 
 done all it every other matter and thing whatsoever w ch in or 
 about the premises shall be requisite or needful in as large it 
 ample manner it forme as 1 might or could doc mysclfc if 1 
 were personally present Ratifying confirming it allowing all 
 it whatsoever mv said Attorney shall lawfully doc or cause 
 to be done in or about the execution of the premises or any 
 of them. In witncssc whereof I have hereunto put, my hand 
 <t seale the Twenty second day of July in the sixteenth 
 yeare of the Raigne of our Soveraigne Lord Charles by the 
 grace of God King of England Scotland France it Ireland 
 Defender of the Faith itc Annoq r Dili 1040. [o-4] 
 
 Francis Willoughby 1 of Charlestowne in N. E. merchant 
 & Nicholas Parker of Boston in N. E. g. to be bound to 
 
 1 Francis "\Villoughby had come to and was already well known. He was 
 New England two or three years before, representative in 1G42 and twice after- 
 
LKCIIFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 Captaino Timothy Thonihill in liifty pounds to be payd at 
 Mf Winthrop s house in B 1 Feb r next. A mortgage of 
 the Tobacco & a Counterbond. 
 
 Will in Hales Planter assures the tobacco to them for 
 security. [4s.] 
 
 I Thomas Dudley Esqr Governor of the Jurisdiction of the 
 Mattachusctts Bay in New England having seen these presents 
 signed scaled & delivered in my presence by the abovcsaid 
 Samucil Freeman to the use of the abovemcntioned Andrew 
 Walker doe hereby Certify the same to be the Act and deed 
 of the said Samuel Freeman. In testimony whereof At the 
 request of the said Samuell I have caused the Common scale 
 of our Colony to be hereunto affixed the twenty second da) 
 of July aforesaid. 
 
 Nos W m Cole de Wcymouth in N A planter & Jacobus 
 Smith dc N A prd p tenor Capitando T. T. in 30* dated 25 
 Julii 1G40 Condiconed to pay 151 G 3 1 Feb r px at Ml; Winthrops 
 house in Boston. [!.] 
 
 [157] Nos Edmun Hull de Boston in N A gen Will m John 
 son dc cadem plantator Ricm Cooke de eadem scissor et 
 Arthur" 1 Perry l de eadem scissor tenor <fcc Capitando T. T. in 
 401 dat 25 Julii 1G40. Condiconed to pay [blank] 1 1 Feb r px 
 at or in M? Winth house in Boston. [Is-] 
 
 A Case. A servant retcynes an Attorney in his Masters 
 name & w th his consent to sue It I) for money due to the 
 master for goods bought out of his shop by the said R I) in 
 w ch suit the Attorney expendes money & p r secutes w th effect. 
 So The suit is upon Record betwecne the said Master <t the 
 
 wards. Later he was chosen an assis- I take to have been a Virginia planter ; 
 
 t.int, anil in 1<565 was elected Deputy- he was not a New Englander. These 
 
 Governor, which ollioo he held until two men ran hardly he identified. 
 
 his death in 1(571. It may be a stretch James Smith, of Weymouth, is merely 
 
 of imagination to suppose Captain Tim- noted by Savage, but nothing more, 
 othy Thonihill to be Captain Thomas l For Puchard Cooko and Arthur 
 
 Thoriicll, a transient resident, thinks Perry, see ante, p. 59 and note. 
 Suvuge, who died 16GO. William Hales 
 
7, EC II FORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 209 
 
 said Debtor <t for the goods of the said master and that by his 
 consent. The Question is although the servant did promise 
 io pay the Attorney all due fees <fc charges in case lie hath 
 not p <! the same, whether the Attorney may not recover the 
 said fees <t charges at his election of either the said master 
 or servant. 
 
 1 conceive this case to bo very clearc & that the master is 
 bound both in Law & equity to pay the Attorneys bill. Jo. 
 Winthrop 5. 25. 1040. 
 
 Now 1 can depose upon my oath that remaines due to me 
 for charges expended & for my due fees in the said suit 23 s 4 d 
 for w ch 1 have the hand <t promise of the servant to my 
 booke in England. 
 
 Mr Thomas Barnardiston against Mr Thomas Weston l in 
 an accon of debt for 031 14? [3s. 4J.] 
 
 Knowc all men by these presents that wheras by vcrtuc of 
 the within written Letter of Attorney I Thomas Lcchford one 
 of the Attorneys within named caused processc to be served 
 on the goods of the within mentioned Thomas Weston in the 
 name of the within written Thomas Barnardiston for the debt 
 within specifycd and afterwards by Direction of John Win- 
 throp l ]s(j r the said Thomas Weston ct 1 mysclfe on the 
 behaife of the said Thomas Barnardiston submitted the said 
 cause to the Arbitrcmcnt & Determination of Samuel Mav- 
 crickegont and Capt. Edward Cibones Arbitrators indifferently 
 chosen betwccne us whereupon the said Arbitrators upon 
 hearing and Consideration of the said Cause did in writing 
 under their hands award that the said Thomas Weston should 
 deliver unto me to the use of the said Thomas Barnardiston 
 soe much well conditioned merchantable leafe tobacco w th caskc 
 at G d the pound as will amount to the said principal! debt <fc 
 
 1 Thomas "Weston I suppose to bo other person of the namo is mentioned 
 
 the London merchant who was inter- in the curly history of New Englan 1. 
 
 ested in the planting of Weymouth in Thomas Barnardiston 1 know nothing 
 
 1(522. He is said to have died at Bris- of, and suppose from the fact that Lech- 
 
 to], 1 suppose at the storm of the town ford acts as attorney for him that lie 
 
 by Maurice and Rupert in 1613. No was at this time in England or Virginia. 
 
270 LECHFORD S MA Xir SCRIPT XOTE-BOOK. 
 
 bill & that thereupon I should in the name of the said T B 
 release the said Thomas Weston of the said debt <v, bill there 
 of within mentioned. Now 1 the said Thomas Lechford doe 
 hereby acknowledge that I have received of the said Thomas 
 Weston the snmme of two thousand five hundred forty eight 
 pounds of well conditioned merchantable leafe tobacco at the 
 rate of ( ! the pound in full discharge of the said debt <fr bill 
 And therefore in performance of the said award and by vertue 
 of the said Letter of Attorney I the said Thomas Lcchford 
 doc hereby in the name it for and on the hchalfc of the said 
 Thomas Uarnardiston remise release and forever quitt claymc 
 unto the said Thomas Weston his hcircs executors and 
 administrators the said debt & bill and all <t all manner of 
 accons suits iudgments exemptions charges and demands 
 whatsoever that the said Thomas Barnarcliston his executors 
 or administrators have or may have against tho- said Thomas 
 Weston his hcircs executors or administrators by reason of 
 the said bill or debt. In witncsse etc. 5. 27. 1G40. 
 
 5. 27. 1040. Received by authority of Letters of advise of 
 from Thomas Lcchford one of the Attorneys in the above 
 written Coppie of a Letter of Attorney mentioned all the 
 tobacco in caskc w ch he recovered of & from ^[ r . Thomas 
 Weston at the suit of Thomas Barnardiston in the said Copy 
 mentioned I doc approve of the said proceedings & I say I 
 have received to the use of the said T. B. of well condiconed 
 leafc tobacco in caskc the weight of 2548 1 . [2. G. Copied 
 Attornat 1 (5. Cop orbit 1. ^l. r Winthrops receipt 1 
 Marshall* fee 5151.] 
 
 [158] Morgain Lcwys of Pascattaway marriner makes a 
 letter of Attorney to John Pickering 1 of Pascattaway planter 
 to receive of Ml" Thomas Warrenton the summc of 141 due to 
 ni(3 by bill dated 4 December IHoO payable & that should have 
 bin payd 80 Martii ult. Dat 27. Julii 1040 Coram me Ch" 
 Hardy & Samson Suiter. [1 0] 
 
 1 Jolni Pickering, already noted, is Of the two witnesses, I find Samson 
 the only one of these three of whom I Suiter as "Newport, 1C39;" but no 
 can find any mention in a cursory search. Christopher Hardy. 
 
LECIIFORD S MAXUSCUIPT SOTE-DOOK. 
 
 271 
 
 Me John " 1 Pownes dc route London in Com Corke mcrcat 
 tcncr Georgio Luxson Xicli Brookings & Johi Morris in 341 
 dat 27 Julii 1040 Condicon to pay them 17* w thln 10 daycs 
 aftir the arrivall of the John & Francis of youghull . l in Kng- 
 laiul or Ireland. [Is.] 
 
 Captnino Timothy Thornhill makes a Letter of Attorney 
 to Will 1 " Rayiihorowo 2 merchant to reeeive all Debis ct 
 suinmos due to the said Captaine Thornhill. 5. 27. 1G40. 
 [1 J. ; a note (\<l] 
 
 Thomas Witherley mnrriner makes a letter of Attorney 
 unto Will m Vicars 3 of Connccticot planter to receive all debts 
 & dispose ct sell all cattell goods & chattells due to him or 
 Will 11 QuickC. 5. 27. 1(340." [10.] 
 
 Thomas Robinson of Boston marrincr for 40 sells unto 
 Thomas Witherley marrincr One barke ealled the Speedwell 4 
 
 1 From the same kindly authority 
 which gave me the whereabouts of 
 " Ponte Bondon in Com Corko," I 
 learn that Youghajl is " a considerable 
 seaport in the County of Cork, at the 
 mouth of the Blackwater," some little 
 way to the east of Cork Ilarhor. 
 
 >l William llaynborowe (called of 
 Charlestown, pnsf, p. 164) must he a 
 misspelling for William Kainsborough, 
 of that town. Kainsborough lived some 
 time in New England, but in 1045 he 
 went to England to serve in the Civil 
 War. He was himself made colonel, 
 and hnd Israel Stoughton as his lieu- 
 tenant-colonel, and Nehcrniah Bourne 
 as mnjor. Other New Englanders who 
 went with him were Mr. John Leverett, 
 William Hudson the younger, and 
 Francis Lisle the surgeon, of most of 
 whom we have had mention in this 
 book. IJainsborough is called in one 
 of Winthrop s letters the brother of 
 Stephen "\Vinthrop. He was the brother 
 
 of Judith, the wife of Stephen Winthrop. 
 If Wyman is right, he was also his step- 
 grandfather, by the marriage of Martha 
 llainsborough Coytmore with Governor 
 Winthrop. (See Wynian s C/utrfattoicn, 
 and Winth., vol. ii. a[>x. A, 05). 
 
 3 William Vicars mav be the, father 
 of Thomas Yigars, of Hartford, born 
 1G50. Savage offers the conjecture that 
 the family was Dutch ; but I find no 
 trace of the name in any early papers 
 relating to the New Netherlands that I 
 have seen. William Quick, called a 
 sailor (Suf. Dm?*, i. f. 50), is noted 
 at Newport, 1638, but seems by a later 
 entry in the Nnfc-lw.k to be of Con 
 necticut (pp. 182, 189, post). 
 
 4 Whether the "Speed well, "of pilgrim 
 fame, lasted out forty years after being 
 sent back to London as unseaworthy, is 
 a subject which may interest the curious. 
 One 1 obcrt Corbin was master of the 
 "Speedwell" 15 Aug., 1037 (U inth., 
 
272 LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 w tb nil tacklings & a])purtcnanccs to the same belonging w th 
 warranty against all men. o. 27. 1040. [1 0.] 
 
 Thomas Withcrle is bound to Thomas Robinson. 
 
 Me Thomam Withcrle cle Southwarke in Com SUIT tener 
 ct firmit r obligur Thome Robinson in 701 conditioned that if 
 bills of exchange be payd by M!" Edward Hopkins 1 for 
 35l then to be voyd. The bills to be payd at 30 dayes. The 
 bills of exchange only passe. [1 6.] 
 
 Allen Ycwc 2 of Boston .seaman assures his two third parts 
 of one shallop \v th tackling <t appurtenances thereunto belong 
 ing unto Thomas Foule & Samuel Mavericke Esqr s for 221 w ch 
 they payd for him to Richard Pin seaman w th proviso that if 
 he pay the money upon the 9 of October next then to be voyd 
 els he will also serve them & their assignes from thence 3 
 yeares. 5. 28. 1640. [28.] 
 
 BOSTON IN NEW ENGLAND July 28 1G40. 
 
 At sight of this my first bill of exchange my second & 
 third not being payd I pray you be pleased to pay upon the 
 nyneth day of November next ensuing the date hereof or any 
 time after that day unto Mr (Jeorge llussey Citizen & silk- 
 man of London dwelling at the signe of the Doggs head in 
 the pott in Clieapside London or his assignes the summe of 
 twenty pounds starling w ch is for so much heerc by me received 
 of Mf Robert Scott 3 of Boston aforesaid haberdasher 1 pray 
 you make good payment & place it to account as by advice. 
 
 [2] THOMAS MATSON. 
 
 1 Edward Hopkins, at this time gov- tinuations of this business may be found 
 ernor of Connecticut, came to Uoston in below (pp. 159, 164). 
 
 1037 with Davenport and Eaton, and 3 Mr. 1 obert Scott, subsequently 
 
 went the same year to Hartford, where ensign, had come with "\Vinthrop in 
 
 he was made an assistant, then gov- 1030. He was once or twice selectman, 
 
 ernor. He ivturned to England in 1052, His house was on the south side of State 
 
 where he died in 10f>7. Street, on the corner, it is supposed, 
 
 2 Of Allen Ycwc little seems to bo, of Pudding Lane, so called, now Devon- 
 known, save the fact that his name shire Street. 
 
 is spelled in a variety of ways. Con- 
 
LECUFQRD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-HOOK. 273 
 
 To my loving Sister in law J\I ri . 3 [/>/W-] Chambers dwelling 
 at the signe of tlic golden key in Shcrborne Lane London wid- 
 dow and Executrix of the last will & testament of Thomas 
 Chambers Cittizen & clothworkcr of London Deceased. 
 
 John Davys l of Boston in New England ioyncr bound in 
 a bill to W m Hcrrickc m 3. 1G 8 to be payd 25 Dec next dat: 
 5. 28. 1040. [G(/.] 
 
 A Release by Thomas Matson 2 of Brayntrce in New Eng 
 land gunsmith and Anne his wife unto M r i 3 [&/] Chambers 
 widdow & executrix of the last will & testament of Thomas 
 Chambers Citizen & Cloathworker of London deceased for 20 1 
 parte of their Legacy 5. 28. 1040. [6c?.] 
 
 [159] Richard Pinne of Boston in New England seaman 
 makes a letter of Attorney to Allen Yewe to receive & re 
 cover all moneys debts dutyes & parte of a boatc & netts 
 due to him from divers persons upon Cape Codd voyage 
 wherein I was imploycd w th others And certaine money due 
 to me from one Nicholas servant to M r . Thatcher at yarmouth 
 in New England. 5. 28. 1G40. [Is.] 
 
 Me Allen Yewe do Boston in Nova Anglia nauta tener c 
 Ric Pinne in 61 dat 5. 28. 1G40. Conditioned to pay 81 ult 
 Junii 1041 at Robert Turners house in Boston. [Is.] 
 
 1 John Davis, of Boston, joiner, came in 1637, with which he sympathized, 
 in the "Increase" in 1635, and was, I Afterwards, says Savage, he became a 
 think, disarmed in 1637, with so many military officer. Where Robert Turner s 
 more of Leehford s clients. But the house was at this time I hardly know, 
 name John Davis is a confused one. lie had what I suppose to be a pasture 
 There wore two or three of the name lot near what is now the corner of 
 (all joiners) about this time. William Franklin and Congress streets ; but I 
 Herrick was of Southampton, L. I. think there was probably no house upon 
 
 2 Thomas Matson had been of Boston it. Later he bought of Valentine Hill 
 since Winthrop came over, a gun- a house on the west side of Washington 
 smith by trade and an early member Street, north of Court Street. It was 
 of the church ; freeman March 4, across the street from Major Gibbons s 
 1633. He moved to Braintreo after the [Lk. Possess., G, 44, p. 96]. 
 discomfiture of the Hutchinson party 
 
 13 
 
274 LECUFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 And now, Worthy Sir, what news can I write you from us, 
 but such as is heavy and sad, in every respect? Yesterday, 
 being the 27th of July, a tall ship riding at anchor before 
 Charlestowne, that brought hither provisions from Bristoll, 
 called the Mary Rose, 1 was (most part) blown up with gun 
 powder which she had in her for defence, (and the rest sunke 
 do wne immcdiatelic,) through some careless rummaging with 
 candle-light in the hold : wherein died a brave mariner Cap- 
 taine Davis, with ten others, seamen, and two or three of the 
 Country being then on boardc. Fourteen others of the ship s 
 company being on shore, through the mercy of God escaped : 
 I never heard such a fearful blow : it shook the house wherein 
 I was being a mile off, as an earthquake. A sad and doleful 
 accident, and much laid to heart by me. This was at one 
 a clock iu the afternoone. God of his mercy grant that we 
 the living may lay it to heart and repent indeed, lest we all 
 likewise perish ! 
 
 [Margin : " This is not written"] I for my part, though 
 I hear things are at an ill way in our native country, could 
 yet wish mysclfe there, or else in some other place of his 
 Majcstie s dominions, considering the errors and disorderlie 
 proceedings we run into and persist in dayly here, as sheep 
 without a shepherd. I know my friends desire to know 
 whether I am yet of any better mind than some of my actions 
 about the time of my coming away did show me to bee. I 
 doe professc that I am of this mind and judgment, I thank 
 God : that Christians cannot live happily without Bishops, as 
 in England ; nor Englishmen without a King. Popular elec 
 tions indanger people with war and a multitude of other 
 inconveniences. The people here, in short time, if the course 
 here hold long, (which God forbid !) arc like to be most 
 unchristian, and the rest erroneous and ignorant enough : 
 I have not received the Sacrament these two yeares, nor am 
 yet like to doc, for I cannot agree to such proceedings. 1 am 
 
 1 The blowing up of the ship "Mary later, j>i>. 165, 167, 187. If interested 
 
 Hose" in the harbor created much ex- in the matter, he will not fail to consult 
 
 citcment in the Colony. The reader will 1J int.h. t ii. 11, 72, 74, and 4 Mass. Hist. 
 
 remember Lech ford s marginal note, p. C ofl., vi. 141, where is a letter from 
 
 154 and he will meet further reference Kndicott to Winthrop on the matter. 
 
LECIIFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 275 
 
 not of them, in church or common weal : Some bid me be 
 gone, of which I am in some sort glad : others labor with me 
 to stay, fearing my rcturnc will do thcire cause wrong ; and 
 loth am I to hcare of a stay, but am plucking up stakes with 
 as much speed as 1 may, if so be I may be so happy as to 
 arrive in Ireland, there at leaste to follow my old profession, 
 and where I have hope of some friendship, since 1 was last 
 there with my Lord Deputy Wentworth now lord lieutenant- 
 general. When they press me to stay, I hold them to such 
 points as these : 1, Let them be pleased to show me by the 
 Scriptures that a people may make [themselves ?] a church 
 without the presence and approbation of an Apostle or Evan 
 gelist sent unto them from a church: 2dly, That a people 
 have power to choose and ordain their own officers : 3dly, 
 That any ministers have power of imposition of hands, with 
 out apostolicall or cvangelicall Bishops ; and if they can, then 
 1 will stay. But 1 know not whether they will stay me volens 
 nolens or what [ways ?] they may use to stay me : but this, 
 God willing, is the mind I shall, I hope, live and die in. I 
 tell them the Scots have done they know not what, in putting 
 out of Bishops : I say further to them that others may if they 
 will strain at gnats, the cap, tippet, surplice, cross, kneeling 
 at the Sacrament, <fcc., whereof none can be singly evil : but 
 I for my part will pray that I may never swallow such camels 
 as dcpartc from Christ and his Apostles and Evangelists, but 
 dissent [from] receiving imposition of hands from one another, 
 downe from the days of the Apostles hitherto: though perad- 
 vcnture great corruptions and many sins have intervened and 
 [undecipherable] many, which God pardon unto us ! Further, I 
 say to my friends that Apostles, Prophets and Evangelists ought 
 and doe continue, as well as pastors or teachers, to the end 
 of the world : How else can the Gospel be propagated to the 
 Indian or Pagan nations ? for Pastors and Teachers, these here 
 make to be overseers of the flock, only. How can churches 
 be administered without them, in peace and uniforinitio ? 
 For if all churches are so free, and still one [over ?] another (as 
 they here holde), are they not in danger to become soe many 
 fractions, if not factions, sects, divisions, confusions, what not 
 
276 LECIIFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 [else? ] ? Also, if apostolical and evangelical Bishops, or su 
 pervisors are nccessarie for the propagation of the Gospel 
 and gathering together churches of God etc., how can they be, 
 without great impiety, thrust out from administering to them, 
 being gathered and approved ? May they not visit such 
 churches as they gather or approve ? Must they not ? 
 
 To all these they give me no sufficient answers ; and some 
 silence my letters ; l some cry out of nothing but Antichrist 
 and the Man of Sin : I desire such to consider Mr. Zanchy s 
 opinion, out of the Fathers, of Antichrist, and the doubtful 
 expressions of our interpreters on the Revelation and the 
 second Epistle to the Thcssalonians and 2d chapter : whether 
 the seat upon seven hills be a double type : whether it may 
 not be Constantinople as well as Rome, &c. When they urge 
 the example of Geneva, some churches in Germany, both the 
 Higher and Lower, Scotland, <tc., I then propound to them 
 to consider what experience any of these churches had in 
 mission to convert and plant churches among pagans and 
 heathens. But things are amiss, and grievances burden us 
 in tcmporalls and spiritualls. I [ask] what peace can we 
 have, or deserve to have, if we goe on in such a way of dis 
 obedience to Apostolical rules? They urge the Common 
 Prayer Book, and sermons arc their burden. I say the best 
 and letirnedest are and have been beholden to forms, and 
 when the poor Indians arc to be taught, will they not teach 
 them by forms? for extempore long prayers in publique and 
 long [continued?] 1 conceive, without forms in set words 
 and the reading of the Scriptures as well as preaching, the 
 generation following will be more ignorant, if not erronious. 
 In England. 12 or 13 Chapters and Psalmes 2 are read every 
 Sunday, in all Churches, beside what is upon Wednesdays and 
 
 1 After "letters" these -words were land every Sunday are read in publique 
 
 written and erased: "And will not dis- Chapters and Psalmes in every Church, 
 
 pute with nice. I think either out of besides the eleven or twelve Command- 
 
 [conterapt] of me or else despoire of their ments," etc. This, doubtless, should 
 
 cause." [T.] be read, "eleven or twelve Chapters and 
 
 - In a marginal note to the Plninc Psalinis besides the Commandments," 
 
 Dcnlin j (p. 20; 3 M. II. S. iii. 70) Ltvh- etc. [T.] 
 ford is made to say, "Whereas in Eng- 
 
LECIIFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 27 f 
 
 Fridays and other holydays ; but hero, Scripture twice a 
 Sunday, in any Church, and upon any other day none at all, 
 in whatsoever assembly or upon whatsoever occasion ; but 
 preaching and long [conceived?] prayers. Men may be 
 unmerciful! in their long prayers, to those that heare them. 
 Doctrinal discourses [delivered] in prayer arc not so fitting 
 or proper unto prayer : And for ceremonies, bowing at the 
 name of Jesus, and the like, there is no danger in them; but 
 alreadio to drive such things out tends more to Atheisme, 
 Arianisme, <tc., than they are aware of. I forget not to tell 
 some, that they have taken upon them opus infmitum et 
 impossibile, in their publiquc discipline toward offenders. By 
 what rule, I asked them, are the faults of men to bee so 
 publiqucly handled before all the world as to undo them ? 
 Is not a consistoric better and more agreeable to the Word of 
 God ? Is not some due pastorall [collation ?] between the 
 people and their own watchman (with reference to the Apos- 
 tolicall or Evangelicall [bishop?] in weighty matters,) a great 
 deale better and more consonant to Scripture? Besides, if 
 all men among them were admitted to the privileges of the 
 Church and Sacraments, in their way, then, 1 say, if offenses 
 must bee so handled, I see not but they must doc nothing else 
 almost ; it will be so infinite : and further, what power have 
 any ordinarie men (I mean those not of the ministrie) at all to 
 [decide ?] cither in admission or excommunication ? seeing 
 they have not power of b[ind]iug? But Apostles and Evan 
 gelists have [expressjly power of b[ind]ing; to them it was 
 therefore committed, consequentially, of admission and ex 
 communication. These and the like discourses we have, but 
 few know my full mind in some things of weight whereof 
 I do professc I was ignorant and misled in England. You 
 may wonder how I am now reformed : Truly, Sir, I was 
 forced for my ownc satisfaction to studic these things, and 
 the Lord giving lesser and great, hath also given a blessing, 
 1 hope, unto nice. The land certainely is of great consequence ; 
 besides the fishing trade furs and other commoditycs, there 
 are surely rich Mines (as I believe upon credible report, and 
 think c I can prove); which if his Majesty [never?] takes 
 
278 LECIIFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 notice of, wo hope his wisest counsels will bend to look at us, 
 a poor forlorn ignorant people. mercy, mercy, from all the 
 powers of mercy in heaven and on earth, to such as sin of 
 ignorance! 1 Long live England, and England s friends: let 
 them prosper that love her. If a man travel from East to 
 West, England is a good land : Ireland also. [Great, almost 
 incredible are the difficulties of new plantations]. 2 Here are 
 it s true some wise men : they want estates and maintenance, 
 and in this way they are never like to get them, I fear. The 
 Patent they thinkc bears them out to uphold their elcctorie 3 
 proceedings, though I heare it be declared voide and sent 
 for. 4 [It were good, 1 thinkc, if his Majesty were so.] 5 
 The God of Heaven guard his Majesty and his councils, and 
 continue to England and the united Kingdomes of our Sov- 
 ercigne, and all his dominions, every blessing there and peace. 
 If I come over as I hope to do, I shall discourse-to you more 
 at length. In the mcane while, I commend you and yours to 
 God ; not forgetting my best respects unto your beloved M? 
 Bacon and your neighbours, all whom I love and respect 
 heartily, M* Alexander Jett my s[chool] fellow, and your kins 
 woman his wife ; rests yours assuredly in all love, service and 
 
 thankfulnesse, 
 
 THOMAS LECH FORD. 
 
 John Cogan of Boston merchant makes a letter of Attorney 
 to James Love to receive of Richard Foxwell and Ambrose 
 Berry G what debts & summes of money they owe him 5. 
 28. 1040. [Is. p d in conic.] 
 
 1 In the margin Lech ford modestly 4 See Wintli., Jour., ii. 12. [T.] 
 wrote: "In the number of the igno- 6 These words erased. [T.] 
 
 rant, I hold myself c t and M* Burton, 6 This is part of John Cogan s busi- 
 
 MT Prynne and Doctor Bastock [I>ast- ness with the main coast. More may 
 
 wick], and a multitude more." [T.] be found in regard to Richard Foxwell, 
 
 2 These words were erased. [T.] I presume on this same matter, p. 196, 
 a A favorite word with Lechford. post. He was an old inhabitant of that 
 
 " Some electorio ways tend to the over- region, having been at Piscataqua aa 
 
 throw of Kingdomes," he tells us in early as 1630, and being, as I suppose, 
 
 Plainc Dealing (3 M, H. C. iii., 121); now settled at Scarborough, where he 
 
 and again, "That clectorie courses will went in 1636. Ambrose Berry was of 
 
 not long be sale here, either in Church Saco, but nothing is known of him. 
 or Commonwealth" (/./., p. 10 J). [T.j 
 
LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-HOOK. 279 
 
 [160] The account of THOMAS ROBINSON marriner concerning the 
 partnership betweene him and JOHN SwiNFORTH l ship Car 
 penter intestate deceased in one barJce called the Speedwell 
 5. 29. 1040. 
 
 Since they last made even they layd out in Winter 
 
 last 91 Os. Orf. 
 
 For an Anchor 2 5 
 
 For an other Anchor 1 3 G 
 
 For a boate 3 
 
 For a niaiue bonnet 110 
 
 For a barrell of tar re 115 
 
 For a pott & pitcli 12 
 
 For Carpenters wages ..110 
 
 To Thomas Stanton 112 
 
 To M! Richard Parker for a foresayle .... 1 3 
 
 To goodman Giiham for a barrell of tarre ... 1 10 
 For ropes & other smale things belonging to the 
 
 barke .100 
 
 Sum 27 G 
 
 Since they last made even they have earned w th 
 the barke 16 
 
 So the losse surmounts the gain 11 G 
 
 The losse being equally to be borne John S \vin- 
 
 forths parte to beare thereof is 5 10 3 
 
 He also owes otherwise unto Thomas Robinson 270 
 
 AV ch added to John Swinforths parte 
 
 of the losse is 7 19 3rf. 
 
 The said barke is sold for .... 401 
 
 Whereof John Swinforths parte is . 20 
 
 Out of w ch deducting the said . . 7 17 3 
 
 There remains in the hands of Tho 
 mas Robinson due to the estate of 
 
 John Swinforth 121 2s 9d. 
 
 [1-0] 
 
 1 James Swinforth, ship-carpenter, Town Record that on one occasion 
 like Thomas Robinson, manner, left no going so fur as to make a fire out on 
 record by which any of his history may his wharf to heat a "pitch-pott" and 
 be traced. Goodman Giiham (or Gillam), being detected at the same, he was 
 who sold the " tarre," was a ship-car- fined ten shillings, of which lie was 
 pentor, who had his shop in the fort made to pay five. But this was seven- 
 field on the town cove. That Goodman teen years after the "Speedwell" was 
 Gillarn, Benjamin by name, had " tarre " sold to Thomas Witherly to carry "Wil- 
 is sure enough ; for we may see by the liam Boreman away to Connecticut. 
 
280 LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT XOTE-BOOK. 
 
 All Account for Timothy Hawkins 1 Carpenter made 5. 29. 
 1G40. [1*.] 
 
 IJe it knowne unto all men by these presents that I John 
 Coltman 2 late of Newton Harcoate in the parish of Wcston 
 in the County of Leicester and now of Wetherfield upon the 
 River of Connccticot planter doe hereby make ordcyne con 
 stitute and in my place and stead put my Dearely beloved 
 Father Thomas Coltman of Newton Harcoate aforesaid Black 
 smith my true and lawful! Attorney for me and in my name 
 Lawfully to enter into and upon and to grant bargaiue and 
 sell for such reasonable summcs of money as lie shall thinke 
 meete unto any person or persons all such Lands Tenements 
 Free and Coppihold whatsoever and all goods <fc Chattells real! 
 and personal whatsoever [161] within the Kingdomc of Eng 
 land belonging unto me And in defalt of a purchaser or pur 
 chasers of the said Lands or tenements for me and in my 
 name into and upon the same lawfully to enter & make a 
 Lease or Leases unto any person or persons whatsoever for 
 any terme or tcrmcs not exceeding the tcrme of seven ycares 
 from the date of such Lease or Leases and under such reason 
 able yearely rent or rents Covenants or Conditions as to my 
 said Attorney shall scenic meetc and so as the same Lease 
 and Leases be made in immediate possession and not in 
 reversion And the said Tenant & Tenants lawfully to remove 
 <fc Displace and others to put in their roome from time to 
 time as cause shall require And for me and in my name to 
 aske demand receive and recover all the moneys accrewing 
 and belonging to me by reason of the premises. All rents 
 issues and profit ts thereof all Debts Dueties and demands due 
 unto me from any person or persons whatsoever And the said 
 moneys rents issues profitts Debts Duties to rcturnc unto 
 me as by my letters of advise I shall from time to time Direct 
 
 1 This account of Timothy Hawkins - Jolin Ooltimui, of Wothi rsfield, was 
 
 may have btrn out; which he presented later a schoolmaster ; but whether lie 
 
 to the General Court in regard to a got his learning on this side of the 
 
 housSwith which he had had something water, or studied by the light of his 
 
 to do (sec post, p. 171). He was a father s forge, is not known. 
 Watcrtown man, it seems. 
 
LECH FORD S MANUSCRIPT XOTE-BOOK. 281 
 
 and appoint. And to that end and purpose. 1 for me it in my 
 name to. commence and prosecute w th effect or cause to be 
 commenced it prosecuted \v th effect any actions suits or writs 
 against any person or persons whatsoever about the premises 
 or any of them and to compound. <t agree upon receipts it 
 recoverys in that bchalfe for me ct in my name acquittances 
 or other sufficient Discharges or releases to make scale and 
 deliver And I also grant unto my said Attorney that he shall 
 or may by any deed or deeds covenant or covenants bynd me 
 my licirea executors and administrators to make acknowledge 
 levy execute ct suffer any further lawful and reasonable acts 
 and deeds fines Recoverys or other assurances for the more 
 sure making and conveying of the premises or any of them 
 unto such purchaser or purchasers of the same as my sayd 
 Attorney shall for me it in my name bargaine or agree w lh for 
 and about the premises or any of them and at their costs <t 
 charges in the law as shall be by the said purchaser or pur 
 chasers or their Counsell learned in the law reasonably 
 advised devised or required so as for the doing or suffering 
 thereof I be not compelled to travell above ten myles from 
 Wethersfield aforesd And all and every other matter or thing 
 lawful it requisite to be done or w oh 1 shall from -time to time 
 under my hand (t warrant direct in and about the execution 
 of the premises for me and in my name to doe execute and 
 pcrformc as fully powerfully <t effectually as T myselfo in my 
 proper person might or could doe if 1 were present Ratifying 
 confirming and Allowing all and whatsoever my said Attorney 
 shall lawfully doc or cause to be done in the premises or any 
 of them In witnesse whereof I have hereunto sett my hand 
 & sealc the Twenty nyneth day of July in the sixteenth yearc 
 of the Raignc of our Soveraigne Lord Charles by the grace 
 of God King of England Scotland Franco and Ireland 
 Defender of the faith <tc AnnoqT Dmi 1G40. [H 1.] 
 
 Thomas Pinny of Weymouth in N. E. t makes a Lc r of 
 Attorney to M? Richard Garrett 1 of Scituate in New England 
 
 1 Mr. Richard Oanctt was town-clerk of "Weymoutli, Init luul formerly been 
 of Scituate. IiO"er Ammido\vn was now a Salem man. 
 
282 LECUFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 merchant to re c 22 s of Roger Ammidowne of Weymouth 
 aforesaid shipwright. Dat 31 Julij. 1G40. [6c?.] 
 
 Knowc all men by these presents that whereas Richard 
 Bui gar of Dover l in New England planter for and in con 
 sideration of indian corne planted and growing on t\vo acres 
 or nerc thereabouts being the land of one Willrn Beard of 
 Oyster river two breeding sowes whereof one is great w th piggs 
 and seven hundred of pules cloven lying ncare the said corne 
 to the said Richard Bulgar assigned and bargained by me 
 William Dowries late of Dover aforesaid planter did promise 
 and undertake that I should in his behalfe receive of and from 
 M* Valentine Hill of Boston commodities to the value of 
 foure pounds arid that the said Richard Bulgar would satisfy 
 and pay five pounds more unto M r . John Turner for my 
 intended passage into the West Indies. But the said M? 
 Turner hath refused to accept of the satisfaction in the letter 
 of the said Richard Bulgar dated the 24th of the last moneth 
 propounded whereby he hath not fullfilled the said bargaiue 
 on his parte and I am disappointed of my voyage aforesaid. 
 Now I the said [162] William Downes in Consideration of nyne 
 pounds of lawful money of England to me in hand payd and 
 satisfycd by Captaine Richard Morris doe by these presents 
 grant bargaine and sell unto the said Captaine Morris the 
 said Conic two swine and pales and all the cncrease of the 
 said swine & all my right & title of in & to the premises & 
 every parte thereof To have hold and enjoy the said Corne 
 swine & pales all & singulare the premises w th the Appur- 
 
 1 This piece of business is clearer sentative later. Mr. John Turner was 
 
 than most of the transactions that took a Salem West India merchant; he 
 
 place at Dover or Oyster River. Richard died at Barbadoes. William Beard, of 
 
 Morris and Richard Bulgar \ve know Dover, was long after this killed by the 
 
 were both Roxbury men who had left Indians at Durham. Of William Downes 
 
 their homes during the Hutchiuson con- alone is there no trace; but I suppose 
 
 troversies, and were now at Exeter, or he went down to the West Indies, per- 
 
 perhaps Dover. They must have known haps to the church at Isle of Providence 
 
 each other wll, though they may not in the ship in which Captain William 
 
 have transacted business together. Val- Pierce was killed. Such persons afford 
 
 eritine Hill had continual relations with ample ground for conjecture. 
 Dover, from which place he was repre- 
 
LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 283 
 
 tenanccs whatsoever unto the said Captaine Richard Morris 
 his executors administrators and assignes And further for 
 that end it purpose 1 hereby make ordeyne & appoint the said 
 Captaine Morris my true & lawful Attorney for me tt in my 
 name to aske demand receive and recover the premises and 
 every parte thereof of and from the said Richard Bulgar and 
 all manner of persons els whatsoever interupting therewith. 
 In witnesse etc. G. 1. 1040. [!#.] 
 
 I Captaine Richard Morris doe hereby acknowledge that I 
 am indebted unto Richard lJulgar the sum me of fourc pounds 
 w ch was for goods and commodities of that value received 
 by William Downes of M. r Valentino Hill upon the account of 
 Edward Calcott by the direction of the said Richard Bulgar 
 In witnesse etc. G. 1. 1G40. this was altered & made payable 
 to M Coicord. 
 
 I Captuine Richard Morris doe hereby acknowledge mysclfe 
 to be indebted unto William Downes the summe of live pounds 
 to be payd unto the said Will" 1 his executors admrs or assignes 
 upon the fifteenth day of July next ensuing the date hereof 
 for w ch payment I by ml me my heires executors and adm 
 firmely by these presents etc dat G. 1. 1G40. [G<7.] 
 
 John Peakes bound by bill to Thomas Robinson for 40 s to 
 be payd 29. 7. 1G40 dat 18. G. 1G40. 
 
 Matthew Southerland l of Ncwporte in the Island of Rodes 
 in new England marriner bound by bill to Thomas Robinson 
 for 41 to be payd the 9th of 8 lH r 1G40. dat 1 20. G. 1G40. [Gt?.] 
 
 This Indenture made the ffourth day of July in the sixteenth 
 yeare of the raigne of our Sovcrnigne Lord Charles by the 
 grace of God of England Scotland France and Ireland King 
 <tc Annoq r Dili 1G40. Bctwcene Richard Bellingham of 
 Boston in New England of the one parte and Thomas Joy 
 
 1 Of Matthew Southerland Savage to have been a sort of partner of Hob- 
 knows no more than the fact that he inson. (See 2 J ost, p. 170.) 
 existed, and where he lived. He seems 
 
281 LECIIFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 of the same Carpenter of the other parte Witnesscth that the 
 said Richard Bellingham for and in divers good considerations 
 him thereunto moving hath demised granted and to ffarme 
 letten And by these presents doth demise grant and to ffarme 
 let unto the said Thomas Joy all those the saw pitts l of the 
 said Richard Bellingham and the marsh ground adjoyning 
 thereunto lying in Boston aforesaid betweene the houses & 
 grounds of John Crabtrce & John Lowe conteyning in length 
 from the Beach there foure rods \v th the appurtenances To 
 have and to hold the said sawpitts & marsh ground and all 
 and singulare the premises w th the appurtenances whatsoever 
 unto the said Thomas Joy his executors adrn rs & Assignes from 
 the day of the date hereof for and during the termc of twenty 
 ycares thenceforth next ensuing fully to be compleat & ended 
 Yeilding & paying therefore yearely unto the said Richard 
 Bellingham his heires and assignes the summoof five pounds 
 [163] of lawful money of England at foure tcrmcs of the yeare 
 that is to say the third day of the first wcekc in the moncth 
 of October the third day of the first weekc in the moncth 
 of January the third day of the first week in the moncth of 
 A prill & the third day of the first wcekc in the moncth of 
 July by cquall portions to be payd. Provided allways that 
 if the said ycarcly rent shall be behind & unpayd in partc or 
 in all by the space of fouretcenc days next after any of the 
 several! days of payment aforesaid being lawfully demanded 
 that then it shall or may be lawfull to and for the said Richard 
 Bellingham his heires and assignes into the premises to 
 recnter and the same to have againe & enjoy as in his or their 
 former estate any thing in these presents to the contrary 
 thereof conteyned in any wise notwithstanding. And it is 
 Covenanted & agreed betweene the partycs abovcsaid that 
 whatsoever buildings the said Thomas Joy his executors 
 
 1 These; sawpits of Kiehard Belling- Possessions; but John Crabtree s is not 
 
 ham were in a marsh belonging to him mentioned anywhere in the volume, 
 
 which lay on the northwest side of the John Lowe was a wheelwright; the other 
 
 Town Cove (over opposite Bendall s two were carpenters. Joy moved to 
 
 Dock). The place is between Union Hingham in 1647, and I cannot say 
 
 and North streets, just oil Dock Square, what then became of the i-awpits. 
 John Lowe s lot is noted in the Luuk of 
 
LECHFORD S MAXTSCIUPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 administrators or assignes sluill build upon the promises 
 during the said tcrmc the same shall bo valued at the end of 
 the said tcrmc of twenty yea res by two indifferent men to be 
 chosen by & bctwccnc the said Richard Bcllingham his heires 
 or assigncs and the said Thomas Joy his executors adminis 
 trators or assigncs and being soc valued the said Richard 
 Bellingham his hcircs or assigncs shall and will pay and 
 sntisfie the said Thorn : Joy his executors administrators or 
 assigncs for the said buildings according to the said value 
 thereof soe made as aforesaid In witncsse CYC. [31] 
 
 This Indenture made the twentieth day of August in the 
 sixteenth ycare of the Raignc of our Sovcraignc Lord Charles 
 by the grace of God of England Scotland France and Ireland 
 King Defender of the Faith cvc Annoq r Dili 1G40. Betwccne 
 Thomas Dexter 1 of Lynne in New England yeoman of the 
 one parte and Humfrey Ilookc Citizen and Alderman of 
 Bristoll and Edward Godfrey gent and Hugh Courtney of 
 Bristoll aforesaid merchant for and on the behalfe of the said 
 Humfrey Hooke of the other parte Witnesscth that whereas 
 the said Thomas Dexter standeth indebted and doth owe unto 
 the said Humfrey Ilookc the summe of foure hundred cv fifty 
 pounds of lawful money of England as by one judgment of 
 the said Thomas Dexter acknowledged in the Court at Boston 
 before the Governor Deputy & Assistants of the Society of 
 the Mattachusetts Bay in New England appearcth the said 
 Thomas Dexter in Consideration thereof and for further & 
 better security of payment & satisfaccon thereof hath granted 
 bargained sold enfeoffed & confirmed and by these presents 
 doth grant bargaine sell cnfcoffc & confirme unto the said 
 Humfrey Ilooke All that ffarmc house and ffarmc contcyning 
 Eight hundred acres of land lying & being within the precincts 
 of Lynne afores 1 called & knowne by the name of Thomas 
 Dextcrs ffarme w th the appurtenances and such Croppcs of 
 
 1 Thomas Dexter is not infrequently from an over-jovial temperament and an 
 met with in the old authorities. There unruly tongue, lie was now of Lynn, 
 is some little that may be found to and had been since 1G30; but he sub- 
 bis discredit in the Colonial Records, scquently moved to Barnstable, in the 
 chiefly such as would naturally result Colony of Plymouth. 
 
286 LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 Corne as thereto bclongcth and twenty head of Cattell To 
 have and to hold the said ffarme house & ffarme corne & 
 cattcll and all & singulare the premises w th the appurtenances 
 unto the said Humfrey Hooke his hcires and assignes for ever 
 Provided alhvays that if the said Thomas Dexter his hcires 
 executors administrators or assignes shall well and truly pay 
 or cause to be payd unto the said Humfrey Hooke [164] his 
 executors administrators or assignes the summe of flivc hun 
 dred pounds of lawfull money of England upon the ffirst day 
 of .June next ensuing the Date hereof at or in the now dwelling 
 house of Will Hudson situate in Boston aforesaid Then this 
 present grant bargaine sale feoffemcnt & confirmation .shall 
 be voyd and of none effect or els it shall be & remaine in full 
 power strength and vertue And it is agreed betweene the 
 said partycs that if the said mortgage take place through non 
 payment as abovesaid that the overplus coming upon sale of 
 the premises beyond the said five hundred pounds and for 
 bearance money after the rate of eleven pounds by the hundred 
 for the said foure hundred & fifty pounds untill such sale made 
 shall be payd unto the said Thomas Dexter his executors 
 administrators or assignes In witnesse <fcc. [3-4] 
 
 Samuel Scarle of Quinapeagc Planter in the behalfe of 
 Jasper Crane l of the same Agent or Attorney for M? [Wa/jfc] 
 Roc Citizen of London Dcmiseth unto Henry Dawson and 
 John Search of the same one house & house lott <fc three acres 
 of land lying in Boston wherein Will" 1 Herricke now dwelleth 
 from 29 Sept next for 5 yearcs 4* 10s. rent halfc yearely, to 
 fence to the value of 41 10s. to repaire 21. G. 1G40. [os.] 
 
 Thomas Bright 2 of Watcrton in N. E. g. mortgageth all 
 his house & lands being ten acres lying in the precincts of 
 
 1 Jasper Crane, was after this (in Quinepiac, hut were later of Boston. 
 
 1050) representative for New ILiven. The former was servant to William 
 
 He was now one of the assistants of New Hudson the younger, and had the care 
 
 Haven Colony, and ten years after was of his concerns when Hudson was 
 
 assistant in Connecticut for three years, engaged in the Civil War in England. 
 This may he found in Savage, who says 2 Thomas Bright was some relation 
 
 nothing at all about Samuel Scarle. perhaps to Henry Bright, surveyor-of- 
 
 Duwson and Search are here called of arms at Watertown. 
 
LECIIFORUS MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 287 
 
 Waterton aforesaid w ch ho purchased of Robert Feke gent 
 w lh the appurtenances together also w th the Croppes of Come 
 growing upon the same unto Will m Raynborowe of Charleston 
 in N. E. in. for 1201 to be payd 6 Marcii px dat 24 Aug : 1040. 
 [2-G pd in shott 191 barrcll & all 9. 30. 1640. 2d. p l so 1 had 
 GcZ. shot above ye 2s. Gt?.] 
 
 
 
 An assignment of Richard Pynnes Debt due from Allen 
 Ycwe to Robert Turner 24. Aug. 1640. [4t?.] 
 
 SIR 
 
 Here is a good land, and yeilding many good commodities, 
 especially fish, and furs corne and other richer things, if well 
 followed, and if that popular elections destroy us not. It is 
 a good Land, I say, that instructs us to repentance, when we 
 consider what a good Land we came from, what good lawcs 
 and government we have left, to make experiments of govern 
 ing ourselves here by waves, wherein (like young Physitians) 
 of necessity we must hurt and spoile one another a great while, 
 before we come to such a sctled Commonwealth, or church 
 government as is in England. 
 
 1 thank God, now 1 understand by experience, that there 
 is no such government for English men or any nation as a 
 Monarchy ; nor for Christians, as by a lawfull Ministcric, 
 under godly Diocesan Bishops, deducing their station and 
 calling from Christ and his Apostles, in descent or succession ; 
 a thing of greater consequence than ceremonies (would to 
 God I had known it sooner) which while 1 have in my place 
 stood for here these two years, and not agreeing to this new 
 discipline, impossible to be executed, or long continued, what 
 I have suffered, many here can tell ; I am kept from the 
 Sacrament, and all places of preferment in the Common 
 wealth, and forced to get my living by writing petty things, 
 which scarce finds me bread; and therefore sometimes 1 took 
 to planting of corne, but have not yet here an house of my 
 ownc to put my head in or any stock going: whereupon I was 
 determined to come back into Ireland, but by the over-entreaty 
 of my wife and some other friends, I here think to stay a 
 
288 LECIIFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 while longer, hoping that the Lord will shortly give a good 
 issue to things both in our native country, and Scotland, and 
 here, as well as in all other his Majesties dominions. I was 
 very glad to sec My Lord Bishop of Exeters Book of Epis- 
 copacic by divine right; it gave me much satisfaction. If 
 the people may make ministers, or any ministers make others 
 without an apostolicall Bishop, what confusion will there 
 be? If the whole Church, or every congregation, as our 
 good men think, have the power of the keycs, how many 
 Bishops then shall we have V If every Parish or congregation 
 le so free and independent, as they terme it, what unity can 
 we expect ? 
 
 Glad also was I to sec Master Balls Book of the try all of 
 the grounds of separation, both which are newly come over, 
 and I hope will work much good among us here ? 
 
 And whereas 1 was sometimes misled by those of opinion 
 that Bishops, and Presbyters, & all Ministers are of the same 
 authority ; when I came to consider the necessary propagation 
 of the truth, and government of the Church by experimental! 
 footsteps here I quickly saw my error ; For besides, if the 
 con<2Teo-;itioiis be not united under one Diocesan in lit com- 
 
 O O 
 
 passe, they are in a confusion, not withstanding all their 
 classicall pretendments, how can the Gospel be propagated 
 to the Indians without an apostolical Bishop ? If any Church, 
 or people, by the Kings leave send forth Ministers to teach 
 and instruct the poore Indians in the Christian Religion, they 
 must have at least Apostolicall power to ordain Ministers or 
 Elders in every congregation among them ; and when they 
 have so done, they have power of Visitation where they plant 
 Nor can they without just cause be thrust out from government 
 without great impiety; and where they have planted, that is 
 their line or Diocese. Thus I came to see that of necessity 
 a Diocese and Bishop Diocesan, is very nccre, if not altogether 
 of Divine authority. 
 
 [165] I am also of opinion, that it were good for our Minis 
 ters to learn how to doc this work from some of our reverend 
 Bishops in England, for I fcarc our Ministers know not how 
 to goe about it whether must not some Ministers learne 
 
LECIIFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 289 
 
 their language? It is a copious language, as 1 am informed, 
 and they have as many words to express one thing as we 
 have. And when they teach Indians to pray, will they not 
 teach them by a forme ? And how can Gods worship he 
 maintained among ignorant persons without a forme ? 1 am 
 firm of opinion that the best of us have been much beholding 
 to the word read, and formes of prayer. 
 
 FROM BOSTON IN N. E. 
 Julii 23, 1010. 
 
 Thomas Taylor bound to Thomas Miller 1 in 42s. to be 
 payd to his wife Isabell Miller 24 Aug. 1G40. & a letter to 
 her. [8cZ.] 
 
 Richard Betscombe 2 of Ilingham in New England late of 
 Bridporte in the County of Dorset haberdasher in bchalfe of 
 Mary & Martha his Daughters makes a letter of Attorney 
 to Andrew Robert & Christofcr his brothers to receive two 
 Legacyes of 50 * a pecc-c given by Philip Strong late of the 
 devi/rs in the County of Wiltes gent Deceased to the said 
 Mary Martha of Philip Strong Brewer his Sonnc & exec 
 utor 0. 25. 1G40. [la.] 
 
 Me liictim Waldern 3 de Dorobern in Nova Anglia planta- 
 torc tcncr <tc Edv Payne Nautc in 801 d a t 24 Aug 1040 
 Condiconcd to pay 40 1 or the value in merchantable commodi 
 ties according to the rates of the Country upon the first day 
 of January next at or in the now dwelling house of the said 
 Richard. " [Is.] 
 
 1 Thomas Miller was one of the early Now England. After 1645 lie is con- 
 s -ttlers of Middletowu, Conn. His wife, stantly hoard of in the Colonial Jiccords 
 Isabell, died in 1G66. in connection with a Hairs at Dover, 
 
 2 Richard Bctscombe was of Ilingham for which he was many times deputy up 
 1635, freeman 1637. There is no men- to 1679. He then became a man of 
 tion found of the three brothers, who, I great prominence in the newly consti- 
 conclude, stayed on their side the ocean, tuted New Hampshire, but was killed 
 
 3 Richard Waldern, of Dover, except by Indians in 1789. Edward Payne 
 for this and one other entry, is not was of Lynn in 1638, and the next year 
 mentioned before 1645. Tradition, of Charlestown, but is found of Dover 
 however, says that he came in 1635, in 1613. lie went to England in 1649. 
 returned to England, and came again to 
 
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290 LECIIFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 Thomas Millard l of Cape An in New England ffishcrman 
 aged 40. swornc saith that before tlic ship Mary rose was 
 blown up He was intrcatcd by M! John Olliver of Newberry 
 to goe w th a shallop to the said ship <fc this deponent accord 
 ingly went in his shallop w th the said John Olliver to the same 
 shipp & there demanded and was very earnest for a packe of 
 goods to be delivered him but some of the shipes Company 
 answered they would not deliver it because M* Dannet was 
 not aboard. 
 
 Knowc all men by these presents that Whereas John Jorden 
 Citizen & grocer of London by his Letter of Attorney bearing 
 date 21 Maii 10 Car hath given full power and Authority 
 unto us Willm Waldcrn 2 and Richard Waldern of Pascatta- 
 way in New England or either of us to agree compound and 
 receive all such debts and summcs of money as Samuel Cole 3 
 of Boston in New England standeth ingaged for himselfc unto 
 the said John Jorden and for & upon one bond of the prinall 
 Summe of 200* bearing date the 13th day of June in the 4th 
 yeare of the raignc of said our Soveraigne Lord King Charles 
 w th and for the debt of John Tongue late of Boston in the 
 County of Lincolne deceased made unto the said John Jorden 
 as in and by the said Letter of Attorney more at large it doth 
 and may appeare Now Kno\ve yee that we the said William 
 Waldcrn & Richard Waldern have by vertue of our said 
 
 1 Thomas Millurd, of flloucester, was dull and further notice of Mr. Dan- 
 after this selectman. He moved a year net, of whom we can hope to learn 
 or two afterwards to Ncwbury, and died little beyond the fact that he was a 
 in Boston in 1G51>. John Oliver, of " pro] thane scoffer. " 
 Newbury, is called " younger brother, 2 William Waldern was the elder 
 or perhaps nephew, of elder Thomas brother of Richard, in all probability, 
 Oliver." At any rate he came over from and had very much the same position 
 England with him in 1632 and lived in and influence at Dover. lie was drowned 
 Boston until 1638, when, having been in 1646, being only about forty-five years 
 disarmed in 1037, and rejected as a of age. 
 
 representative by the House for being 3 Samuel Colo was an early Bostonian 
 
 a supporter of Wheelwright, he moved (1030), and opened in 1633 the first 
 
 to Newbury, where he died in 1642. house of entertainment, though not 
 
 In regard to this pack of goods so probably on the same spot where his 
 
 earnestly demanded, see p. 167, post., house was later, out in the Mill Field, 
 
 where is a deposition of Edward Ben- by Gallup s Point. 
 
LECHFORD S MAXL SCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 291 
 
 Authority and in full discharge of the promises received of 
 and from the said Samuel Cole to the use of the abovesaid 
 John Jordcn three Cowes and one Cowe calfe and one bond 
 of 40 pounds bearing date the 24th day of this instant inoneth 
 of August conditioned for the payment of 20 pounds unto the 
 said John Jordcn his executors administrators or assumes 
 upon the [Wa/.] day of August w ch shall be in yearc of our 
 Lord 1643 w th this agreement that if ten pounds be payd to 
 the said John Jordcn w ch the said Samuel Cole directed to be 
 payd by Nicholas Trcrise 1 or some passenger that went in his 
 shippe that the same shall be accounted as in parte of dis 
 charge of the said forty pounds We therefore the said Wil 
 liam Waldcrn and Richard Walderne doc hereby for and in 
 the name of the said John Jordcn [166] remise release and 
 forever quittclaymc unto the said Samuel Cole his heircs <tc. 
 all and all manner of actions suits debts bonds bills reckon 
 ings accounts & demands whatsoever that the said John 
 Jorden his executors or adm hath or may have against the 
 said Samuel Cole his heires executors or administrators for 
 or by reason of any matter or cause whatsoever from the 
 beginning of the world unto this present day In Witncsse 
 Ac. 18. Aug : 1040. [2s.] 
 
 Me Samuele Cole de Boston in Nova Anglia, plantator tener 
 Ac Join Jorden Civi ct grocer London in 401 dat 24 Aug. 1640. 
 Condiconed for the pay rat of 20* 24 Aug: 1643. at W ra Iludsons 
 house in Boston. [!?] 
 
 Me Samuclcm Cole dc Boston in Nova Anglia plantator 
 tcner <vc Join Jorden in 601 ^ a t 24 Aug 1640. Condiconed 
 for the quiet enjoy mt of 3 Cowcs and one cowe calfe. [1.9.] 
 
 Isaacke Sterne 2 of Waterton in New England planter 
 sometimes of Stoke Nayland in the County of Suffolke tayler 
 
 1 Nicholas Trerise, it maybe remem- 2 Isnac Stearns came, according to 
 
 berecl, was master of the "Planter" (see Savage, from Neyland, in Sussex. He 
 
 ante, p. 137). But what the voyage was in the fleet with Sir Richard Salton- 
 
 referred to was, is hardly matter for con- stall in 1030. 
 jecture even. 
 
292 LECHFOUD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 and Mary his wife daughter of John Barker late of Stoke 
 Nayland aforesaid clothier deceased makes a letter of Attor 
 ney to Thomas Gilson of Sudbury in the said County of 
 Suffolk baker to receive & recover of & from [bUmk ] Mannings 
 of Gaynes Colne in the County of Essex yeoman the sumine 
 of five pounds of lawfull money of England due unto her ly 
 some bond covenant or agreement made by the said [fc/.-] 
 Munnings before or upon his marriage w th Margaret Barker 
 mother of the said Mary. 
 
 I Thomas Dudley Esq r Governor of the Jurisdicon of the 
 Mattachusetts Bay in New England doe hereby Certify all 
 manner of persons whome it may conccrne that these presents 
 are the act & deed of the abovesayd Isacke & Mary In testi 
 mony whereof I have at their request caused the Common 
 scale of our Colony to be hereunto ailixed the day & yeare 
 abovesaid. [Is. GcZ.] 
 
 The Susann and Ellen of London 240 tunnes ROBERT CLAY 
 Master 30 mat/e. 
 
 1 Omnibus Christ i fidclibus ad quos praesentcs Lcttercs 
 testimoniales praevenient praccipueque quibuscumquc Guber- 
 natoribus et magistratibus Authoritatem vcl jurisdicconem 
 quamcinnquc habcntibus Thomas Dudley Armigcr Gubernator 
 de Mattachusetts in Nova Anglia infra Jurisdicconem Regis 
 Anglia salutem etc Scitis quod bona navis vocata Susanna ct 
 Ellen de London oncris 240 dolior vel circitcr mine in portu 
 nostro de Boston existcns ct inde solute parata Eius Naucterus 
 
 1 "Thomas Dudley, Esquire, Cov- or master, Robert Clay, and the other 
 
 ernor of Massachusetts in New England men of the same ship, to the number of 
 
 under the jurisdiction of the King of Eng- thirty, and the inhabitants of the said 
 
 land, to all the faithful of Christ, and Boston and also of those regions lying 
 
 especially to any governors and magis- round about it, are in good health, with 
 
 t rates and any pel-sons whatsoever hold- no pest or infection, being free from any 
 
 ing any authority to whom these pre- ill, weakness, or disease. In testimony 
 
 sents may come, greeting : Know ye that whereof I have fixed to these presents 
 
 the good ship called Susan and Ellen* the public seal of this Colony, on the 
 
 of Ix>ndon, of 210 tons burden or then;- twenty-sixth day of August in the year 
 
 abouts, being now in our port of Boston of our Lord one thousand six hundred 
 
 and preparing to sail thence, the sailor and forty." 
 
LECIIFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 293 
 
 sivc magistcr Robertas Clay ct alii oiusdem navis Homines ad 
 numcra trigcnta ct inhabitantes do Boston pracdicta ct cos l 
 loci circum jaccntcs sunt in [167] boua salubvitate absque ulla 
 pcstc vcl pcstilentia ct ab omnia alio morbo vcl pestifero vcl 
 mortali immunes In cuius rci tcstimonium Sigillum publi- 
 cuni hnius Coloniac pracscntibus apponi feri viccsimo scxt die 
 Attcnsis Angusti Anno Dili millcsimo scxccntcsimo ct qnad- 
 ragesimo. [Is. Qd.~\ 
 
 Daniel Paul 2 of Boston in N E late of Ipswich in the 
 County of Snff marrincr makes a letter of Attorney to John 
 Cole of Ipswich Shippwright to sell all his Lands tenements 
 goods & chattells & the money to deliver to Elizabeth his 
 wife. [2s. 6(7.] 
 
 John Bent 3 of Sudbury in New England late of Waybill 
 in the County of Southampton husbandman makes a letter 
 of Attorney unto his brother in law Will" 1 Baker of New 
 Sarum in the County of Willes Plummcr to receive <v recover 
 of and from Will Cole of Waybill aforesaid husbandman 
 the summc of twenty pounds of lawfull money of England A\ rCh 
 he owes him by bond now in the hands of my sayd Attorney. 
 [Is. 6rf.] 
 
 Nos Ric um Parker in ct Nic um Parker g de B in N. ten <fec 
 IIcn r Symonds 4 morcli* in 1601 dat 27 Aug: 1640. Con- 
 diconed to pay 87.10 & after 10 in C at 6 moncths & 3 daycs 
 9H 17 s 6 d at [Is. r in corn:] 
 
 1 This word I take to be cos, or <?/.<?, age), but returned to England to bring 
 intended by Lcchford to agree with loci. more. 
 
 There are many corrections in the Latin 4 Henry Symonds had a house and 
 
 of this entry, but in this case the cor- lot just south of Mr. Bellingham s 
 
 rection is far more ungramm itical than marsh (wherein were the Rawpits let to 
 
 was the first draft. Thomas Joy), lie also was of the Com- 
 
 2 Daniel Paul is heard in of 1643 at pany to whom was granted the marsh 
 New Haven, and later at Kittery. towards Charlestown to improve (Boston 
 
 3 John Bent had just come over to Town Records, i. 74). This was in 
 New England to stay permanently. Ho 1643, however. At the time of the above 
 had come in 1638 with a wife and five agreement, and later, lie was of Lynn, 
 children (all under twelve years of (See p. 202, post). 
 
294 LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 Nos Nic ura Parker & Ric um Parker fcc ten Hen r Symonds 
 merch* in 230* dat ut supra Condiconed to pay 1151 & after 
 101 i n C. at 6 moncths. [Is.] 
 
 A letter of Attorney for Anne Coleman & Samuel Hosier 
 for the 51 afore Aug 8. 1639. at 27 Aug 1640. [Is.] 
 
 William Talmage of Boston in N E. Carpenter Thomas 
 Talmagc Robert Talmagc l and Richard Walker husband of 
 Jane Talmagc deceased sonnes and daughter of Thomas Tal 
 magc brother of John Talmage of Newton Stacey in the 
 County of South 10 " husbandman deceased make a Le r of Attor 
 ney to Richard Canying and William Dowlyng Overseers of 
 the will of the said John Talmagc deceased to receive of the 
 Executors & adm rs of the Last will & testament of Symon 
 Talmage our brother and of John Talmage aforesaid the 
 summes of money due unto us by the will of the said John 
 Talmage. & a Certilicat under the pub : scale. [3s.] 
 
 A Bill of Lading for Mf John Johnson. [6s. 6cl.~] 
 
 Will m Longley 2 of Lynne in New England sonne & heire ot 
 John Longley late of Frisby in the County of Lincolne Clerk e 
 deceased makes a letter of Attorney to Tho : Meeke of Wayn- 
 flete St Mary in the County of Lincolne aforesaid gent to sell 
 all hinds & tenements descended to him from his said father 
 in Frisby aforesaid and Steeping or els where in the said 
 County in the meanc while to receive the rent & to receive all 
 goods <fc legacys & childs parte due unto him. [3s.] 
 
 1 AYilliam, Thomas, and Kobert Tal- one of the three brothers who lived in 
 mage are all mentioned in Savago, who Boston, had a house onBoylston Street, 
 does not say that they were brothers, the north side, near Washington Street, 
 though he suspects the relationship of " William Longley, of Lynn, has been 
 Thomas and William. William was of a pu/.zUng man to the antiquarians, and 
 Boston 1030, Thomas of Boston 1<>;54, this entry does not help in clearing mat- 
 but now of Lynn, and Robert was later tors. He is called son of Kit-hard by 
 of New Haven. Of their brother-in-law, Savage, who feels rather confused about 
 Walker, I find nothing very satisfactory, him. It may be that there were two 
 There is another reference to these four, men of the same name. William Lang- 
 p. 175, i>ost. William Talmage, the only ley, of Lynn, adds to the confusion. 
 
LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 205 
 
 Edward Bendall of Boston in Nc\v England acred about 
 [/,//*] yeares swornc saith upon his oath tliat upon the very 
 day the Ship Mary Rose was hlowne up in Charles river l 
 this deponent in the behalf e of My John Olliver of Ne wherry 
 in Ne\v England was going aboard the said shipp in the morn 
 ing before the same was blowue up [168] to demand A; take 
 order lo fetch away a certaine paeke of goods sent in the said 
 ship to the said John Olliver and by the way this deponent 
 met w th M. r Dannet one of the merchants <>f the said shippe 
 coming ashore and told him this deponents errand whereupon 
 Mr Dannet sayd that if he had knownc this deponent was to 
 have received it- he should have had it before that tymc and 
 therefore at that time bad this deponent trouble himself c no 
 further about it the said Mr Dannet promising that he would 
 at high water or the next tyde send the said paeke ashore to 
 this deponent in the long boatc of the said ship. [Is.] 
 
 Robert Gamlyn 2 of Roxbury in New England planter and 
 Elizabeth his wife gardians & tutors of John Mayo an infant 
 of the age of eleven yea res or thereabout Sonne it heire of 
 Thomas Mayo late husband of the said Elizabeth and sonnc 
 of John Mayo late of Towne Marroling in the County of Kent 
 hosier and Rebecca his wife and Mary Mayo of Dorchester in 
 New England aforesaid spinster daughter of the said John 
 
 1 The following may interest the let fall in tho same into the water " 
 
 n-a<l<>r who does not care to consult ( JFinth., ii. 11 ). 
 
 "\Viiithrop (vol. ii. pp. 11, 72) amljohn- 2 Robert Gamlyn, of Roxbury, may 
 
 son (vol. iii. p. ix, B) : " Within two he found in Savage. There were two of 
 
 hours after this (being about dinner- the name, who came with Elder Thomas 
 
 time) the powder took fire (no man Weld in 1G32. The elder one lived at 
 
 knows how), and blew all up ; viz., Concord the greater part of his life, but 
 
 the captain and nine or ten of his the other, called "junior" (by which 
 
 men, and some four or five strangers, it may be supposed he was son of the 
 
 There was a special providence that former), remained at Roxbury. He had 
 
 there were no more ; for many principal brought his wife Mary and her son, here 
 
 men were going aboard at that time, mentioned, from England with him. 
 
 and some were in a boat near the ship, John Mayo is noted in Savage as having 
 
 and others were diverted by a sudden been brought as a young child by his 
 
 shower of rain, and others by other stepfather to New England. To Mary 
 
 occasions. There was one man saved, Mayo, the aunt of John here mentioned, 
 
 being carried up in the scuttle, and so I find no reference. 
 
296 LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 Mayo & Rebecca make a letter of attorney unto their beloved 
 friend & Brother in Law Steven England of Sandwich in the 
 County of Kent tayler <fc Francis his wife our Sister our true 
 & lawfull Attorneys to receive their parte of the rent of a 
 certainc mesuage or tenement <fc orchard situate in towne 
 Marroling aforesaid now or late in the tenure or occupation 
 of Thomas Martyn. & to sell the same c. [2s.] 
 
 The good ship called the Charles 1 of Bristoll burden 300 
 tuiines master Will Elliott and 44 men. [Is. 6<i] 
 
 John Prior 2 of Scituate in New England and Daniell Prior 
 of the same Sonnes of Thomas Prior late of Watford in the 
 County of Hertford Malster deceased make a Letter of At 
 torney unto Ralfc King of AVatford aforesaid wollendrapcr 
 and Launccllott AVelles of the same wheeler to sell One messu 
 age or tenement and orchard w th the Appurtenances in AA r at- 
 ford aforesaid now or late in the occupation of Roger Brewer 
 & all their interest therein 28. 6. 1640. [2s. 6d.] 
 
 Abraham Harding 3 of Boston in New England sonne of 
 John Harding late of Boram in the County of Essex husband- 
 
 1 I cannot say with what purpose 2 Savage says that John and Daniel 
 Lecht onl inserts this mention of the good Prior came from London in the " Hope- 
 ship "Charles," of Bristol. There is well" at the respective ages of fifteen 
 mention of the vessel in Winthrop (vol. and thirteen. This was late in 1635. They 
 ii. pp. 2ii, 44), who says that although wen; both of Scituate, and later moved 
 the master was a plain, (piiet man, the to Duxbury. 
 
 crew were very wicked. Indeed it is 8 Abraham Harding, Savage calls an 
 
 on account of this wicked crew that the early settler at Dedhain, and says "per- 
 
 " Charles " finds its way into history, haps lived first at Braintree." Braintree 
 
 For these forty-four men were such was at this time part of Boston; but 
 
 contemners of the Lord s Day that vari- it is probable that if Harding lived nt 
 
 ous judgments befell them, which may Dedhain at all, it was before the date of 
 
 be observed by the curious reader in the this entry in the Note-book, for the 
 
 Journal as above indicated. Winthrop early settlers of Dcdham had begun 
 
 in one place says the ship was of four their town and dug their canal from the 
 
 hundred tons burden, and that it came Charles to the Neponset before this 
 
 from Dartmouth. I hesitate to assert time. He may have moved to Dedhain 
 
 that this vessel was the same \vhieh came afterwards. "Boram in the county of 
 
 in the fleet with the" Arbella," and was Essex" may be found by looking for 
 
 sc-t on by Dunkirkers on its return. Boreham. 
 
LECIIFORD S MAXUSCR/1 T NOTE-nOOK. 297 
 
 man deceased makes a letter of Attorney to fJylos Barro 
 Cittizcn & Wollcndraper of London dwelling at the signc of 
 the Plough in Watling streetc to receive & recover of & from 
 Agnes Greene of Tarling in the County of Essex widdow 
 executrix of the last will & testament of the said .John Hard 
 ing sometimes her husband the suinmc of 77* of lawfull money 
 of England the remainder of 801 legacy given him by his said 
 ffathers will 28. 6. 1040. [2s. Gd. a letter Cr?.] 
 
 1 Knowc all men by these presents that I Anne Floyd wife 
 of John Floyd Citizen and haberdasher of London for and on 
 the behalfe of my sayd Husband and by his authority doe 
 hereby make ordaine and in my place and stead and in the 
 jdace tfc stead of my sayd husband put my wellbclovcd and 
 Christian ffricnds Will ra Colbron 2 ono of the deacons of the 
 Church of Boston in N E and John Button of tho same 
 Church our true and lawful! attorneys and deputyes ioyntly 
 or severally for us & in. our names or the name of either of us 
 to take the Care & tuition of Thomas Floyd 3 our Sonnc now 
 
 1 This entry may throw light on a as here stated, and, like most of their 
 very unimportant point which I find brothers in that church, had decided 
 unsettled in Savage, as to one of the leanings towards the heretical doctrines 
 name of Floyd who was in 1650 treas- of Mrs. Hutchinson. John Button was 
 urer of the. Society for Propagating the disarmed; but being hold in some honor 
 Gospel. Deane says that John Floyd by his townsmen, was in the course of 
 of Scituate and Boston was the -man, a year or two elected constable. He was 
 and Hutchinson supposes Richard Floyd a miller by trade, and had been even 
 to be the treasurer of that corporation, while in Old England, where he was 
 Savage himself sa3 - s that " on turning born in 159-1. He set up his mill on 
 to Scobell s Acts of that Parliament, Copps Hill, which, it may be, was called 
 we find the family name of the member Mill Field after it. lie lived nearby, 
 of that corporation was Lloyd, and not and was always a member of the coin- 
 Floyd;" and adds, "we, may be sure mit tecs appointed to oversee the fences 
 the treasurer must have been a London or highways in the Mill Field. He gave 
 merchant." It may be that the here- up the mill to John Mylam, as I think, 
 mentioned John Floyd, citizen and in 1643. (See Boston Town Records, 
 haberdasher of London was the person p. 76, and Sujf. Deeds, li. f. 307.) He 
 in question, and that his name was continued to live in the Mill Field, 
 Floyd, Savage and Scobcll to the con- however, and was at times surveyor 
 trary notwithstanding. of highways. lie died in 1681. 
 
 2 William Colbron and John Button 8 It is hard to think that all this care 
 were members of the Boston church, and tuition should not have educated 
 
298 LECLIFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 remayning w th Arthur [169] Ilowland of Duxbury in New 
 England riantcr and to send for and take our said sonne into 
 their or one of their Custody & twenty foure pounds <fc eight 
 pence to aske demand recover <fc receive of the said Arthur 
 Ilowland l \v cU he hath in his hands for the maintenance of 
 our say d sonne while he remained w th him the said Arthur 
 Ilowland according to the notes and bills and schedule here 
 unto annexed And our sayd sonne w th the said moneys to 
 maintaine educate and bring up according as I or my sayd 
 husband shall from time to time by our letters direct and in 
 the mcancwhile according to their ownc discretion And so 
 to kecpc our sayd sonne and stockc aforesaid till I or my said 
 husband otherwise dispose I or my sayd husband paying for 
 our sayd sonnes schooling & cloathing besydes And further 
 for me and my said husband & in our names or the name of 
 one of us and to the use of my said husband to aske demand 
 recover and receive of from the severall persons hereafter 
 named in the said schedule the severall debts goods & chat- 
 tells or their value in money thereinafter expressed to witt in 
 the said schedule (that is to say of and from Samuel Grymes 2 
 of Boston afores d pewterer six pounds of & from [/,//</>] 
 Hurst of Cambridge tayler thirty eight shillings & ten pence 
 of and from Mf [W/<] Freeman of Sandwich seven shillings 
 of & from [MJJI/,-] Hawkins of Uode Island three pounds of 
 & from Phillip Tayler of Accamackc in Virginia fourtccne 
 pounds t t ten shillings And 1 leave in the hands of my said 
 attorney John Button thirtcene pounds & ten shillings w ch he 
 
 Thomas Floyd to be such a man as spelled. He may have "been the old man 
 
 might have claimed a place in Savage s who was dead, according to a pop- 
 
 Dictioiiary. I find no such name as ular song, and who was in the habit 
 
 Thomas, however, at Floyd, or Loyd while in life of wearing a long gray 
 
 either. coat, which he buttoned down before, 
 
 1 No other mention of Arthur How- instead of buttoning it up, as is custom- 
 land is found earlier than 1G43, and scant ary. As for Hurst, I iind a Goodman 
 notice enough after that date. In 1GG9 Hurst, who, like the man in (picstiou 
 it is known that he was aged and poor; here, seems, says Savage, not to have 
 but how aged or how poor I Iind stated enjoyed a Christian name. William 
 nowhere. Hawkins, of Providence, freeman 1655, 
 
 2 Not much can bo said of Samuel may have been the "Rode Island" man 
 Grymes, or Graemes, as it is sometimes spoken of. 
 
L E CIIF ORD S M. 1 .V 6 S CR 1PT NO r J A -L (. ~) OK. 
 
 oweth me One sow & piggs o 1 and one fllocke bedel it ])olstcr 
 and a paire of Curtaincs it valens of the value of fifty shillings 
 one wigge of the value of twenty foure shillings and a payrc 
 of andirons tongues fyre shovel it forko topped w th bi asse of 
 the value of Iciinc shillings one brasse pott and hookes and 
 hangers of the value of fifteen shillings and one preserving 
 pan of brasse tinned of the value of nyne shillings one frix.e 
 Coate for a woman of the value of thirty shillings unel one 
 head peeee of the value of two shillings) and for us and in 
 our names or one of our names to sue arrest attach impleadc 
 prosceute it recover And upon receipts in that behalfe suf 
 ficient it legall acquittances it releases to make scale it de 
 liver And one Attorney or more under them for execution 
 of the premises to substitute and revoke. And all other 
 matters it things acts it deeds requisite in and about the 
 premises to doe execute it performe for me it my sayd hus 
 band in our or one of our names as fully effectually it power 
 fully ns I or my said husband might or could doe if we were 
 present Ratifying allowing it confirming all and whatsoever 
 our sayd Attorneys or either of them shall lawfully doe in the 
 premises. In witnesse itc 28. (5. 1G40. [Draught 1.9. Sd. 
 The two Coppics 3s. Od. The schedule Is. 8(7. The bills of 
 lading 1*. Oc?. 7*. 4,7.] 
 
 In the hands of Arthur Rowland 
 
 In goods delivered by him to Christofer Wads- 
 worth l 7\ 0,5. 
 
 In goods that were received of mo ... 10 1 
 
 In other goods 10 6d 
 
 A paire of shooes 2 8 
 
 Received of goodman Wasborne for me . . 11 
 
 [he received of John Willis 2 for me 7* 8 s 2G+8. whereof 
 40 s put to Christofer Wadsworth] 
 
 1 Christopher Wadsworth was one of 2 John Willis was at this time of 
 
 the earliest settlers at Duxbury, and Duxbury, but afterwards was one of 
 
 one of the most respectable and honor- those who settled Bridgewatcr. lie was 
 
 able of its inhabitants. He served the often representative from the latter 
 
 town as constable, and later as select- town, 
 man and deputy to the General Court. 
 
300 LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 [170] Thomas Odingselle l charges a bill of 40* upon John 
 Odingsellc Esq r of Eppcrston in the County of Nottingham to 
 he payd to Mr Maurice Gittins Cittizcn & Wollendraper of 
 London at the signc of the hell in Watling streate. upon 20 
 dayes sight for so much received of Will m Pester of Salem 
 in New England mercer. [Is.] 
 
 SALEM IN N. E. 28 August 1G40. 
 
 So may it please you upon 20 dayes after sight of this my 
 first bill of exchange my second & third not being payd to 
 pay unto Mf Maurice Gittins Cittizcn & Wollendraper of Lon 
 don dwelling at the signc of the Bell in Watling streete or his 
 assigncs the sumnic of forty pounds starling w ch is for so 
 much hcere received of Captaine Edward Giboncs of Boston 
 aforcsayd I beseech you make good payment & place it to 
 account as by advise. 
 
 Yo r obedient Sonne 
 
 THOMAS ODINGSELLE. 
 
 To the \vor" my deare & loving father JOHN ODINGSELLE of Epperston 
 in the County of Nottingham Esq r or to my loving Brother M r JOHN 
 ODINGSELLE at Mr Mansfields at the seven starres on Ludgate bill. 
 
 Nos Thomam Odingsclle de Salem in Nova Anglia gen et 
 Will" 1 Pester do eadcm mercer tener &c Capitando Ed~vo 
 Giboncs bound to him to pay all dammagcs if the bills be 
 not satisfied. 
 
 SALEM IN NEW ENGLAND. 
 
 So may it please yoii upon 20 dayes after sight of this my 
 first ex to pay unto Mf Maurice <tc forty pounds starling <fec 
 rec of the same c. 
 
 Yo r Dutiful nephew 
 
 WILL* PESTER. 
 
 To the \vor" my deare uncle WILL" PKSTKK Esq r at Barnards Castle my 
 Lord Chamberlaynes house in Thames streete London. [l- s -] 
 
 1 We may hope that John Oding- than his son has been by the present 
 sclle was to be found more easily by writer. No such name is to bu found in 
 the bearers of these bills of exchange Savage. 
 
LECIIFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 001 
 
 James Forrctt * of Long Island in N(. i w England Esq r 
 makes a deed of gift unto Thomas Robinson and Matthew 
 Southcrland of one Boatc or sinalc shallop of bunion fourc 
 tunnes or thereabouts w th niainc sayle anchor Cable all new 
 and a Compass w th oares and the appurtenances in payment 
 of twelve parts of a greater debt owing by him unto them. 
 29. 0. 1040. [2s.] 
 
 Ralfc Sprague 2 of Charlcstowne in New England & Joane 
 his wife make their letter of attorney unto John Holland of 
 Tinrkleton in the County of Dorset ITuller to receive of .John 
 Cox of Bowlington and Elizabeth his wife Executors of 
 Richard Warren deceased Tl \v ch was given by his will to the 
 said Joane and her children John Jonathan Richard Samuel 
 Alary and Phineas or any other summc due unto them <tc. 
 
 [171] Know all men by these presents that 1 Joseph Cooke 3 
 of Cambridge in New England gent Second Sonne of Thomas 
 Cooke laic of great Ycaldhani in the- County of Essex gent 
 deceased doe hereby remise release and absolutely for me & 
 my heires quitt Clayme unto my Brother Thomas Cooke of 
 AVorminirford in the said County of Essex gent All the right 
 title and (May me that 1 had have or any waves hereafter may 
 have of and in One Customary Tenement in Brysctt magna 
 called Hrysett Kcll in the County of Suffolk w th all the Cus 
 tomary and Lease Lands thereunto belonging In witncsse 
 whereof I have hereunto sett my hand a,nd scale the last 
 day of August in the Sixteenth yeare of the raignc of our 
 
 1 James Forrot of Long Island was sons John and Richard. lie was of that 
 the agent of the Karl of Stirling for his part of the Boston church which were 
 patent of Long Island. He was in dismissed to form tin; church at Charles- 
 Boston about this time the next year, town. His children Mary, Phincas, and 
 but probably only temporarily. (See Jonathan were born in New England. 
 ante, p. 56V Samuel was married in lGf>">, but I cannot 
 
 2 llalfe Spraguc came to Now Kng- say where he was born. Joan Sprague 
 land in 1G29 (according to Savage, was, it may be remembered, the daughter 
 whom I see no reason to doubt, though of Richard Warren, here mentioned. 
 there is in this case some question). 3 Of Joseph Cooke the reader may 
 He brought with him his wife and his remember something at p. 135, ante. 
 
302 LECIIFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 Soveraigne Lord Charles by the grace of God of England 
 Scotland France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith 
 &c. Anno4 r Dili. 1G40. [2s. OJ.] 
 
 His Letter of Attorney to his said Brother for the ffreehold 
 lands as afore. Dat ult 6. 1640. [3s. Od.] 
 
 Will Rix 1 of Boston in New England Planter one of the 
 sonnes of Robert Rix of Kenninghall in the County of Nor- 
 folke grocer deceased gives and grants unto his Sister Eliza 
 beth Waters of Kenninghall aforesaid widdow All his lands 
 tenements goods <fe Chattels in Wortham in the County of 
 Suffolke or els where due unto him by his said ffathers will 
 Mf John Davy Clarke of Kenninghall aforcs d Henry Rix of 
 Pagravc in Suffolke Attorneys to give Livery. [31 G. 1640.] 
 [5s. Od.] 
 
 2 Michael Williamson of Rode Island in New England 
 locksmith and Anne his wife otherwise called Anne Panckhurst 
 releases the Elizabeth Geere &c. And Mr Stapley aforesaid 
 and a letter etc. 1 Sept. 1640. [3s. 6d.] 
 
 John Davys 3 joyncr is to build Will Rix one framed house 
 16 foot long & 14 foote wyde w th a chamber floarc fmisht 
 summer <fe ioysts a ccllcr floarc w tu ioysts fmisht the roofe 
 & walles Clapboardcd on the outsyde the Chimney framed with 
 out dawbing to be done w tb hcwc-n timber. Will Rix is for 
 
 1 William filx, of Bo.ston, was a John Davys in my mind (see p. 158, 
 
 waver. He was not in any way promi- ante), there being several of that name 
 
 nent, however, for I find no mention of who followed the trade of a carpenter, 
 
 him in tho Tnicn L ccords nor in the The " plott of ground" I suppose to he 
 
 Coliniiil I!,ron!.i. 11 is name is not in somewhere in the neighborhood of the 
 
 the nook of Possessions in any con- corner of Washington and Merrimac 
 
 neclion. streets, just south of HaymarUct Square, 
 
 - This matter is in ivpml to the will which then would have bordered on the 
 
 of Dennis (Ver, husband of the here- Mill Cove opposite Charlcstowu. It 
 
 mentioned Kli/.abrth, of which more was here that John Davics and James 
 
 may be seen (aiilr, p. 129). This men- Johnson had lots, and I suppose that 
 
 tion of Williamson adds little to what the lot here mentioned was incorporated 
 
 is already known of him. i 1 one f them, and so entered in the 
 
 8 There is some confusion about Book f Possessions. 
 
LECHFORD S ILIM SCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 tliis to pay to John Davis 21* vz 41 in hnnd 7* when it is 
 finisht and the rest first of May 1641. w th one plott of ground 
 lying betweene John Davis & James Johnson, lilt 0. 1G40. 
 [Is. StZ.] 
 
 A writing for Mr Sanlcy. 1 [>7.] 
 
 To the right wor n the Governor and Assistants this present 
 Court assembled 1 fcept. 1040. 
 
 The humble petition 2 oj TIMOTHY HAWKINS Carpenter 
 
 Shewcth that he hath built an house for the Country at 
 Castle Island w ch he thought he had done in all things according 
 to his Covenant except sonic smalc foult in the postes yet now 
 the same being viewed by workmen it appearcth that there is 
 some other default therein on yo r pcticoncr parte for w ch he 
 much grieved being no ways able now to mend the same yet 
 as it is now done the charge thereof comes to 130* besides 
 yo r peticoners owne Labor and his boys w cb comes to 20* 
 more at the least yo r peticoner hath received but 881 11 s in 
 parte So that 6G* 9 s more will scarce make yo r pcticoncr a 
 saver for the worke yet by covenant he confcsscth there is due 
 but 37* 9 3 toJiim: [172] And wheras yo r pcticoncr standcth 
 yet indebted to divers for the same workc the summe of 45* 
 w ch he is no way able to pay except he should sell his house & 
 planting ground w ch if he should doe he sceth no way for the 
 
 1 There is no such name as Siinloy to undertakers, who were aided by sub- 
 be found in Savage. I fear conjecture sidies from the General Court. It was 
 as to another spelling would be useless. not kept up to the satisfaction of tho 
 
 2 I think that it must be as an answer Court, however, and the island and the 
 to this petition that the General Court, house thereon were given to Captain Gib- 
 2 June, 1041, voted that "it is con- bons until such time as the public good 
 ceived thatTymo: Hawkins hath nothing might need them back again. The pub- 
 due to him in justice, so nothing is to lie good needed them in 1043, when the 
 be allowed him ; but if he will put in arrival of La Tour with a large ship 
 security to pay 451, hee is granted the showed the inhabitants of the town how 
 house to take away, & dispose of it, much harm might be done by the ar- 
 provided he give his answer within a rival of an enemy. The island waf then 
 month." re-fortified, great exertions being made 
 
 The fortifications at Castle Island by the towns around the harbor, as may 
 were at this time in the hands of private be seen in the Boston Town Records. 
 
304 LECIIFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 / 
 
 present for the Comfortable maintainancc of himself & his 
 family. Yo r peticoncr humbly prayeth the Court in regard 
 of the premises that the whole matter may be referred to 
 the Arbitrement of this Court indifferent workmen to sett 
 downc & determine what moneys more yo r peticoncr ought in 
 equity to have for his said worke & that it may speedily be 
 payd in respeet of this peticoners neeessity And he shall as 
 his duty byndcth him allways pray for you &c. [Is. GJ.] 
 
 1. 7. 1G40. Henry Smith 1 pit Timothy Hawkins defend 1 
 for timber boards & carriage 29t lo 8 G d w ch should have bin 
 payd all but G 7 G d 1 Martii and the said G 7 G d upon 
 15 of May he hath received but 50" in cornc so that there 
 rcmaines 27 5 G d & damm. Edward Oillman by himself for 
 51 10 s for planke &, carriage to be payd 1 Martii. [Is.] 
 
 Thomas Taylor 2 of AVatcrton in New England planter 
 bound to Will Goose mariner in 4l to be payd within 6 
 weekes after the arivall of the good ship the Sparrow in the 
 port of London, bound in G* 1. 7 b . r 1G40. 
 
 BOSTON IN NEW ENGLAND the 1st of September 1010. 
 
 Sr I pray you upon 20 daycs after sight of this my first 
 bill of exchange my second & third not being payd to be 
 
 1 From the mention here of Henry little is known. He had a child bom a 
 
 Smith and Edward Oillman together, I year or two after this, whom he named 
 
 should like to believe them to be the Seabred. As for the "Sparrow," the 
 
 men bearing those names who came over name, met with once or twice in the in- 
 
 together in 1638 and settled at I ling- dorsement of some of Governor "Win- 
 
 ham. It is true that the fact that two throp s letters, " Resp.. per the Spar- 
 
 men crossed the ocean in the same ship row, J. Bradshaw," is indorsed on a letter 
 
 does not necessarily imply that they are dated March 15, 1639; and the same 
 
 always to be mentioned together, and occurs on letters dated May 15, 1640, 
 
 also that it is a little unlikely that and March 20, 1640. In 1G22 Mr. 
 
 Timothy Hawkins should have bought Thomas Wcston sent " 3 small ships 
 
 lumber of a couple of Ilingham men for for his perticuler plantation, th<> greatest 
 
 Castle Island, which lies much nearer whereof being 100 tune." Of these the 
 
 Dorchester Neck than anywhere else. "Sparrow" was one, not the largest. But 
 
 If thisj Henry Smith was the Ilingham I cannot say that the ship here men- 
 
 man, he was representative in the Gen- tioned was the one which conveyed the 
 
 eral Court the next year. unlucky emigrants sent by Thomas 
 
 2 Of Thomas Taylor, of Watertown, Weston. 
 
LECUFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 305 
 
 pleased to pay unto M? Thomas Thoroughgood of Grim- 
 stou in the County of Norfolkc Clerkc or his assignes the 
 sunnne of 33} 6 s 8 starling w ch is for so much lieero by 
 me received of Bozoun Allen l of llinghani in New England 
 mercer I pray make good payment & place to account as 
 by advise. 
 
 Yo r loving Sonnc in Law, 
 
 THO : GRUBB. 
 
 To my loving father-in-Law JKFFRY SALTER of Kings Lynne in the 
 County of Norfolke Tanner. 
 
 A Release by Thomas Grubb 2 & Anne his wife of Boston 
 in N E planter unto him. [Is. Gd.] 
 
 Bozoun Allen of Hingham in N E mercer bound to Tho : 
 Grubbe in 15* to be payd upon intelligence that the said bills 
 be satisfyed. [6<i.] 
 
 A Certificate 3 that Ephraim Wheeler of Concord in the 
 Mattachusetts Bay in New England being a young man of 
 twenty one yeares of age or therabout dwclleth at Concord 
 aforesaid, fls-l 
 
 1 Jjozoum Allen was of Ilingliam. His naino occurs frequently enough in 
 He came over in 1638, in the same the Tmm ]br.or<l as surveying high- 
 ship, by the way, with Henry Smith and ways, inspecting fences, and levying 
 Edward Oillman. He was representa- rates. As might have been expected, he 
 tive from Hingham in 1641 and various was neither high enough in station nor 
 other years. His name is remembered low enough to make, an appearance in 
 by the reader of Winthrop as being that the Records of the. Colony, where few 
 of one of the principals in that very en- besides magistrates and criminals arc to 
 rious contest in regard to religious, civil, lie found. 
 
 and military liberty which was waged in a It is pleasant to find this statement 
 
 the General Court in regard to the confirmed in Savage. "Wheeler removed 
 
 Hingham train-band in the year 1645. to Fairfield with some other Concord 
 
 2 Thomas Grubb, leather-dresser, of men in 1644, and died there in very 
 Boston, was constable of the town in good circumstances in 1670. Savage, 
 1646. His house was on the west side following Farmer, says that he had a 
 of what is now Washington Street, some- son Isaac, born 1638. This may or 
 what south of the Old South Church, may not be true. 
 
 20 
 
306 LEciiroiiD s M. \\rscmrT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 Benjamin and Nathanicll Bosworth T charge bills upon 
 Joseph Bosworth of Coventry in the County of Wa rk shoo- 
 niakcr for tennc pounds to be paycl to Thomas Lund of Lon 
 don Icatherdrcsscr or his assigncs 14)011 20 dayes sight. [Is.] 
 
 A bond to paye it accordingly by Will" 1 Buckland carpenter 
 & Thomas Turner of Ilingham. [Is.] 
 
 A writing for Counter security All dated 1 Sept. 1G40. 
 
 Will" 1 Ilollway of Cohannet complaineth against John T re- 
 worthy 2 gent Agent or factor for his Grandfather Mr Shaplcy 
 of Dartmouth o \vner and Richard Day master of the ship 
 called the Desire of Totneys for that whereas Simon Edwards 
 of Cullampton in the County of Devon shipt in, the said shij) 
 in good oi der and well conditioned the value of two hoggs- 
 heads of pease three hoggshcads of malt & one hoggshcad of 
 girts oatmeale w tb certaine cheeses and ccrtaine other goods 
 of the value of eight pounds 12 7 d to be landed at Boston in 
 New England in like good condicon for the use of the said 
 Will 1 " Ilollway. The said Will" 1 Ilolhvay now complaineth 
 that the goods were brought to Pascataway & there landed <fe 
 that one of the said hogsheads of pease was broken up & two 
 bushclls or thereabout wanting thereof and that one [173] 
 hoggshcad of girts was broken up and thereto put a baggc of 
 
 1 Savage is confused between two married James Treworthy, of Kitten-, 
 
 Benjamins and two Nathaniels. I sup- who is thought to have been the brother 
 
 pose the two here mentioned to have of John. As has been already said, there 
 
 been brothers, and each of them to have are doubts as to the existence of John 
 
 had a son named after himself. The Treworthy, but it seems from this us 
 
 first generation lived in Ilingham, and though they were ill-founded. Mr. 
 
 the second lived in Hull. Shapley was the grandfather of the wife 
 
 - John Treworthy will be remcm- of James Treworthy, and the grand- 
 
 be re I by the reader as having been uncle-in-law of John, though not here 
 
 mentioned before in the Note-look. Mr. so called. As for the ship " Desire " of 
 
 Shaplcy, of Dartmouth, was perhaps the Totnes, it can hardly be the shin of that 
 
 father of Alexander Shapley, who was name which was built at Marbh-head 
 
 in New England at about this time as in 1636 and made several successful 
 
 agent for Ferdinando Gorges. Catherine, voyages to England and back again. 
 the daughter of Alexander Shaplcy, 
 
LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 807 
 
 pease to the value of two bushells or therabouts mid round 
 about the bag Indian huskcs <fc strawc w cb pease being put 
 into the said hoggshcad of pease made up the same full but 
 there being only two or three cheeses in the said hoggshead 
 of girts the girts remayning were but two bushells or ther- 
 abouts so that there is wanting of the girts about 5 bushells 
 to the value of 50 s . And the said W m Ilolhvay is charged 
 w th twenty eight shillings for carryage of the said goods from 
 Pascattaway to Boston w ch lie ought not to pay And lastly 
 the said Will " Ilolhvay complaineth that there are lost of the 
 said goods of the value of 8 1 12. T. divers of them to the value 
 of six pounds twelve shillings or thcrabouts All the said 
 wrongs & injuries done by the default of the said John T re- 
 worthy and his said Grandfather and Richard Pay. To the 
 Pits damniagc 91 18 s whereupon he brings his suit And 
 whereas this Comp u letters and bills of lading are kept from 
 him by the said dcfen dts so that the plaint iffe cannot presently 
 make such proofc of all the premises as is requisite lie 
 humbly prayeth that upon consideration of that proofc w ch he 
 can make the money demanded by the defend 18 for freight and 
 other charges may be dcteyned in the hands of ]> ltine upon 
 security till he can make his cause fully appoarc by proofc 
 from England. And the Pit submitts himselfc to the order 
 of the Cork [1*. Grf.] 
 
 John King 1 and Mary his wife heretofore servants to the 
 wor 11 John Ilumfrcy Esq r make their account as followeth. 
 
 Thev say that being bound to serve i oure yoaros only it 
 was agreed that they should ho freed when they cnmo to New 
 England for two daycs worke a weekc by the said John King 
 only for seven yeares w oh comes to at the rate of twelve pence 
 a day meat & drinkc 3G-8 3 . 
 
 And whereas the said servants did serve one ycare and a 
 quarter of the said foure yeares the same being valued accord 
 ing to the said rate of G s a weeke for the said John King and 
 
 1 This was a year before IlumtVcy in Savage as having a daughter Mary, 
 left the country. John King is a difli- born 1039, and one or two other 
 cult man to identify, being meivly noted children. 
 
308 LECUFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 three shillings a wecke for his said wife conies to 291 5 s . 
 And whcras the said John King since his departure hath 
 served the said John llumfrcy twelve weekes w ch conies at 
 the said rate of 6 s a wecke to oi 12 s in all 321 17* w ch ] )C j n g 
 deducted out of the said 3Gl 8 s There remaynes due to the 
 said John Ilumfrey 31 11 s . 
 
 JOHN KING MARY KING. BOSTON 2 Sept. ic-io. 
 
 [1*. GJ.] 
 
 Thomas Robinson l of Scitnatc complaines against Alice 
 Tompson widdowe for that whcras she standeth indebted 
 unto the said pltiffc in the sunnne of one hundred three score 
 and ten pounds to be payd upon certaine dayes agreed on 
 and for the payment of parte should have signed certaine bills 
 of exchange to be payd in England she hath refused to signe 
 the; said billes it is now going for England therefore the Plain- 
 tiffe humbly craveth that the said defend* may put in better 
 security lor the discharge of the said debt according to the 
 agreement aforesaid. 
 
 [I*.] THOMAS ROBINSON. 
 
 IMf Tyng for 2 Charter partycs. [5s.] 
 
 M!" Robert Saltonstall a declaration and brcviat. 
 
 [174] 2 In the matter behveene Andrew Coleman & Wil- 
 liam Swift it is ordered by the Court that whereas heretofore 
 
 1 Thomas llobinson, of Scitnatc, was unimportant differences, may be found 
 not the mariner of the same name of in the M<(ss. Col. lice., i. 2D3. The 
 whom mention has l>een made before, last paragraph, in regard to the arrest of 
 He married the daughter of John Cogan Goodman Swift and the suit about 
 (Mary) in KM J, and subsequently (at Smithman and Stacey, is not in the 
 her death), Elizabeth Sherman, both of llccord. Jn its place is this paragraph, 
 whom were at the time widows. It is immediately following that ending "as 
 to be hoped that his troubles with the shall be agreeable to equity: "- 
 widow Thompson were of a purely " If the Court be pleased to record 
 financial nature. Whether Thompson this order, I consent to it. 
 was her maiden name, or the name of j o . HAYNES." 
 her husband, is hardly more than mat 
 ter for remote conjecture. The paper in the Colonial Record is 
 a This same document, with certain headed, "A Record of a Former Busi- 
 
LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 309. 
 
 the said Andrew Ooleman by his letter of Attorney dated the 
 [blank] day of [blank] Anno Dili 1636 made unto John Haynes 
 Esq r gave him power & authority to sue and compound w th 
 the said Will m Swift for & upon one bond of C 1 bearing date 
 the [blank] day of [blank] in the ycare 1635 wherein the said 
 "Will Swift as a suerty was bound w th Roger Spring principal! 
 debtor and Josiah Smith of Bermondsey streete leather-dresser 
 another suerty for the payment of fifty two pounds upon a 
 certainc day past And thereupon the said John Haynes agreed 
 & compounded w th the said William Swift and the said William 
 Swift mortgaged his house & lands at Watcrtowne aforesaid 
 unto the said John Haynes in bchalfe of the said Andrew 
 Coleman by one deed or writing made in or about the moneth 
 of [blank] in the yeare 1636 And whereas the said Will 
 Swift alleadgcth that the said Andrew Coleman hath already 
 recovered for the said debt the suminc of eighteen pounds & 
 five shillings from John Smithman & Will m Stacy jun of 
 Booking Clothiers w ch they owed to the said Will Swift w ch 
 comes to halfc of the same debt wanting but five shillings 
 and that halfe thereof is as much in equity as he being a 
 suerty w th another ought to pay and the other suerty the said 
 Josiah Smith being a man of sufficient estate ought to pay 
 the other halfe. And that since the said mortgage the said 
 Andrew Coleman hath contrary to the said agreement arrested 
 and troubled the said Will Swift in England for the said 
 debt and recovered from him seven pounds <fc ten shillings 
 more w ch in all being twenty five pounds and fiftecnc shillings. 
 This Court hath ordered that the possession of the said house 
 & lands shall remaine in the hands of the said John Haynes 
 till midsommer next to the end the said Will Swift may 
 
 ness;" but I Lave been unable to dis- Savage says, came from Docking was the 
 
 cover any trace of it before this date, same man as the above-mentioned, for 
 
 Haynes was at this time Lieutenant Savage goes on, " Sold his estate 1637, 
 
 Governor of Connecticut. Andrew Cole- and removed, probably to Sandwich; 
 
 man does not appear in Savage, and of there died January, 1644." It was 
 
 Swift Savage seems to have known lit- about midsummer, 1G37, that Swift was 
 
 tie that he did not gain from the above arrested and imprisoned in Whitechapel. 
 
 paper, except that he was of Watertown Of his son Edward " that was prentice " 
 
 and came before 1634. Indeed it is there is no mention in New England 
 
 doubtful if the William Swift who, as authorities. 
 
310 LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 make what proofe he can of the premises in the mcane time 
 And then this Court will set downe a finall order in the 
 premises as shall be agreeable to equity. 
 
 Goodman Swift was arrested about Midsomer 1637 & im 
 prisoned in White chapel & at y c pye without Algate payd to 
 Joshua Smith & Mf Heath the Scrivener 7* 10 s . The suit 
 ag Smithman & Staccy was in Guildhall 1G3G Edward Swift 
 his sonnc that was prentice with George Andrewes butcher in 
 Eastchcape little Eastcheape. [And a letter. 3s. 6d. Is. Qd. 
 Write to goodman Swift at Sandwich the letters to be left 
 with goodman Buttolph glover in Boston.] 
 
 1 Will Eliott master of the shippe Charles of Bristoll John 
 Searchfield of Bristoll merchant and Hugh Courtney of the 
 same merch 1 and Valentine Hill of Boston in New England 
 merchant bound to Henry Woolcott & Samuell Wakeman in 
 C 1 . Condiconed to pay <fc satisfie to the Obligees for all such 
 goods as shall be found wanting by the Boatsons books <t 
 found by the men assigned by the Court viz* Mr John Cogan 
 & M? Will 1 " Peircc by the next quarter Court held at Boston 
 in December next, except those goods already recovered 2 
 Sept 1640. [Is. GJ.] 
 
 M! John Cogan 2 makes a letter of Attorney to Mr Will" 1 
 Blackallow of Exon mercli 1 to receive <fc recover all Leg- 
 acys given unto him or his wife or children by Mr Ignatius 
 
 1 This entry is interesting as bring- inent merchants of Boston, and Pierce 
 
 ing together the names of several promi- was a noted shipmaster. Of the Bristol 
 
 nent New England merchants. Samuel merchants I am sorry to say I have 
 
 Wakeman was one of the earliest set- no knowledge. The ship "Charles" was 
 
 tiers at Hartford, having before lived in owned by Mr. Thomas Elbridge, alder- 
 
 lioxbury and Cambridge. About a year man of Bristol, as we may sec in the 
 
 after this time he was killed (together accounts which appear later, 
 with Captain "William Pierce) in the 2 This would seem as though Mrs. 
 
 course of a voyage to the West Indies, Ann Cogan had been a Jordan before 
 
 having been "sent with goods to buy marriage. The name Dominicus Jordan, 
 
 cotton" (JVintltrop, ii. 33). Henry which appears in Scarborough towards 
 
 Wolcott was also of Connecticut. He the end of the seventeenth century, 
 
 was a prominent man in Windsor, and seems as if it might be in some way con- 
 
 a large merchant. Valentine Hill and nected with the late Ignatius Jordan. 
 John Cogan were t\vo of the most prom- 
 
LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 311 
 
 Jordan of Exon Alderman deceased. 3 Sept 1640. [Is. pd 
 in corn.] 
 
 John Clerke 1 of Xewberry in New England late Citizen 
 and Chirurgion of London one of the Executors of the last 
 will and Testament of Anne Ward late of Stratford in the 
 County of Suff widdow deceased makes a letter of Attorney 
 to Edmund Sherman of Bcdham in the County of Essex 
 Clothier to receive <fc recover all rents issues & prontts and. 
 arreagcs of rents whatsoever issuing out of any Lands & tene 
 ments whatsoever in the Towncs of East or West Mersey or 
 clswhere in the County of Essex due <fe belonging to John 
 Ward Sonne <fc heirc of John Ward of Stratford afores d 
 Clothier deceased [175] by vertue of the Last will and. testa 
 ment of the said John Ward and of the said last will and 
 testament of the said Anne Ward or one of them and by 
 vertue of the same payable unto me during the nonage of the 
 John Ward the sonne and the prontts revennues & income of 
 two shippes <fc other rights belonging to the said John Ward 
 by vertue of the aforesaid wills & testaments or one of them. 
 
 John Pierce of Hartford in Connecticot an Inhabitant 
 Certifycd. [Is.] 
 
 A letter of Attorney by Will Talmage Thomas Talmage 
 and Robert Talin : aforesaid and Richard Walker to Mr Ralfe 
 King p e ut devant to receive the money of the said Overseers 
 dat 3 Sept 1G40. A Ccrtificat under the pub: scale. [2s. Od.] 
 
 RIGHT WORTHY SIR. I sent you at my first landing here an 
 unwise letter of which I [deserved ?] to receive no answer, 
 
 1 There were two physicians of the stall, and survived him for sixteen years 
 
 name of John Clarke in New England at more or less, during which time it may 
 
 this time. The one was John Clarke of be inferred she subsisted on the proceeds 
 
 Newport, who had been driven from of certain patent stoves invented by her 
 
 Boston with Mrs. Hutchinson. The husband. (See Mass. Col. Rcc. t iv. 104, 
 
 other, here mentioned, was of Newbury 260. ) Ths patent was granted to her 
 
 at this time, but later moved to Boston, husband only for life, but at his death 
 
 where he died in 1664. His wife, Mar- there were many stoves left which came 
 
 tlui, was the sister of Sir Richard Salton- to her by his will. 
 
312 LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 I cannot forget my respect towards you and your worthy and 
 beloved family, my good lady and all your dear and hopeful 
 children, as in my [poor ?] supplications I remember dayly. 
 In a word or two, we heare of great disturbances in our dearc 
 native countrcy ; lam heartily sorry that I had [ever hand ?] 
 in some of the [causes ?]. I beseech you take my bricfe 
 opinion ; we here are quite out of the way of right govern 
 ment both in Church and Commonwealth, as I verily think, 
 and as far as I can judge upon better consideration, and 
 some pains taken in searching after the bottome of some 
 things. Poure Electoric wayes tried to the overthrow of 
 Kingdomes : 
 
 No such way for government of Englishmen, as a Mon 
 archic ; of Christians as by Diocesan Bishops or Evangelists 
 in their line. Better yeeld to many pressures in a Monarchic: 
 then for subjects to destroy and spoile one another, [as I 
 fear we must do here-long before we come to any settledness 
 either in Church or Commonwealth.] If I were worthy to 
 advise a word, I should desire you to have a care, and so all 
 your friends, you prejudice not your estate, or posterity, by 
 too much opposing the Regall power ; For I verily beleeve 
 the King s Majesty hath in general a good cause touching 
 Episcopacie [against the Sectaries]. My reasons I could 
 better deliver in presence, if haply Cod give opportunity to 
 see you, or if you require it hereafter, I will be ready to 
 present my thoughts unto you ; all this, as I shall answer 
 before the Lord, without any by-respects. If you were here 
 I presume you would see more than I can, but I think you 
 would be much of my mind. I hear that you [required ?] 
 that 201 I owed you of Mr. Hill. God s will be done. 
 I am not able to pay it yet, but shall be mindfull, God 
 willing to discharge it as soon as I can. I am thankfull 
 and desire to be yet more thankfull to you for the loan of 
 it. If you hear anything of me specially from Mr. Ilooke 
 or his wife, pray keep an car for me, for we have had some 
 [several words erased~\. I wish you knew how I am used: 
 For this time thus I take my leave heartily recommending 
 your worship and all yours to the guidance and [undecipherable^ 
 
LECHFORD S MAXCSCRJPT NOTE-BOOK. 313 
 
 of his heavenly majesty, resting yours in all service to l>o 
 commanded. 
 
 THOMAS LKCIIKOUD. 
 
 Thomas Starres of Windsor in Conncticot [I*-] ; Robert 
 Parker of Wctlicrsiicld in Connecticut [Ls.] ; Richard Payne 
 of the same [Is], certified that they are there inhabitants 1 
 4 Sept 1040. 
 
 TJic forme of a bill of lading 
 
 Shipped by the grace of God in good order and well con 
 diconed by L K. in and upon the ship called the M ct B <>f L 
 whereof is Master under God for this present voyage J. L>. 
 and now riding at anchor in the p of J and by Gods grace 
 bound for the p of 1>. in N E to say fowcr hogsheads of Conic 
 being marked and numbered as in the margcnt and are to be 
 delivered in the like good order and well condiconed at the 
 abovcsayd Port of 13. (the danger of the seas only exeeptcd) 
 and the said I K or to his assignes he or they paying fraight 
 for the said goods ct w th primage and average accustomed or 
 to his assignes the fraight being alreddy payd w th primage and 
 average accustomed. In witncs whereof the master or purser 
 of the said shippe hath affirmed to three bills of lading all of 
 this Tenor & Date the one of \v ch three bills being accomplished 
 the other two to stand voyd. And so God send the good ship 
 to her desired port in safety Amen dated in L the 5* day of 
 September Anno Dili 1640. outwardly well condiconed the 
 contents I know not p : me 1. 13. [L K.] 
 
 CIIARLESTOWNI-; IN NEW ENGLAND 8 Sept 10-10. 
 
 SR Upon eight dayes after sight of this my first bill of 
 Exchange my second third not being payd 1 pray you be 
 pleased to pay unto John Chickley 2 of Boston in New Eng 
 land aforesaid or his assiimcs the summe of one hundred and 
 
 O 
 
 1 If Savage had seen tins entry, I 2 John Chickley is one of those of 
 think he would have added three more whom nothing can be found at present, 
 names to his Genealogical Dictionary. For William Bernard, see p. 138, ante. 
 
314 LECIIFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 twenty pounds starling w ch is for so much lieere received by 
 me of him I beseech you make good payement and place it to 
 account as p. advice. 
 
 Yo r loving kinsman 
 
 WM BERNARD. 
 
 To my very loving Cosin M^ THOMAS FREE merch* at his warehouse at 
 the George in Lumbard streate London. 
 
 Thomas Hawkins of Boston in New England baker bound 
 to John Pollard ] of Boston in lf>i to be payd 29 Sept 1640. 
 for w ch payment he is bound in 301 to be payd at John Buttons 
 house. 30 Julii 1G40. mei. [Gd.] 
 
 lice to make red wax llosscu & bees wax 2* oyle 4 ounces 
 turpentine 4 ounces vcrmillion 8 ounces, for winter temper 
 the same quantity of wax and rossen w th 4 ounces of turpentine 
 and ll of oyle. MT Sherman. 2 
 
 [176] I am summoned to appear in Court tomorrow, being 
 the 1 st of 10 th 1G40. The Lord God direct me. 
 
 Will m Wellington 3 of Portsmouth planter assignes his 
 servant Richard llaynes unto John Budd of Quinapeage 
 
 1 The Note-look mentions John Pol- tain Keayne in the matter of the 
 
 lard briefly after this in several places, stray sow, of which some mention is 
 
 but in each place in some business con- made in the latter part of the Nut.c- 
 
 nection. He may be barely mentioned louk (post, p. 234). 
 
 by Savage, or it may be another of the 8 William Withington was (ante, p. 
 
 same name who is there noted, Ho 119) of Newport. At this time the 
 
 would seem to have been a small busi- two towns of Portsmouth and Newport 
 
 ness man who attended so carefully to were embraced in one body politic, 
 
 his own concerns as to escape the big Portsmouth had been settled first by 
 
 books of the Town Clerk or the Secretary William Ilntchinson, Aspinwall Cod- 
 
 of the Colony. John Mutton had throe dington, John Clarke, and others ; but 
 
 houses on the road leading west from certain dissensions occurring, Codding- 
 
 Bendall s Dock, now called Elm Street ton and others were cast out of the body, 
 
 (according to Lamb s map ; 0, 21, Hook and Ilutchinson was chosen judge in 
 
 of Posacaniuiifi). the place of Codding ton. The latter 
 
 2 This Mr. Sherman I imagine, upon with -his adherents removed to the spot 
 
 some slight evidence, to be the husband which is now the city of Newport, and 
 
 of the woman who gained notoriety formed a separate body. In a little 
 
 by her persistent opposition to Cap- more than a year, however, the inhabi- 
 
LECUF01WS MANUSCRIPT XUTE-BUOK. 
 
 115 
 
 planter 1 from 24 Mali ult 1 for 5 ycarcs 10 7 br 1040. for 201 i n 
 cattcll or worke. [10t?.] 
 
 A bill to pay the 201 viz 1 in ciittell 1 2 to M? [Wank] Oood- 
 ycr 2 of Quinapeagc within a fortnight or 5 dayes after sight, 
 and 81 in cattell in December 1040. [1s. 0(7.] 
 
 BOSTON IN NK\V ENGLAND 10. 7. 1G10. 
 
 Upon 5 dayes after sight of this my first bill of exchange 
 my second & third not being payd 1 pray you pay unto i\K 
 (Jooddicr 8 who came over this yeare in tlie ship St. John of 
 London or his assigncs the value of twelve pounds in cattcll 
 w ch is for so much licere received of Will 1 " Withington of 
 Rode Island 4 Carpenter 1 pray make good payment and place 
 it to account as by advice. [MT Will James of Quinapeagc.] 
 
 Billa Salubritatis bona navis vocat Prospera 5 de Dart 
 mouth oneris 100 dolior vel circitcr Ejus nancterus sive 
 
 tants of Portsmouth were, at their own 
 request, united to the people of Newport, 
 ami Coddington was chosen Governor, 
 with Ilutchiiison as one of the assistants. 
 
 1 John ludd was long after this 
 (1664 and later) a prominent man in 
 New Haven, lie held the office of lieu 
 tenant, and also of representative. 
 
 2 Mr. Stephen Goodyear was a Lon 
 don merchant who lived in New Haven 
 from 1638 to 1656. He was assistant 
 during his earlier residence, and Deputy 
 Governor during his later stay. His 
 wife went home some time before him, 
 and was wrecked on the way to London 
 in a vessel of Mr. George Lamberton s, 
 which was lost with all on board. Mr. 
 Goodyear consoled himself by marriage 
 with Mrs. Lambcrton, with whom he 
 went back to London. One of his 
 daughters became the wife of Samuel 
 Wakeman, of whom mention was made 
 just above. 
 
 3 Although Savage puts 1633 as the 
 date of Stephen Good year s magistracy 
 
 at New Haven, I must think that this 
 is the same man. Andrew, the son of 
 Stephen, was not born until 1640. It may 
 be that John Goodyear, the brother (?) 
 of Stephen is referred to in both cases. 
 Of this latter little is known save his 
 residence at New Haven. 
 
 4 Palfrey says that the name of 
 Rhode Island was given to the island 
 of llhode Island in 1614. This mention 
 is nearly three years before that time. 
 
 5 I do not find any mention at all of 
 the " Prospera " of Dartmouth. Even 
 in the Wiuthrnp Papers, where tlie 
 name of the ship bringing the letter is 
 often indorsed on the back of it, there 
 is no trace of the " Prospera." It is 
 probable enough that the "Prospera" 
 seldom came to Boston, her chief busi 
 ness naturally bring at Piseataqua, 
 where the. three Treworthys were in 
 business. Owen Williams is on the 
 freeman s list at Newport in 1.6.">5. He 
 afterwards moved to Norwich, Conn., 
 and there died in 16S2. 
 
316 
 
 LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 magister Nicholaus Treworthy huius ad numcro 21. 15 
 Sept 1040. [Is. Gil] 
 
 A payrc of Indentures bctwccnc Timothy Hawkins and 
 Henry Smitli & Edward [Mcwifc] his house lands & conic to 
 them & their hcircs 3. 7. 1640. [2s. Gd.] 
 
 Owen Williams sonnc of Markc Williams of St. Johns parish 
 in the County of Cardiffe placeth himself c Apprentice to 
 Will m Withington of Portsmouth in New England Carpenter 
 from 16 September 1640 for six yeares 5* at the ende & double 
 apparell. [2s. Oti] 
 
 Will 171 Withington and John Lowe 1 wheclcwright bound to 
 Philip Gibb 2 nauter in 7 1 to be payd 16 October next in 
 Boston. 
 
 Harman Garrctt 3 of Charlestowne in New England Gun 
 smith covenants w tu John Edwards of the same blacksmith 
 
 1 John Lowe was of Boston, and, as 
 is here said, a wheelwright by his trade. 
 His shop was along by the water-side 
 north of the Town Dock, and near the 
 sawpits in Richard Bellingham s marsh, 
 of which mention has been made. Good 
 man Lowe lie is called in the Town 
 Accords, where he is seldom mentioned, 
 though references to his house occur 
 more than once. 
 
 2 There is more to be found in Lech- 
 ford s Note-look about Philip Gibb than 
 in all other New England authorities 
 put together, where he is conspicuous 
 only by his almost absolute absence. 
 As we shall find later, he was the agent 
 of James Gammon and Thomas Har- 
 wood, merchants of Barnstaple, in the 
 County of Devon, neither of whom, I 
 am very sure, ever came to New Eng 
 land, although the name Thomas liar- 
 wood occurs in Savage. There are in 
 the Note-book notices of business trans 
 actions between Gibb (sometimes acting 
 
 for Hanvood and Gammon, and some 
 times with no reference to them), and 
 Richard Parker and John Cogan, and I 
 have no doubt that he had to do with 
 other Boston merchants. That his name 
 does not occur in Savage is not remark 
 able, for ho probably never went to 
 church, married, had Children, died, 
 committed a crime, or held an office in 
 New England, the principal methods 
 by which many of his time made them 
 selves known to posterity and to Mr. 
 Savage. The only mention of him 
 I can recall is in the Colonial Record 
 (vol. i. p. o31), where he is called " Mr. 
 Philip Gibs," or "Mr. Gibs," which 
 seems as if he were a person of some 
 consideration. 
 
 8 Harman Garrett (or Herman, as it 
 is generally spelled) was a blacksmith 
 as well as gunsmith at Charlestown, 
 where he lived from 1638 to 1652, when 
 he moved to Boston. It is not impos 
 sible that John Edwards may have 
 
LECIJFORD S MAXlSSCnil T NOTE-BOOK. 317 
 
 to instruct him in the art of a, gunsmith according to the host 
 of his skill within the space of one yeare next ensuing & that 
 the said John shall have tin; one halfc of the prod Its of his 
 owne worke in that art during the said tcnne tv for this he is 
 to pay the said Ilarman live pounds <t ten shillings within 3 
 moneths next ensuing the date hereof dated IT. 7. 1040. And 
 after the said terme the said John is not to sett up the said 
 trade in Charlcstownc aforesaid unlessc that he buy the house 
 of the said Ilarman for such reasonable price as shall be 
 agreed on by 4 men indifferently to be chosen betweene them 
 and then the said Ilarman is to departe from the said to\vne. 
 [1-0.] 
 
 Knowe all men by these presents that I Henry Gray of 
 Boston in New England tayler doe hereby give grant enfc- 
 offe and confirme unto Thomas Lechford gent all that my 
 Dwelling house & garden thereunto belonging lying & being in 
 Boston aforesaid contcyning in breadth towards the strcat syde 
 \_blank^ foot or thereabouts and at the farther end of the said 
 garden [Mmfc] foot or thcrabouts w th the appurtenances To have 
 and to hold the said house and garden and all ct singularc the 
 premises w lh the appurtenances unto the said Thomas Lech- 
 ford his heircs and assignes for ever And furthermore 1 the 
 said Henry doc hereby grant for me & my heires that we will 
 warrant to the aforesaid Thomas and his heircs the aforesaid 
 tenements w th the appurtenances against me the said Henry 
 and Lydia my wife and my heires and all manner of person 
 and persons lawfully clayming from by and under me or them 
 or any of them for ever In witnesse &c. 18. 7. 1040. 
 
 [177] Mf Will Hutchinson of Portsmouth in Aquedncckc 
 of Rode Island gent and Edward Hutchinson his sonne & 
 heirc apparent sell unto Mr Will" 1 Tyng merchant one hun 
 dred and fifty acres of land 1 or therabouts being parte of the 
 
 moved to "Wethersfield, where there l I wish I could be sure that this 
 
 was one of that name who came from land was that of which an entry is made 
 
 the neighborhood of Watertown (see in the Town Record as being "att 
 
 pout, pp. 223, 225). Mount AVoolystone beyond Mr. Cod- 
 
318 LECH FORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 great Lott of the said Will Ilutchinson at Brayntree lying 
 next tlic lands of tlie said W m Tyng bctwccne the dead 
 swampc there and Mountwollaston brookc for 13 3 4 d an 
 acre lialfe to be payd in land & halfe at 12 moncths end. 
 18. 7. 1G40. 
 
 Margaret Stubbin wife of John Stubbin of Watertownc in 
 New England aged thirty yeares sworne saitli upon her oath 
 that in or about the moncth of October last was twelve muncth 
 she bought & received of Moyscs Cox l now of Hampton in 
 New England at Ipswich in New England when he was going 
 to live first at Hampton aforesaid so much tryed suet as was 
 worth ten shillings or thcrabouts w ch she payd unto him and 
 that then at Ipswich aforesaid the said Moyses spent some 
 smalc quantity of fruit & cheese w ch he brought w th him in 
 this deponents presence the certaine value whereof she cannot 
 remember 19. 7. 1G40. [Is.] 
 
 Edward Bridges second sonnc of E B late of Raynham in 
 C Som st Esq r makes a lc r of Attorney & assignment to Will 
 Hudson of Boston Inkceper to rec & recover of & from 
 Richard Jackson 2 of Cambridge 41 21. 7. 1G40. [6U] 
 
 Natlianiell Patten 3 late of Crcwkernc in the County of 
 Som st yeoman makes a letter of Attorney to Henry Andrewes 
 of Taunton in New England planter to sue Will 1 " Holloway 
 
 dington s farme and Mr. Wilson s into 3 Nathaniel Patten, it would sccin, 
 
 the country adjoining to Dorchester had but just come over; for a week after 
 
 bounds." I think, however, that this this date he purchased a house and land 
 
 is the lot spoken of from later passages in Dorchester of one Eels, as may l>e read 
 
 in the J\\>tc-book (pp. 212, 214), and also in the Fourth Report of the Record Com- 
 
 a later passage in the Town .Records inissioners. His name occurs frequently 
 
 (pp. 7- { .>)- afterwards in various ways. He was 
 
 1 Moses Cox, of Hamilton, and Mar- selectman in 1657 and 1G58, and died 
 
 garet, the wife of John Stebhins, of in 1661, leaving no children, as Savage 
 
 Watertown, are both in Savage; but I supposes. Henry Andrewes was one of 
 
 find no mention of the tried suet. the first settlers of Taunton, and rep re - 
 
 3 Richard Jackson, of Cambridge, was sentative 1639-1644. William Hollo- 
 
 a man of note in the town for many way, of Taunton, was there for a few 
 
 years, being representative to the Gen- years only, and in 1652 moved to 
 
 eral Court. Doston. 
 
LECIIFORD S MANL SCRII T NOTE-BOOK. 819 
 
 of Taimton aforesaid planter or mercer for 10* for one cowe 
 w ch was Will Bownes J sold unto him by M? Nicholas Strecte. 
 [0 g a acquaint.] 
 
 2 BOSTON August 8 1030. 
 
 Loving friend Mf Hobson I pray you pay unto Mr .Roger 
 Clay factor of Blackwell Hall or his assigncs within thirty 
 clayes after sight of this my first bill my second or third not 
 being payd the summe of one hundred pounds being for so 
 much received hccrc of My John Oogan and put it to account 
 as p advice I rest yo r loving ffriend Nathanacll Eaton. Lower 
 is written To the wor n his loving firicnd M* John Ilol)son mer 
 chant in Coleman strecte. dd. 
 
 On the seven and twentieth day of the moncth of February 
 Anno Bui according to the computation of the Church of 
 England one thousand six hundred nyne & thirty and in the 
 fifteenth ycare of the raignc of our Soveraigne Lorcle King 
 Charles <tc at the instance and request of Mr Roger Clay 
 factor of Blackwcll I Tall London I Josua Mainctt Notary and 
 Tabellion publicke dwell ing in this City of London by the 
 Authority of the said Kings Ma tlc admitted ami sworue re 
 quired Mf John- Hobson merchant dwelling in Coleman strecte 
 in London for to pay the summe of one hundred pounds men 
 tioned in a certainc originall bill of exchange unto him shcwen 
 and whereof the Coppy hcrebefore is written word for worde 
 seeing he acknowledged to have scene the same bill of ex 
 change above thirty clayes agone whereupon the said John 
 Hobson answered that for want of provision from the drawer 
 he would not pay the said bill of exchange, w ch answere I 
 
 1 William Downes can hardly ho 2 Why this hill of exchange, with the 
 
 identified hy the fact that he once protest thereof, was not inserted above, 
 
 bought a cow from Mr. Nicholas Stroete. p. 147, where it belongs, is not clear. 
 
 The last-named was at this time the It is perfectly possible that Lech ford 
 
 minister at Tannton, and we may hope did not then have it in his possession, 
 
 that he was paid for the cow, which Eaton was about this time in Virginia, 
 
 might easily have been his whole quar- where our friend Governor Winthrop 
 
 ter s salary. He was afterwards minister says he was given up " to extreme pride 
 
 in New Haven in place of Hooke, who and sensuality, being usually drunken, 
 
 had been his colleague in Taunton. as the custom is there." 
 
320 LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 the said Notary having heard have in the name and at instance 
 as aforesaid protested even as 1 doe protest by these presents 
 for want of payment of the said bill of exchange and recharge 
 and for all costs dammages and interests by reason [178] 
 thereof already snstcyned and suffered and yet to be suffered 
 and sustevned as well against Nathaniel! Eaton drawer or sub 
 scriber of the said bill of exchange as against all others in the 
 said exc? in any wise bound for to recover all the same of 
 them or of their goods in time & place as of right shall apper- 
 teyne to me Thus done & protested in this City of London 
 in the presence of John Daniell and George Kellam witnesses 
 hereunto called and required. Quod attestes rogatus et 
 requisitus. 
 
 1G39. JOSUA MAINETT Note pub cus 
 
 JOHN GREENLAND 1 carpenter petlcons thb Court 
 
 That yo r pcticoner hath bin an inhabitant in Charlestowne 
 by the space of two yeares last past and all that while 
 sojourned in other mens houses because he had none of his 
 owne at length he spake to some of the Townesmen to entreate 
 them to be a meanes to the rest that he might have a house 
 lott given him whereon he might build an house but he received 
 answerc that the Townc had no house lott to give & therefore 
 the said townesmen wished him to buy one AVhereupon yo r 
 pcticoner hath bought of Samuel Richardson of Charlestowne 
 five acres of land within Charlestowne bounds on Misticke 
 syde nearc to Thomas Moulton & the widdow Wilkins and hath 
 begun & halfc built his house upon it as yo r peticoner con- 
 ceiveth it was lawfull for him to do seeing that he hath built 
 on five acres of ground Notwithstanding some of the said 
 Townc have given forth words to discourage yo r peticoner to 
 goe on to plant there w ch may tunic to his great hinderancc 
 
 1 "John Greenland is granted his pcti- account of the way iu which John 
 
 tion, which is to plant upon a five-aero Greenland acquired this lot; but there 
 
 lot in Charles Town hounds on Misticke is mention of his exchanging a lot (this 
 
 sidu" (J/tt.tt. Col. lice., i. 309, under one, as I suppose) of live acres "at Mol- 
 
 date Oct. 7, 1640). tons Island" with Thomas Moulton 
 
 In Wvman s Chtirlcstown 1 find no against ten acres of land in Maiden. 
 
LECIIFORD-S MAyCSCJin T XOTE-BOOK. 
 
 321 
 
 if he should be now caused to remove. Yo r pcticoner humbly 
 prayeth this wor 11 Cort to be pleased in consideration of the 
 premises to continue yo r peticoncrs said planting on mistickc 
 syde in the place aforesaid. And yo r pcticoner shall pray for 
 this Cort, &c. [26.] 
 
 Joseph Hollway of Sandwich in New England millwright 
 aged about thirty five ycares sworne saith upon his oath that 
 about iiync moneths since he had ccrtainc commodities of the 
 wife of Thomas Richards of Weymouth that is to say kersey 
 at G" (1 p yard bayes at 4 s 2 d p yard and byuding lace at 7 (I 
 a yard when lie came to reckon for it she did aflirme that he 
 had of her three quarters of a yard of kersey more than he 
 had <fe sayd it was so much upon the booke <fc would have ben 
 payd for so much. 
 
 That in or about March last past he heard the wife of 
 Thomas Richards of Weymouth speaking of Henry Waltham 
 & Will Waltham say these words viz 4 The Walthams arc 
 cozeners <fc cheaters. l [Gti] 
 
 1 It is unfortunate that the private 
 character of Mr. Henry Waltham and of 
 Mrs. Richards is not a more important 
 matter of history, for the Nof.r.-bnok 
 throws considerable light upon it. The 
 careful reader of the two other passages 
 of the Note-book referring to them (pp. 
 195, 207, post] who may compare them 
 with the Colonial Record, i. 267, cannot 
 fail to be of the mind that although 
 Mrs. Richards was undoubtedly proju- 
 diced in her statements, the opinion 
 here expressed, in regard to Henry Wai- 
 tham at least, was in some measure 
 justifiable. The casual reader, who may 
 not care to consult the Record, will find 
 these extracts helpful in forming an 
 opinion: 
 
 4 June, 1639. " M! Waltham and MT 
 
 Richards wore fined 5 for want of 
 scales and weights in their mill and to 
 provide them by the next Court. MT 
 Waltham was fined 31 for taking too 
 much tole, in some above double what 
 was dew, whereof 20 s to be given the 
 witncs " (J/ m. Col, lice., i. 2(37). 
 
 30 January, 103<>. " William Wal- 
 tham, for being drunke aboard the ship 
 called the Hristowe Marchant. w ch lie 
 confessed, was fined twenty shillings, it 
 being the first time he was known to be 
 drunke, & so was seriously admonished, 
 & dismissed" (Ibid., i. 285). 
 
 Thomas Richards had come to New 
 England in 10:50, and settled at Dor- 
 chester, but by this time was removed 
 to Weymouth. William Waltham died 
 very shortly after this. 
 
 21 
 
322 LKCHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 [179] To the right wor 11 the Governor Council <f Assistants 
 and the rest of the generall Court now assembled (8) 7. 1G40. 
 
 The humble pet icon of ZACIIEUS GOULD l of Lijnne husband 
 man in behalf e of himself e and all other husbandmen of the 
 Country 
 
 Showcth that whereas husbandry and tillage much con- 
 ccrne the good of this Commonwealth and yo r peticoncrs 
 have undertaken the managing & tillage of divers ffarmcs in 
 the Country & sowing of English corne their servants are 
 oftentimes drawnc from their workc to traync in seed time 
 hay tyme & harvest to the great discouragement & dam- 
 mage of yo r petironcrs and yo r peticoner the said Zachcus 
 Gould for himself saith that for one days trayning this yeare 
 he was much damnnfyed in his hay. And fforasmuch as fish 
 ermen upon just grounds arc exempted from trayning because 
 their trade is also for the Common wealth, Yo r peticoncrs 
 humbly pray that this Court will be pleased to take the 
 premises into their grave Consideration and thereupon to give 
 order for the incouragcment of yo r peticoncrs who are hus 
 bandmen imployed about English graine that they & their 
 servants may be exempted from ordinary traynings in seed 
 tymc hay tyme & harvest And yo r petit-oners shall as their 
 duty bynds them pray &c. 
 
 Edward TTowell 2 late of Marsh Gibbon in the County of 
 Buckingham arid now of Lynnc in New England gent makes 
 a Letter of Attorney unto Roger Stevens of Wotton Under 
 wood in Com Buck husbandman German Major Citizen & 
 mercer of London and John Reese of Marsh Gibbon aforesaid 
 gent to surrender all his Coppihold lands & tenements in 
 Wotton Underwood aforesaid to the use of Richard Grenville 
 of Wotton Under wood aforesaid Esq r . [5.] 
 
 1 Zaccheus Gould has been mentioned - Edwnrd Howell, of Lynn, had five 
 
 before (p. 147, anti ). He was, as is here hundred acres of land granted him in 
 
 said, of Lynn ; but little more is known that place, but soon removed to South- 
 
 of him. Later in the Xute-bouk is more ampton, L. I., where he was a magistrate, 
 
 mention of him on different matters. and where his son lived after him. 
 
LECIIFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTK-IIOOK. 323 
 
 I Thomas Dudley Esq r Governor of the Jurisdiction of the 
 Mattachusctts I3ay in New England hereby certify unto all 
 inanncr of persons to whomsoever these presents shall come 
 that Henry Russell ! late of \Yevmouth in New England 
 sonne of Thomas Russell late of Chalfont St Gyles in the 
 County of Buckingham yeoman deceased the ffoure and twen 
 tieth day of May last past And that this present day Jane the 
 late wife of the said Henry and Elizabeth their Daughter cv 
 only child living being about the age of ten yeares came before 
 me it presented the writing hereunto annexed as the last will 
 and testament of the said Henry Russell w th an addition there 
 unto and also Edward Batte one of the witnesses named in 
 the said writing deposed before me upon his oath that the said 
 Henry Russell did declare publish and signc the same to be 
 his last, will & testament and the addition also to be parte of 
 his said will and further then the said Elizabeth did before me 
 freely choose her said mother to be her tuitorix and guardian 
 during her minority In testimony whereof 1 have caused the 
 public!; e scale of our Colony to be hereunto affixed the nyeth 
 day of October 1G40 &c. [>.] 
 
 A letter of Attorney by Mr Howell to Mr German Major to 
 receive 31 1 annuity out of my late freehold lands in Wotton 
 Underwood in the County of Buck of Richard Grenville Esq r 
 or Roger Stevens husbandman and one hundred pounds of 
 Richard Francis of Marsh Gibbon in the County of Buck 
 woollmerchant w ch he received for me cv to my use of Thomas 
 Beckwith of Andbrooko in the parish of Masham in the County 
 of Yorke gent and Robert Pickersgill of the maizes in the said 
 parish of Masham husbandman. [5s.] 
 
 [180] Thomas Nicholls 2 of Ilingham planter makes John 
 Cockcrell of Cockshall his attorn to receive his legacy given 
 
 1 Henry Russell, of Weymouth, and copied from Savage. George ami Walter 
 his wife and daughter are all noted in Nichols and John Coekerell (whose 
 Savage with but little addition. name is spelled Copewell above), being 
 
 2 For Thomas Nichols see p. 130, rtnfc, Englishmen, are practically nnfmdablc. 
 where the very little known of him is 
 
324 LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 him by Walter Nicholls his ffathcr of George Nicholls 801 9. 
 (8) 1040. [10.] 
 
 Will James of Boston in New England mercer sonnc of 
 Albon James late Citizen and mercer of London makes a letter 
 of Attorney unto his uncle George Strange gent to sell all his 
 Freehold Lands & tenements in reversion after the death of 
 [ wfc] James given and bequeathed unto him by his uncle 
 Will James. [20.] 
 
 Me Richard Parker <tc tener Samuell Hutchinson & Tho : 
 Savage in 500* to pay 3901. 
 
 1 NATIIANIELL PATTEN charges upon HENRY WOLCOTT THOMAS 
 MARSIIFIELD $ SAMUELL WAKEMAN joynt undertakers of 
 the shippes the Charles of Bristoll and the Hopewell of 
 London. 
 
 Imprimis delivered to Thomas Marslifield the 10th of Aprill 1040 . 201 
 
 Itm delivered to Thomas Marshfield 14 Apr 1640 30 1 
 
 Itm delivered to Henry Wolcott 20 April 1640 12 1 
 
 Itm delivered to Samuell Wakeman JO Aprill 1G10 30 1 
 
 Itm delivered to Henry Wolcott Maii 10 10 201 for \v ch there is a 
 note under his hand dated by mistake April 10 10 including 
 that and the said 301 to Samuel Wakemau for 50 1 \v ch showes 
 
 they did things as partners 201 
 
 Itm delivered to Thomas Marshfield 30 Maii 1640 12 l 
 
 Itm delivered to Thomas Marshfield to pay to Ml; Elbridge owner of 
 
 the Charles 13 Junii 1040 801 
 
 Itm delivered to Henry Wolcott about that time 01 
 
 Itm delivered unto Thomas Marshiield 17 Junii 1040 201 
 
 S 2301 
 Itm for a bag of hoppes spoyled by the raine because some of 
 
 the undertakers gave order it should not be received aboard . 6 12 6 
 
 1 Although there is a difference in "For M* Patten, I conceive he hath 
 
 point of time of about a year between received some wronge ; I did receive 
 
 the two, I connect this account with one hundred & fiftye pounds nllmost 
 
 almost the only other mention of Tho- of liim not that that is all Due to 
 
 mas Marshfield in New England chron- him." 
 
 ology, part of a letter written from Marshfield died the next year, or 
 
 Tho. Marshfield to Samuel Wakeman, at least disappeared, and his family 
 
 which was copied into the first volume moved to Springfield. (See Conn. Rcc., 
 
 of Suffolk Deeds (f. 12) by John Win- Oct. 12, 1642.) 
 throp(6. 3. 1641): 
 
L E C II FOR D ,S* J7. i.\ I Sf Jil/ T A O 1 !: -UOV K. 3 25 
 
 Itni for a nimming sheet and rugg lent unto the Steward Robert 
 
 Ring for the undertakers use ........... 280 
 
 Itm for a cubbin bought in the sliip because I had not conven 
 ience in the ship according to agreement for inyselfe & 
 family ................ ... 1 10 
 
 Itm for a womans pillion lost in the ship Ilopewell ..... 10 
 
 Itm costs & charges att Bristoll from the 24th of May till the 
 18th of June for myselfe & family because att the said 24th 
 day we should have bin gone ........... 500 
 
 1 Itm they undcrtooke to victuall the said ship Charles for 
 1G wcckes <fc to carry but 150 passingers but they carryed in 
 the sayd ship a great many more passingers to mv remem- 
 brance and they the passingers Averc debarred of our bccrc 
 <fc water before landing and if we had bin put to a long voyage 
 we must needs have suffered much more than we did w ch I 
 leave to the consideration of the Cort. 
 
 HENRY LYMON defend* att the suit of HENRY WOLCOT. 
 
 Forasmuch as the defendant can prove by Mr A very master 
 of the Ilopewell and John Gover of Assize Newton in Devon 
 shire that the plaintiffe promised the defendcnt upon payment 
 of 20* 5 s in Bristoll he should have his goods delivered in 
 New England w th out any more to doe And whcras he [181] 
 alleged before the Jury that he could make such proofe but 
 did not name the witnesses whereupon the Jury being in hast 
 hath cast him in 3 1 1G 8 The defendant humbly praycth that 
 judgment & execution be stayed till he can produce his 
 witnesses. [I*-] 
 
 John Bibble 2 make a letter of Attorney to Sibill Bibble 
 his wife of Shadwell in Stepney parish & John Waterton of 
 
 1 It may have been that it was at 1G37, and subsequently moved to Mal- 
 the end of this voyage, referred to above, den. He died in 1058 ; and at tin s his 
 that Samuel Maverick gave bond for wife came to New England, ami desirous 
 1201 for the Company of the Charles " to perhaps of ridding herself of her sibilant 
 answer such actions as are or shall be name, married Miles Ntitt, and subse- 
 brought." (juently John Doolittle. 
 
 2 John Bibble was a Boston man in 
 
326 LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 the same shippwright to sue James Buckley of Shadwell afore 
 said upon the bond annexed <tc. 
 
 John Barnes of Plymouth merchant bound to John Parker 
 in IGOi for payment of 50* 1 Sept next at his house at 
 Plymouth. [Is.] 
 
 Robert Mantell of Dorchester bynds himself e by a writing 
 under his hand to Theodore Atkinson to pay unto his use unto 
 William Baker Citizen & haberdasher of London dwelling in 
 or neare Creed lane w tb iu three weekes after the arivall of 
 the ship wherein the said Robert 1 intendes to passe in England. 
 dated 15 Get 1G40. [6] 
 
 Thomas Lund 2 late of Hingham in N E makes a le r of 
 Attorney to Thomas Grubb of Boston in N E to receive all 
 moneys due unto him. 24 Oct 1640. 
 
 Will Pomfret 3 of Dover upon Pascattaway river Planter 
 bound to George Druell 4 of London marriner to deliver & 
 pay unto him or his assignes one thousand of redd oake mer 
 chantable clapboard for the passage of Hosanna Pomfrett his 
 wife & Elizabeth their daughter. [Is.] 
 
 John Ilolgrave 5 of Salem in N. E. marriner bound to Edward 
 Paine of Wap: in the County of Midd marriner for payment 
 of 37 1 nit* Julii px at his house in Salem. [Is.] 
 
 1 The said Robert did puss into Eng- This is all Savage says on the matter. 
 
 land, I imagine, for he certainly has left Thomas Grubb was a leather-dresser 
 
 no trace behind him except this one living on Washington Street, opposite 
 
 mention. Theodore Atkinson was a Milk. (See ante, p. 172. ) 
 feltmaker of Boston, lie came to this & William Poinfret was early town 
 
 country in 1034 in the employment of clerk of Dover, and lieutenant. He 
 
 John Newgate the hatter, who, one may lived until 1680. 
 
 imagine, made the tall hats worn by all * George Druell, of London, called at 
 
 the Puritan Governors; for he was a one time "marriner," and at another 
 
 man of consequence, and 1 doubt not "grocer," was agent for one Edward 
 
 was one of the first in his trade. P;vne, mariner, of "\Vapping, as well, 
 
 2 Thomas Lund, a merchant, brought doubtless, as for others. 
 from London, 1C 16, power from certain 6 It is curious that this agreement of 
 
 citizens of London to collect debts. John Holgravo should have been made 
 
LECIIFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 327 
 
 A charter party betwccnc <\H George Story 1 of Boston in 
 N E merchant of the one p tc and Marke Beaplc master of the 
 ship Green Lyon of Barnstahle of burden 240 tunnes or 
 thereah: part owners of the said ship of the other p to Wheras 
 the said merchant hath laden the said ship w th Clapboards to 
 the number of 8000 & 500 or thereabouts to be dd at [Hank] for 
 w ch f r aight the said merchant or his assigncs is to pay the said 
 master w th in twelve dayes after arivall 225* and 5* towards a 
 pylott : the goods to be bound for security of payment. [0] 
 
 Samucll Haskill 2 citizen silk throstcr of London bound 
 to John Hill gent in 14* to pay 71 upon the Arrivall of the 
 ship the green Lyon in England aboard the said ship Coram 
 me et Jona Hopkins 2G. Oct. 1640. [Gt?.] 
 
 Elizabeth Freestone late of Alford in the County of Lin- 
 colne and now of Boston in New England spinster daughter 
 of Richard Frceston late of Horncastle in the County of 
 Lincoluc aforesaid wollcndraper deceased makes a letter of 
 Attorney to John Hutchinson of Alford aforesaid wollen- 
 drapcr to receive & recover 40* of Mary Frceston of Thimblcby 
 in the said County widdow & Executrix of the last will & 
 testament of Robert Frecston my uncle who was executor of 
 the last will & testament of Robert Frecston my grandfather 
 
 with Edward Payne rather than Druell, factory for the throwsting or twisting 
 
 his agent in New England. It may be, of silk after it had been first wound 
 
 however, that Druell was only Payne s and before it could be woven. At this 
 
 agent for some particular transaction, time London was full of French Hugue- 
 
 John Holgrave himself is merely noted nots, busily engaged in introducing the 
 
 by Savage as being representative at the silk manufacture there, who all turned 
 
 first Assembly. their eyes to the New World as a means 
 
 1 Of CJeorge Story, of Boston, mer- of obtaining silk that need not come 
 chant, little is known beyond what may through France and Italy. The experi- 
 be derived from the history of Captain mcnts in silk culture were not suc- 
 Keayne s sow, so frequently alluded to cessful even in the Southern and Middle 
 by early historians of this country. States, where they were most tried, 
 
 2 This entry unfortunately does not and in New England very little was 
 throw any light on a subject of some ever done at all. See a very interesting 
 interest which it calls to mind, the article on "Colonial Husbandry" by 
 culture of silk in New England. The Edward Eggleston in the Century Maga- 
 silk-throwstcr was a man who ran a zinc for January, 1884. 
 
828 LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 one of the Executors of the last will & testament of my said 
 father and G* 18 s 4 (l dividend part belonging* to me by reason 
 of the Death of my sister Mary and 5* of Nathanicll Cuthbert 
 of Warniington in the County of Northampton Executor of the 
 last will ct testament of my grandmother Mary Cuthbert given 
 me by her will. [8s. Gtf. 2 G] 
 
 Md. Wheras the within mentioned one thousand of Clap 
 boards will be worth II 1 it is agreed between the parties w th in 
 named that if the passage money w th in mentioned & intended 
 come not to so much that the said George Drucll shall pay the 
 said Will Pomfrct in money so much as the said passage 
 money or other charges for the w th in mentioned Hosanna and 
 Eliz shall come short of the said II 1 . 
 
 [182] Phillip Gibbs & al con Tlioma Allen Ricum 
 Callicot 1 in recuss. [Is.] 
 
 Philip Gibbs & al con Thoma Allen. [Is.] 
 
 Will" 1 Vicars of Wcthersfield upon the river of Connecticott 
 Planter a Certilicat that he is there Inhabitant. 2 [Is.] 
 
 Samuell Haskill bound to Will m Vicars for 7 ycares pro 
 vided that if 81 l)e payd him w th in G dayes after the arrival! of 
 the green lyon at London at the ship tavcrne near Biilater 
 lane London then this Indenture to be voyd M? John Cookc 
 of Fanchurch streat belonging to the Custome House hath 50* 
 of his given by his grandfather Ml; George Cooke Inkeepcr 
 at the white horse w lh in Algate deceased 18 yeares since. 
 
 1 Riclmrd Callicot \vas of Dorchester, that name. Ho appears only once or 
 
 ;is \v;is Thomas Allen. (See. p. 195, post.) twice in the Dorchester Ifrconls. 
 
 The name of the former occurs fre- 2 This certificate (if it could be 
 
 quently in the Ihrchestrr TuU n Records found) ought to convince one of the 
 
 (usually spelled Collicot). It is difli- existence of Win. Vicars, Savage not- 
 
 cult to identify Thomas Allen in Savage, withstanding. 
 on account of the lai ire number bearing 
 
LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 Abraham Shawc 1 sometime of Hallifax in the County of 
 Yorkc Clothier & late of Pedham in N l<] planter made his 
 last will <fc testament about November !G->8. & therein made 
 Joseph Shawc his eldest sonne & Nicholas Biram his sonne in 
 lawe his executors & dyed having 1001 <t divers other dutyes 
 in the hands of severall persons they give a letter of attorney 
 to Mr [&/;ifc] Best of Hallifax aforesaid Clothier to receive the 
 same all profitts of Colemines whatsoever & the same 
 Colcmincs to sell <fcc. [os.] 
 
 Joseph Rcdknaplatc of Hampton in the County of Midd and 
 Citizen couper of London makes a letter of attorney nnto 
 Reynold Stevens of London gent and John Stevens of Hamp 
 ton aforesaid yeoman to surrender a Coppihold in Hampton 
 called Blackbush eight 2 now or late in the occupation of 
 Elizabeth Redknap his mother & all his interest therein. 
 [2-6] 
 
 John Bradshaw late of Lynne in New England husbandman 
 makes a letter of attorney & assignement to Zaclicus Gould 
 of Lynne aforesaid yeoman to receive & recover 3 1 & all costs 
 <fc charges 3 w ch hc rccouvered in the last Court at Salem against 
 M Thomas Willis. [6] 
 
 John Page 4 of Waterton in N E pi. for 32* 8 s mortgageth 
 unto George Druell Citizen & grocer of London Attorney & 
 assignee of Edward Payne of Wapping in the C of Mid iiiar- 
 riner six heads of Cattel specified in a schedule hereunto 
 
 1 We cnn add nothing to Savage s 3 What those "costs and charges" 
 note on Abraham Shaw from this letter could have been for, I can hardly iniag- 
 of attorney. ine. Mr. Thomas Willis at this time was 
 
 2 Savage says that this estate, called one of those appointed to " joyne with 
 by him " Blackbush right," was sold by the, magistrates at Salem to assist them 
 Kedknap in 1649 to one Edward Tom- in keeping their Courts." Bradshaw has 
 lyns, which would seem as though it left no trace of himself. This notice seems 
 were not surrendered at this time. A as though he were going to England, 
 friend suggests "Blackbush Eyot " as 4 John Page came to New England 
 the name of the estate. The spelling with Winthrop, and lived in Water- 
 in the text above, " eight," might easily town fora long time, having a son of 
 stand for " Eyot." his name who lived there after him. 
 
330 LECIIFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 annexed Provided that if lie pay the said money ult Mail px 
 at his house in Waterton then <fcc. [--8] 
 
 Joseph Bcmis l of Waterton j)l : bound to George Druell 
 agent for Mf Payne in 14 1 to pay 7 1 7 s upon the 10 th of March 
 in good or merchantable Indian corne at 3 s 4 D the bushcll at 
 M!^ Edward Tyngs at Boston in New England. [SJ.] 
 
 John Sampson of London merchant makes a letter of 
 attorney to Philip AVhite marriner to receive of Will 01 Quieke 
 181. [1*.] 
 
 [183] Job Judkin 2 & his wife a letter and a Release. [8d.] 
 
 M* Christojiher Stanley for a letter coppied & a letter for 
 his brother. [1-0] 
 
 Articles of Agreement made the Seventh day of November 
 Anno Dlii 1040 Betweene Captaine ROBERT HARDING 3 of 
 Newporte in the Isle of Ayiiednecke in New England of the 
 one parte And WILLIAM WITHINGTON of Portsmouth in 
 Aquednecke aforesaid Carpenter of the other parte as 
 folio wet h. 
 
 Imprimis the said Robert doth hereby grant and to ffarme lett 
 unto the said Will" 1 all that the ffarme granted unto the said 
 Robert by the said Towne of Newporte contcyning 300 acres 
 at the leaste lying ncare unto an Island called Canonieute w th 
 all the incdow ground thereunto belonging To have & to hold 
 the said ffarme <fc all & singulare the premises w th the appur 
 tenances unto the said W m his executors adm : & assignes 
 from the Date of these presents for the terme of nyne ycares 
 from thenceforth next ensuing fully to be compleate and ended 
 
 1 Joseph Bemi.s was not so old an some manner of trade to "\Villiam Bore- 
 inhabitant, having been at Watertown man (p. 142, ante). 
 
 for only a year or so. He was a promi- 3 Robert Harding went to Newport 
 
 ncnt man in town aifairs, often sclt-et- with others of the Hutchinson party 
 
 man and so forth. after their defeat in Boston. He was a 
 
 2 Job Judkin, it may be remembered, man of consideration in his new home, 
 was one of those who undertook to teaeh as he had been in his old. 
 
LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 331 
 
 ycalding and allowing therefore for the first seven yeares of 
 the said termc at the end of the said seven yeares unto the 
 said Robert his hcires and assignes the worth of two hundred 
 and ten pounds in buildings fencings draynings of medow or 
 other labour bestowed in improving the premises to be made 
 & done on the same in the meane time the said buildings 
 fencings draynings and labour thereabout or other labour as 
 afors d: to be valued by indifferent men to be chosen by and 
 betwcenc the said partyes to these presents their heires ex 
 ecutors administrators and assignes according to every dayes 
 labour of men thereabout at the rate of 2 3 G d for a mans dayes 
 workc and for cattells labour at 10 s a Dayes worke for a sufli- 
 cicnt teame And yeilding and paying therefore ycarely for 
 the two last yeares of the said terme of nyne yeares unto the 
 said Robert his heires and assignes the ycarely rent of forty 
 pounds at two tcrmcs in the yeare that is to say the seventh 
 day of May and the seventh day of November by cquall por 
 tions to be payd. 
 
 It m that the said Will his executors adm r3 or assignes 
 shall or may lawfully have & take timber & wood on the 
 premises if there it may be had for the said buildings fences 
 draynings and reparations thereof and also firewood for his 
 & their owne spending from time to time during the said 
 termc w th out doing any voluntary wast on the premises by 
 selling or carrying away of timber or otherwise. 
 
 It m that the said Will 111 his executors adm" or ass g shall 
 & will from time to time well & sufliciently rcpairc & amend 
 the said buildings fences <fe draynings during the said two last 
 yeares of the said termc of nync yeares and the same so well 
 & sufficiently repaired & amended w th all the premises in the 
 end of the said tcrme to leave & ycald up unto the said Robert 
 his heires or assignes. 
 
 Itm that the said Robert his heires & assignes shall in the 
 end of the said terme take off & buy all such cartes waynes 
 & husbandry instruments w th the appurtenances as the said 
 Will" 1 his executors adm rs or ass g shall make and use on the 
 prmises during the said tcrme at the rate they cost according 
 to 2? 6"? a mans dayes w r orke in the making of them if the 
 
332 LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 said W m his executors adm or ass* shall be willing to sell 
 the said cart waynes & instruments. 
 
 Itm the said Robert doth hereby let unto the said Will m one 
 stoeke of eight Cowes all supposed to be w th Calfc one young 
 bull one young stearc two cow calfcs and one great sowe all w ch 
 arc esteemed to be worth ten Cowcs To have and to hold the 
 said stoeke of Cattell unto the said W m his executors admin 
 istrators and assigncs during the said terme of nyne ycares 
 yeilding & allowing therefore at the end of the first three 
 yeares of the said terme unto the said Robert his executors 
 adm or assignes ten of the best cattell that he or they shall 
 choose out of the increase of the said stoeke and in lieu of 
 the said bull stcare calfcs and sowe makcing the said stoeke to 
 be ten Cowes by adding two Cowes to the said Eight Cowes 
 And yeilding fe allowing att the end of the sixt yeare of the 
 said terme ten more of the best new increase cattell that the 
 said Robert his executors adm r8 or assigncs shall choose out 
 of- the said new increase of the said stoeke of ten cowes And 
 at the end of the nyneth & last yeare of the said terme ten 
 more of the best new increase cattell that he or they shall 
 choose out of the said new increase of the said stoeke of ten 
 Cowes together w tb said stoeke of ten Cowcs or as many of 
 them as shall be then alive and all other Cowes added to 
 the same stoeke. 
 
 Itm that the said Robert his executors adm ra and assignes 
 shall from time to time stand to the losse of the said stoeke 
 and make good the same as they shall decrease or decay 
 during the said terme so it be not through the wilfull default 
 of the said Will m his executors adm ra or ass g in w ch case he 
 or they shall make good the said stoeke by the valuation 
 also of indifferent men as aforesaid. 
 
 Itm that at the end of the said third sixt & nyneth yeares 
 when the said Robert his executors adm re or assigncs have 
 made choice of their said increase cattell the residue of the 
 increase Cattell of the said stoeke except the said two cowes 
 to be added to the said stoeke shall be accounted and be the 
 proper goods <fe chattells of the said William his executors 
 adm re or assignes. 
 
LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 333 
 
 Itm the said William his executors administrators or as- 
 sigucs shall kccpc the ten new increase Cattell to be yeilded 
 ct allowed as aforesaid out of the said new increase at the 
 said sixt yea re and during the said last three y cares of the said 
 termc yeilding and allowing therefore at the end of the said 
 ternie unto the said Robert his executors administrators and 
 assignes ten of the best cattell that he or they shall choose out 
 of the increase of the said ten new increase Cattell together 
 w lh the said ten new increase Cattell or as many of them as 
 shall be then alive and all other Cattell added unto the said 
 new increase Cattell [184] the said Robert his executors ad 
 ministrators and assignes standing to the hazzard of the said 
 ten increase cattell and from time to time make good the same 
 number of them during the said termc if they decrease or 
 decay so it be not through the wilfull default of the said 
 Will 1 " his executors admrs or assg in w ch case he or they shall 
 make good the said number of ten increase cattell and the 
 said Will 111 his executors administrators and assignes to have 
 the residue of the increase of the said ten new cattell as his 
 & their ownc proper goods & chattclls. 
 
 Itm the said Robert doth hereby grant unto the said Wil 
 liam all the hay now upon the premises to be valued for 
 quantity by indifferent men to be chosen betwccnc the said 
 Ptys and the said valuation to-be written on the back syde of 
 these presents To have and to enjoy the said Hay to the said 
 Will" 1 his executors administrators and assignes Yeilding and 
 allowing therefore unto the said Robert his executors admini 
 strators and assignes the kccpcing of one Cowe this winter 
 and the summering and wintering of one calfe every ycare 
 following during the said terme of nyne ycares and twice so 
 much hay or els twice as much hay and once as much straw 
 in quantity as the said hay now granted shall be valued at. In 
 witncsse &c. [Gs. or a bushell of wheat or a bs ct halfe of Ind.] 
 
 Anne Stratton 1 of Salem in New England widdow aged 
 about fifty yeares late wife of John Stratton of Shotley in the 
 
 1 The Note-book for some pages is and notes in regard to a suit brought 
 now filled with depositions, petitions, by Mrs. Anne Stratton, of Salem, against 
 
334 LECUFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 County of Suffolk gent deceased sworne saith that Joseph 
 Stratton sometime of Harwich in the County of Essex mar- 
 riner and now of James Citty in Virginia brother of her said 
 husband did in or about the ycarc of our Lord one thousand 
 six hundred and twenty eight stand indebted unto Will" 1 
 Stratton this deponent her sonnc deceased in the summe of 
 801 principall debt for payment whereof the said Joseph 
 entered into one bond or obligation of a greater summe w ch 
 said debt should have bin payd unto this deponent her said 
 sonnc in his life time about 12 ycares since. And this de 
 ponent saith that the said Joseph Stratton did likewise in or 
 about the yeare of our Lord one thousand six hundred and 
 twenty thrGe stand indebted unto her said husband by bill or 
 bond in the summe of sixty pounds at the least principall 
 debt w ch should have bin payd unto her said husband in his 
 lifetime about 17 yeares since and this deponcuit saith that 
 she doth not knowe that the said Joseph hath payd or satis 
 fied the said principall debts or any parte thereof one or other 
 unto her said Sonne or husband their [or] either of their exe 
 cutors administrators or ass g . And this deponent saith that 
 the said Joseph did by word of mouth in this deponents hear 
 ing and by letters of this w ch this deponent hath seen & read 
 acknowledge the said debt of 80* unto the said 57111 Stratton 
 and promised satisfaction thereof and did also acknowledge 
 the said debt of sixty pounds demanded on the behalfe of her 
 said husband and likewise promised payment thereof twelve 
 yeares since or thereabouts. And this deponent saith that 
 she had both the said specialty cs in keeping divers yeare? 
 but after the death of the said Will this deponent to her best 
 remembrance delivered them unto her sonnc John Stratton 
 of Salem aforesaid to whome of right the said debts did & 
 doth belong as she conceiveth lie being Executor of the last 
 will &, Testament of her said late husband and brother unto 
 the said Will" 1 who was also indebted unto the said John and 
 
 her brother-in-law William Stratton, of (see <mtc, p. 121), and of Elizabeth, 
 James City (so called), Virginia. We who became the wife of John Thorn- 
 learn little from the cast* that is now of dike, a fact unknown to Savage. Of 
 interest. Mrs. Anne Stratton was the Joseph Stratton, of Virginia, I know 
 mother of John Stratton, of Scarborough nothing. 
 
LECHFORUS MANUSCRIPT XOTE-BOOK. 335 
 
 ill particular by the writing now shewed unto this deponent 
 whereto she did write her name as a witnesse and was present 
 when the same was subscribed sealed & delivered by the said 
 Will" 1 And she hath credibly heard and verely believeth that 
 the said John lost the said two first mentioned spccialtycs by 
 Casting away of a Boatc w th many other goods <fc writings 
 belonging to the said John And further [1851 this deponent 
 saith the said Will" 1 being to goe for Virginia in the yeare 
 1028 first above mentioned had of her this deponent divers 
 goods amounting to the value of forty pounds at the least 
 of lawfull money of England and that he had of the said 
 John other goods to the value of fifty pounds at the least of 
 like lawfull money of England all w ch goods or very neare all 
 of them the said Joseph carry ed away w th him to Virginia 
 leaving Hie said Will" 4 behind him in England. And lastly 
 this deponent saith that the said Joseph about the time of 
 Ins said departure forth of England had of the said John her 
 sonnc one Watch and a Clockc for w ch the said Joseph was 
 to pay unto the said John the summo of five pounds of like 
 lawfull money. [2s. G] 
 
 Ralph Foggc l of Salem in New England gent aged about 
 forty yeares sworne saith that he was present to his best 
 remembrance and saw when the two specialties mentioned 
 in the aforcwritten deposition of M r . ls Anne Stratton were by 
 her delivered unto her said sonnc John Stratton at Dedham 
 in the County of Essex. [6d.~\ 
 
 Elizabeth Thorndike aged about 2G yeares wife of John 
 Thorndike of Salem in New England gent swornc saith that 
 she was present and saw when her mother M r . i9 Anne Stratton 
 delivered unto her brother John Stratton the two bonds or 
 special tyes w ch she hath heard verely believeth were made 
 by Mr Joseph Stratton the one of them for eighty pounds to 
 her brother Will" 1 Stratton deceased and the other of them 
 
 1 Ralph Fogg, whose deposition in wards moved to Salem, where he re- 
 the Stratton case here appears, was a mained until 1652, when he went home 
 Plymouth man at first (1633), but after- to London. 
 
330 LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 for sixty pounds unto her father M r John Stratton deceased 
 to the host remembrance of this deponent And this deponent 
 knowetli that her brother John Stratton was & is executor 
 of the last will <fc testament of her said father &c. [1.] 
 
 John Stratton of Salem in New England gent aged about 
 34 ycares swornc saith that his mother M 1 ? 8 Anne Stratton in 
 or about UK; monctli of December in the yeare of our Lord 
 1631 delivered unto this deponent at Dedham in Essex in the 
 presence of Ralfe Foggc and this deponents sister Elizabeth 
 Thorndike the two specialtyes wherein his uncle My Joseph 
 stood bound in the one of them for eighty pounds unto my 
 brother Will" 1 Stratton deceased and in the other of them for 
 sixty pounds unto his father M? John Stratton deceased And 
 this deponent saith that he knowcth the said specialtyes were 
 the proper acts and deeds of the said Joseph by his baud & 
 scale and further this deponent saith that he lost the said 
 specialtyes w th oilier writings & goods by the casting away 
 of a boate at Cape Porpis in America about ten ycares since. 
 And tins deponent saith that the writing now shewed unto 
 him is the testimony of Isaacke Allerton marriner and that 
 it is subscribed w th his proper hand writing & name <tc. 
 [1-0] 
 
 To Thomas Dudley Esq r Governor of the Jurisdiccon of the 
 Mattachusetts Bay in New England and all other his Ma ts 
 Judges it Ofiiccrs whomsoever it may concerne [186] The 
 Ccrtificat of John Endecott Esq r one of the Assistants or 
 Magistrates of the Jurisdicon aforcsayd I the said John 
 Endecott doe hereby Certify that the scverall Testimonies 
 hereafter written were taken before me upon the oathcs of 
 the scverall deponents upon the [W*] day of November Anno 
 Diii 1040 and that the sayd severall depponents subscribed 
 their scverall names to their said respective testimonies and 
 that one writing concerning a thousand pounds of tobacco w ch 
 should have bin sent by one Will 1 " Stratton unto John Strat 
 ton now of Salem in New England gent was shewed before me 
 unto M r . i!i Anne Stratton at the time of her examination and 
 
LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 837 
 
 deposition hereafter written And another writing purporting 
 to be a testimony under the handwriting of Isaacke Allerton 
 was likewise shewed before me unto John Stratton aforesaid 
 at the time of his examination and deposition hereafter speci- 
 fycd to w ch severall writings I have also sett my hand in testi 
 mony thereof And lastly that true Coppies of the said two 
 writings are hereafter specifyed as followcth <fcc. [2s. G] 
 
 Mr Robert Keayne M? Thomas Owen 1 mcrcli* and M r 
 Thomas Stegge of Weynokc in Virginia Merchant Attorneys 
 for Mr Stratton. My Owen only for M Stratton. [2-0] 
 
 Knowe all men by these presents that I Anne Stratton of 
 Salem in New England widd doc hereby constitute etc Thomas 
 Owen of Boston in N E merchant my true and lawfull Attor 
 ney iv.c. 50 1 or 40* <tc and all and all manner of dammages 
 costs charges <fc expcnces lost suffered or layd out by reason 
 of the \ilhgible] or for and about the recovery of the said debts 
 ct summes of money or any of them. [Is.] 
 
 HONERESSIME DOMINE Multa sit tibi salus prccor a Deo 
 forti nostro ac omnipotent! p dominum Jesum unicii Salva- 
 torem. Oratias tibi habco Domino propter tuain crga me 
 mcosqnc bcnevolcntiam singularem ct cum fuerimus vobis- 
 cnm ct adhuc coniugem meam hospitando <vc De Colonia 
 stabilicnda p Confabulationcm cum Ecclcsia (cui me dcvinxit 
 solcmne pactum) pro comperto habeo, iis precipuc esse Cura 
 ut ubicumque operi ediHcando Incumburit politicum regimen 
 libernum absolutum ct inde})cndens iis stabiliri possit Domi- 
 nus Underbill 2 ad te statim venturus est. Rursus ac rursum 
 pro omni tua in me bcncvolcntia tibi gratolor ct tutelae Dei 
 te Committens maneo. 
 
 Tui obscrvantissimus 
 
 RICHARDUS MORRIS. 
 
 Novembr 5 10 10. 
 
 [(!,?.] 
 
 1 Thomas Owen is known only 2 This is the first mention of Under- 
 through mention of him by Winthrop, hill in the Note-book; but it seems more 
 not here pertinent, and another of like proper to reserve notice of him until 
 nature in Mass. Col. Rcc., i. 223. p. 222. 
 
 90 
 
338 LECUFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 [187] To the riyht ivor 11 the Governor Council $ Assist 1 of this 
 
 Jurisdiceon. 
 
 The Complaint 1 of RICHARD LANG of Weymouth in N E Clap 
 board ryver against JOHN UPHAM and WILL" SMITH in 
 lehalfe of themselves $ the rest of the freemen of the said 
 Towne of Weymouth 
 
 Shewcth that tliis Comp u hatli bin an Inhabitant in Weymouth 
 aforesaid by the space of six yeares last past or thereabouts 
 and ought in right to have a share in the necke of land in 
 Waymouth the said John Upham <fc W S & the rest of the 
 said defend 13 w th out the gcnerall Consent of the Towne made 
 an agreement that the new Planters with Richard Silvester 
 & Arthur Warren should have the said necke of land allot 
 ted among them and unjustly left out this Compl t8 name say 
 ing that he was no planter and whereas this CompP should 
 have had three acres of land at the least upon the plainc 
 the Defend 18 have assigned him but two acres there And 
 whereas the Pit had three acres of land going to the mill 
 the said Defend 13 have imiustly given the same to Richard 
 Knight And the said Defend 1 * deteyne the Pits share of the 
 mcddow ground within the said towne w ch should be three 
 acres at the least And the said defend 13 have assigned and 
 taken great lotts to themselves but have not assigned any 
 great lotts to the rest of the planters there. And they have 
 uniustly given away lands out of this CompP 3 and other men 
 their rights And also have overrated this CompP and other 
 inhabits there. Lastly the said defend 13 keepe the Towne 
 booke disorderly some leaves having bin cutt forth & some 
 blotts and other defects there are therein The CompP prayeth 
 that the defend 13 may be cnjuined to appeare at the next 
 Court to answere the premises & bring the said Towne booke 
 w th them. [16] 
 
 1 I cannot find that this petition of also deputies, and Warren and Silvester 
 
 l.ichard Lang was ever acted upon, were both well-known men ; so it is 
 
 John Upham and William Smith were probable that tho matter was passed 
 
 both commissioners for Weymouth, and over. 
 
LECIIFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 339 
 
 Captainc Richard Morris bound to Josuah Hewes for 141 to 
 be p d 20 April px 23 Nov: 1040. [6d.] 
 
 Jolm Rogers of Accamenticus in New England aged about 
 27 3 carcs sworne saith that in or about May last past he this 
 deponent delivered unto Thomas Jones a taylcr who after 
 wards dyed as this deponent hath heard by the blowing up 
 of the Mary Rose these commodities hereafter following 
 to be made into stockings & a cap viz* a yarde of kersey 
 or thereabouts worth 4 s and two yards <fc halfe of bayes 
 worth 5 s . 
 
 Robert Rogers of Boston in New England aged 23 yearcs 
 sworne saith that in or about the monctli of June last 
 Thomas James a taylcr who was slayne in the blowing 
 up of the Mary Rose confessed he had things to make for 
 this deponents kinsman Jolm Rogers & promised to make 
 them up. 
 
 [188] To the right wor 11 S R FRANCIS WYATT Knight 1 Governor 
 and Captaine generall of his Ma ts Colony in Virginia 
 
 The Bill of Complaint of JOHN STRATTON of Salem in New 
 England gent 
 
 In all humble manner shcwcth unto yo r wor p that yo r sup 
 pliant is sonnc and heire and Executor of the last will and 
 Testament of John Stratton sometime of Shot ley in the County 
 of Suffolk gent deceased and that Joseph Stratton now of 
 James City in Virginia gent yo r suppliants uncle and brother 
 of the said Testator in or about the yeare of our Lord One 
 thousand six hundred twenty and three stood indebted by bill 
 or bond unto the said Testator yo r suppliants said ffathcr in 
 the summe of sixty pounds of lawfull money of England prin- 
 cipall debt: And that yo r suppliant had a Brother one William 
 
 1 Savng, says, in a note on Win- Sir Francis Wyatt from 1639, when 
 
 throp, ii. 159, that S. "NY". Campbell is Hervey was superseded, to 1641, when 
 
 the only writer known to him " who Berkeley was appointed." 
 takes notice of the administration of 
 
340 LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 Stratton of Ardlyc in the County of Essex gent deceased who 
 about the yeare of our Lord one thousand six hundred and 
 twenty eight intended to passe over from England into Vir 
 ginia in Company with the said Joseph Stratton and had for 
 his portion one hundred pounds in redy money in his purse 
 and besides yo r suppliants adventured by him and delivered 
 into his hands divers moneys goods and commodities to the 
 value of Hil ty pounds at the least And this Complainant saith 
 that the said Joseph by his faire intreaties & perswasions in 
 the said yeare 1628 borrowed eighty pounds of the said Will m 
 out of his said portion and entered into one bond of a greater 
 summe how much in certaine this Clomp* cannot remember for 
 the repayment of the said eighty pounds after that sometime 
 in the same yeare or ncare thereabouts and also the said Joseph 
 by his said intreatys and perswasions gott into his hands & 
 possession all or very nearc all of the said good& & commodi 
 ties w ch this Complainant delivered unto the said Will and 
 the said Joseph having gotten into his hands the said 801 and 
 50^ worth of goods and upon some pretence of businesse sent 
 the said Will from Plymouth to Ardelye afors d the said 
 Joseph bearing the said Will in hand that he would stay at 
 Plimouth aforesaid till the said Will" 1 returned thither and so 
 both together to passe over into Virginia but the said Will 
 was no sooner come to Ardelye aforesaid but newes followed 
 him that the said Joseph had sett sayle & was gone for Vir 
 ginia and so he carrycd away the said 801 being the greatest 
 parte of the said Will" 13 portion and the said fifty pounds 
 worth of goods and commodities and left the said Will m in 
 England to rely upon yo p suppliant and his mother for his 
 maintenance to their great costs & charges And yo r suppliant 
 further showeth [189] that the said Joseph never payd the 
 said debts or any parte of the same either to yo r suppliants 
 ffather or Brother in their lives time nor since to yo r suppliant 
 and further that his mother M l 8 Anne Stratton now of Salem 
 aforesaid did deliver both the said specialtyes to yo r Suppliant 
 about ten yeares since at Dcdham in Essex and afterwards 
 the same yeare or thereabout yo r suppliant lost them by cast 
 ing away of a boate at Cape porpis in America wherein the 
 
LECIIFORWS MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 841 
 
 said specialties <fc many other writings <t goods of this Com- 
 pl ts were lost. Also this Compl* sheweth that he is the only 
 brother and heire of the said Will and that- lie was indebted 
 unto yo r Suppts and tlicreforc of right the administration of 
 the said Will m his goods rights <fc credits belongeth to be 
 granted unto yo r suppliant as next of kin and creditor to 
 the said Will" 1 or to whomsoever yo r suppl* shall depute there 
 unto and because yo r Supl* cannot at this season conveniently 
 tr.ivell to Virginia he hath deputed Mr Robert Keayne Mr 
 Thomas Owen and M. r Thomas Stegge or cither of them to 
 procure the said letters of admin unto whome yo r suppliant 
 prayeth yo r wor ps to grant the saide or to one of them and to 
 take their names or one of them as Compl ts in this present 
 bill w th yo r suppliant for the better recovery of the premises 
 in yo r suppl ts behalfe And this Compl 1 further showeth that 
 the said Joseph had of yo r suppP one watch and one clocke in 
 the said yearc 1628 for w ch the said Joseph washy agreement 
 shortly after to pay yo r suppliant five pounds but he hath not 
 to this day payd the same nor any partc thereof to yo r sup 
 pliant. Notwithstanding yo r said suppl* shewetli that the said 
 Joseph did often times both by word of mouth & letters of his 
 acknowledge the said debts & receipt of the said goods & of 
 the said watch & clocke <fe promised satisfaction of all the 
 premises to the full but when he understood that yo r sup 
 pliant had so lost the said spceialtycs af ores 1 then the said 
 Joseph refused to performe his said promises or to make pay 
 ment & satisfaction for the p r mis and still rcfuseth so to doe 
 Now forasmuch as yo r suppliant hath no remedy by the strict 
 rules of the Common Law but in equity he ought to be 
 relieved in the premises lie humbly prayeth yo r worships 
 releife therein according to equity and good Conscience and 
 that the said Compl* may be allowed not only the said prin- 
 cipall debts comining in all to 1951 or thereabouts but for Dam- 
 mage and Deteyning of the same all this while w ch comes to 
 200* more at the least, and yo r suppliant prayeth that the said 
 Joseph may be cnjoyned immediately to answere the premises 
 & to stand to yo r w r or pps order & decree in the same And yo r 
 suppliant shall pray &c. 
 
342 LECUFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 Robert Keayne of Boston in N E m ; makes a lc r of Attorn 
 unto John Tinker l of Windsorc upon the river of Connccti- 
 cott planter to receive of Will Ilubberd of Windsorc 10 3 of 
 John Haynes E,sq r 21 10 s M r Robert Saltonstall 501. Henry 
 Browning 41 4 9 8 d - Thomas Withcrlc 21 14 s 2 d - Will 111 Quicke 
 41 7 8 10 d M r lligginson 15 s . David Anderson u l s . [Is.] 
 
 [190] An Ai ii dl for M r Keayne twice written. [Is.] 
 
 The orders of the last Curt for Boston p Mr Cogan. [20] 
 
 JOHN SCOBELL of Boston Carpenter pit. 
 
 JOHN HOLLAND of Dorchester ferryman defend* 
 
 in trespass on the Case. 2 
 
 1. The Compl 1 shcweth that whereas the defendant was to pay 
 him 45 8 8 d for Carpentry worke done at the defendts house 
 by agreement of both partyes and 3 1 19 8 8 d for sawing & 
 squaring of timber & boards and the said last menconed 
 summes the Defend* unjustly as his owne judge by order of a 
 ccrtainc attachment in his owne person attached and defaulted 
 81 18 s of the same money when he had tendred the said whole 
 summe of six pounds five shillings and foure pence before 
 witnesse saying he attached this money as due unto himselie 
 never sending the said attach 1 " to this Compl never warning 
 him to any court nor giving him any Coppy of the said 
 attachm 1 and deteyncd the same in his hands about two 
 moneths, whereby the Pit was not only damnifyed butt the 
 
 1 John Tinker, several times men- nature (vol.i. p. 152), \vliere he had 
 tioned in tho first few pages of the Note- to do with a different character from the 
 look, was at this time at Windsor, but meek Seobell. This last had not sutii- 
 subsequently was of Boston, and after- cient force of mind even to do anything 
 wards of New London. The names which should have brought his name 
 which follow may be found in Savage, down to us (such as being born, marry- 
 but nothing of consequence is known of ing, dying, being chosen to oversee 
 them. fences, arid the like). Holland, on tho 
 
 2 There is no mention at all of this contrary, was well known in Dorchester, 
 case in the Colonial Record. Holland s a merchant of good repute, says Sav 
 name may be seen there, in another ago, and usually honored in the Touni 
 case, however, of somewhat the same Record by the title of Mr. 
 
LEC11FORD-S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 843 
 
 Magistrates and Justice of the Country dishonoured for w ch 
 tlie defend 1 is lyable to a line and also to satisfye the pit for 
 his dammagcs aforesaid w ch he alleageth to he ten shillings at 
 the least hy Arbitrament of ecrtaine men indifferent and that 
 after much trouble charge it expence of time w ch the defend 1 
 wrongfully put the pit to thereabout. [Win Evans] 
 
 2. The Plaintiff e complaincth that when the said Arbitration 
 was to be made he offered the defend 1 to submit all things 
 w ch were owing by the plaintiffc unto the defend 4 unto the 
 said Arbitrators to end at once and further offered to pay 
 and allow the said defend* what was due unto him for any 
 cause or thing whatsoever but the defend 1 intending to cir 
 cumvent the pit w th faire pretences alleaging the things due 
 to him the said defend* were for womens matters and that 
 he would afterwards put those things to the arbitr mt of any 
 indifferent men persuaded the pit to let his demands only 
 be arbitrated w ch was done accordingly by the said arbi 
 trators But afterwards the said defend 1 hath unjustly quar 
 relled against the said arbitrement and demanded of the 
 plaint iffe more than was his defendants due but refused to 
 put his said demands to the arbitrement of any arbitrators 
 contrary to his promise aforesaid. But afterwards and after 
 the said wrongfull attachm* upon the persuasion of some of the 
 Church of Dorchester the said defend* did condescend to sub 
 mit his said demands to the arbitrement of the two Elders 
 there and this Compl 1 did also yeild thereunto. Notwith 
 standing the said defend* after all that trouble to the said 
 Elders ct charges and trouble to the plaintiffc in coming 
 from Boston to Dorchester about it twice brake of the said 
 arbitremt because he could not persuade this Compl* to dis 
 solve the said first Arbitracon w ch he knew not whether he 
 might lawfully doe seeing both the said partyes were by writ 
 ing under their hands bound in 201 apcece to stand to the 
 award of the said first Arbitrators. [Witnesses the Arbitra 
 tors. Mf Henry Witherington & W m Ware.] 
 
 And in the Cort before the Magistrates it the Jury the 
 defend* alleaged that this Compl* had wroaght w th him 25 
 weekes & brought his servant Edward Emans to witncsse the 
 
344 LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 same upon oath and according to that time demanded for dyct 
 lodging washing & starching for this CompP & house roome 
 for his goods. [The Cort hooke. John Matthewes for begin 
 time John Smith & Richard Evans for the end.] 
 
 for dyet from (9) 4 1639. for 6 weekes the pit wrought for 
 meat drink lodging and 20 d a day. \v ch comes to 45 s 8 d after 
 wards till the 3 d day of the first mon : yjjfo the pit was to 
 worke for the defend 1 in the woods to saw & square tim 
 ber & boards for halfe the sawing worke [191] or the value 
 thereof and one wceke of this time he was dyetted by the 
 defend 1 but afterwards dyetted himselfe saving upon last 
 dayes at night & upon the Lords Days during that time. 
 
 1. lie alleaged & proved by oath in Court that the CompP 
 had diet last dayes night & Lords daycs 13 or 14. whereas it 
 was but 8 or 9 for the pit wrought w th him but 17 weekes in 
 all so hereby the pit was ovcrreckoned 5 s 10 d . [W m Evans 
 Agnes Evans Richard Evans.] 
 
 2. for washing & starching 8 9 G (1 reckoning 4 d a weekc for 25 
 weekes w ch was 2 3 8 d too much & besydcs the pit lost a band 
 worth 2 s w ch is 4 9 8 d in all. [W m Evans Agnes Evans] 
 
 3. the defendant demanded for lodging the pit the said first 
 5 weekes 3 3 or thereabouts whereas he was not to pay anything 
 for the same. [John Matthews Ric h Evans.] 
 
 4. the defend 1 demanded for lodging the pit w th his boycs the 
 said last dayes nights & Lords dayes nights 2 8 G d when his 
 owne servant lodged upon the pP 8 bed at dorchcstcr mill the 
 other five daycs in the weeke w ch at l d a night comes to 3 s so 
 that for this the pP is to be allowed 5 8 . [John Smith W m 
 Evans.] 
 
 5. the defend 1 demanded for houseroomc of 2 halfe hogs 
 heads 2 chests & one smale box & a case of bottles 8 s G d w cb 
 yet were stowed over a Cowhouse w ch the pit built & was not 
 satisfied for till the time of the said attachment and the de 
 fend 18 wife & servant hurt some of the pit 8 tooles yet for 14 
 weekes houseroomc 5 8 the pit willingly alloweth so that he 
 may have forbearance of his hire of 45 8 8 d abovesaid. [W m 
 Evans <fc his wife Agnes.] 
 
LECIIFORD S MANL SCIUPT NOTE-BOOK. 345 
 
 6. the defend 1 demanded G 9 for three daycs worke of liis in 
 the woods w ch the Comp u saith was cut off by the said first 
 arbitrcincnt and is another breach of the said arbitrcment by 
 the defend 1 . [Arb : Rich Evans John Math : \V" Ware.] 
 AYhereby the pit hath bin put to these losses 
 1. at the making of the first arbitrement 15 s . 2. lost for 
 2 dayes worke to demand the money on the arbitrement 4 s 
 misreckoning & overrcckoning H 8 s . 18 s costs of suit lossc 
 of time (?. 2 dayes worke 4 s viz* lo s so that the pit hath 
 now no more than just 4" 4 d for all his winters worke lost and 
 all through the defend 13 fault, [6-0 r 3 9 . r 2.] 
 
 IN THE COURT AT BOSTON 10. 1. 1G40. 
 
 JOHN SCOBELL of Boston Carpenter pit \ f 
 
 in an aecon of 
 JOHN HOLLAND of Dorchester tern/man >. , 7 
 
 ( trespass on t/ie ease, 
 dcr ) 
 
 The Pl tl(Te complaincth that whereas the defend* was in 
 debted unto the pit about (lie 10 th day of the 10 th moneth 
 1()30. in Hie summc of 45 8 8 d for carpentry worke done by the 
 pit for the defend 1 at his house in Dorchester at the rate of 
 twenty pence a Day dyct and lodging by agreement betwccne 
 the said pit aiid defend* and whcras afterwards the said pit 
 was by like agreement bctwcene them to worke and did 
 worke for the defend* w th one of his servants in the woods 
 in Dorchester bounds in sawing squaring of timber & 
 boards from about the said 10 th day of the said 10 th moneth 
 till the 3 d day of the first moneth then following for halfe of 
 the said sawing worke or the value thereof and to have meate 
 and drinkc of the defend* for 5 s a wceke and the pit so had 
 mcate drinkc of the defend* for one weeke from the said 
 tenth day but afterwards by agreement also betweene them 
 the said pit was to find and did find himselfc meate & drinkc 
 in the woods and whereas the said pi* received some sniale 
 comforts of the defend* as houscroomc in an outhouse for 
 a few goods last dayes at night suppers <v Lords daycs dyct 
 washing & starching lone of a boate <t men to fetch the 
 pl ts goods by night and lodging the said last dayes & night 
 
34G LECllFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 Lords daycs <fc nights for w ch ther was no agreement betweeno 
 them of any payment to be made by the pi* for the same. [192] 
 The said pi* saith that he upon the said 3 rd day of the first 
 moneth upon just cause given by the defend* & his servant left 
 off workc in the woods for the deft and afterwards demanded 
 of him satisfaccon for the said workc according to the said 
 agreement But the said defend 1 refusing to let the said pl fc 
 have halfc the said sawing worke for his labour aforesayd and 
 going, about to deceive the pi* of his just rccompcncc for his 
 labour aforesaid alleaged that the plaintiffe was not to be his 
 owne judge of the worth of his said labour nor should have 
 his owne asking but required the same might be arbitrated 
 bctwccnc them by indifferent men whereto the pi* willingly 
 condescended but the said defend* refused to attend the said 
 arbitrament <fc delayed the pi* & put to much trouble there 
 about so that the pi* was at length forced to.^ue the defend 
 at the law & the pi* w th his witnesses & the defend* coming 
 to Boston thereabout upon the 2 day of the 7 th mo : 1640 the 
 defend* then & there promised the pi* if that he would with 
 draw his said accon & put the said matters in controversy 
 betweene them for the said worke to the arbitration of indif 
 ferent men that the defend* would also afterwards put all his 
 demands touching the controversy aforesayd being as he said 
 but worn ens matters to the arbitrement of men indifferent 
 w th out suit and the said pi* indeed saith that he trusting upon 
 the said promise of the defend* did withdraw the said accon 
 and thereupon the pi* put the same matter of the worke in 
 the woods to the arbitrement and they bound themselves each 
 to other in a bond or assumpsit of 201 a peece to stand to the 
 arbitrement of indifferent men betweene them that is to say 
 John Mnthcw Robert Streson Richard Evans and Will" 1 Ware 
 for and about all matters in controversy betweene them the 
 said pi* and defend* touching the said sawing workc &, timber 
 wrought <fe squared in the woods & all things thereabout And 
 the said Arbitrators thereupon awarded that the said defend* 
 should pay the said pit for the same 31 19 8 8 d out of w ch the 
 pi* was to allow unto the defend* for worke done for one 
 [W<IM] Leeds 22 8 G d whereof the pit was redy and did offer 
 
LECIlFOlUrS MANUSCRIPT NOTEBOOK. 347 
 
 the defend 1 allowance And the pit saitli the defend* had 
 notice of the said Arbitrament and being demanded by the 
 Pit to fulfill the same he the defend 1 pretended he would so 
 do but did not pcrforme the same contrary to his said bond 
 or assumpsit of 20 l and deteyncd the said 54 3 8 d nyne or ten 
 moncths and contrary to his promise afores d refused to put 
 his said demands touching the said controversies to the ar- 
 bitrement of indifferent men and under colour of an attach 
 ment w ch he as his owne judge in his owne person executed 
 deteyncd the said pits right upon the said arbitrament being 
 21. 17 s . 2 d . two moneths or thereabouts never warning the 
 plaintiffe to appeare at any Court nor giving him any coppy 
 or reading of the said attach mt to him And although the pit 
 and defend 1 afterwards submitted themselves touching the 
 said defendts demands to the arbitrament of the two ruling 
 Elders of the Church of Dorchester yet the said defend 1 after 
 wards when the said Elders mett to consider thereof brake off 
 the said arbitrament because the pit would not dissolve the 
 said first arbitrement touching the said workc in the woods 
 And thereupon the defend 1 brought his accon for his said 
 demands iu the last Court at Boston whereof the pit had but 
 one daycs cleare notice and then and there before the Magis 
 trates ct Jury in open Court taking the pit unprovided of his 
 proofes did overreckon the pit and by and under proofes 
 recovered against the pit above thirty shillings more than 
 by any right or reason he was to pay unto the said defend* 
 bcsydcs costs trouble charges and other dammages the pit 
 received thereabout in all 26* And thereupon he brings his 
 suit, [5s. lOrf., 4s. 8d., 3s. Oc?., 5s. Od., 3s. Grf., Gs. = H 8s. Od] 
 The pits proofes. 
 
 1. That the defendant owed the pit 45 s 8 d for carpentry 
 worke done about the 10 th of December 1639 and payd him 
 not for it till the last of September 1640. [Cort booke John 
 Mathews W m Evans W in Ware.] 
 
 2. That the worke in the woods was to be done on such 
 termes as is declared & began about the said tenth day of the 
 said 10 th moneth and ended the 3rd day of the first month 
 following. [Richard Evans \Vill m Evans.] 
 
348 LECHFOllD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 3. for the nieatc & drinkc at 5 s one wcckc. [The (lefts 
 note.] 
 
 4. That the pit had just cause to leave off working for the 
 defend 1 . [John Smith.] 
 
 [193] 5. That the defend 1 refused to pay the pl l for the 
 workc in the woods without arbitrcment and yet would not 
 let it be arbitrated. [Will 111 Evans Richard Evans.] 
 
 0. To prove the promise about withdrawing the pl t3 accon 
 <fc putting the worke in the woods to arbitrcment that there 
 upon the defend 1 would put his demands to arbitrcment. 
 [The Arbitrators John Mathews W m Ware.] 
 
 7. To prove the pl t3 withdrawing his accon & the bond or 
 assumpst of 20*. [Mr Nowell & the Arbitrate] 
 
 8. To prove the award to be as it is declared. [The 
 Arbitral.] 
 
 9. That the defend 1 had notice of the said^ award made. 
 [The Arbitral".] 
 
 10. That the defend 1 never payd the 21 17 8 2 d to the pit al 
 though demanded whereby the def 1 hath forfeited to the said 
 pit the said bond or assumpst of twenty pounds. [W ra Evans.] 
 
 Objection the defend 1 attached it. 
 
 Answere the pit was never possessed of the money and 
 therefore the award was never fulfilled by the defend 1 . [W rn 
 Evans.] 
 
 11. In executing that attachment the defend 1 was his owne 
 judge and therein committed a cryme to the dishonor of the 
 Magistrates and Judges of the Country w ch is an offence to 
 be punished by the Magistrates. [W m Evans Gill confcst in 
 Cort.] 
 
 12. The defend 1 never read the said attachment nor gave 
 a coppy of it to the pi* nor warned him to any Cort there 
 upon. [Let the Del 1 prove this if he can.] 
 
 13. That the defend 1 refused to put his demands of the 
 wonu-us matters to arbitrcment and quarrelled against the 
 former just arbitrcment. [W m Evans.] 
 
 14. That afterwards the pi* & defend 1 submitted themselves 
 touching the defend 19 demands to the arbitrcment of the two 
 Elders. [M! Henry Withorington & W m Ware.] 
 
LEClIFOlUrS MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 15. That after this notwithstanding the defend 1 brake of 
 the said arbitrcm* because the pit would not dissolve <fc un- 
 doe the said first arbitrem 1 w ch if he should have done the 
 defend 1 like enough would have taken advantage ag* him 
 thereupon for his 201. [Mr Witherington AV m Ware.] 
 
 16. That the defend 1 brought his accon for the said de 
 mands for the womens matters in the Cort at Boston whereof 
 the pP had but one daycs notice, for he heard the defend 1 
 would bring it in Court upon the 3 rd day <fc the Cort was the 
 lift. [Will Ware.] 
 
 17. for the dcfendts ovcrrcckoning the pl l & under proofes 
 made in Cort. 
 
 A. Coppy of the Declaration to the defend 1 . [Is.] 
 
 [194] IN THE CORT AT BOSTON (10) 1. 1G40. 
 
 EDWARD GRIFFITH 1 merch pl* j . dM m g . gd . 
 RICHARD CALLICOTT defend 1 \ 
 
 The pi* saith that the defend* &c. dcteyncd 8 ycares dam 
 201. [30l 8 ycares deteyned. ts.] 
 
 The peticon of John Hogg 2 brother of Roger Hogg. 
 [1-6] 
 
 The peticon of JOHN PALMER s the younger of Boston Carpenter. 
 
 Showcth that whereas yo r pcticoner married Mary Smith 
 daughter of Christofer Smith of Rocksbury and upon the 
 
 1 Edward Griffith must have been take the land back again. This was 
 some Englishman or other who turned March 21, 1636. In 1610, March 30, 
 up at Boston for a short time. John Palmer the, younger was admitted 
 
 2 John Hogg is merely noted by Sav- to be an inhabitant, provided that lie 
 age, who says, " Mass. 1639. Felt. Per- could " gett an house or land to sett an 
 haps he was only transient." He does house upon (it being not proper to allowe 
 not mention Roger in any way. a man an Inhabitant Without habita- 
 
 8 From the Boston Town Record it tion)." In 1641, Nov. 20th, there was 
 
 appears that a grant of land was made a grant of land made to John Palmer, 
 
 to John Palmer (where or when is not Sr., at Braintry for two heads. In the 
 
 stated), and the same not being built Book of Possessions the two Palmers, 
 
 upon, the Town declared itself free to father and son, have houses on the north 
 
350 LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 marriage yo r peticoncrs father John Palmer promised to be- 
 stowe upon yo r peticoner for his portion the house & ground 
 at Braintree to be made worth 40* yet yo r peticoners said 
 father nath not performed his said promise and besides hath 
 taken away from yo r peticoner 10* that was yo r peticoners 
 owne money gotten since his said marriage and deteyned 40 8 
 w ch he lent his said father and keepeth backe 40 s more w cb is 
 due to yo r peticoner for his halfe of the new wharf c worke 
 and moreover w cb most of all grciveth yo r peticoner his said 
 father hath greivously abused yo r peticoners wife w th ill words 
 & mockings unfit for him to mention against his said father 
 Yo r peticoner humbly prayeth the speedy releife of this Court 
 in the premises against his said father that the said house & 
 ground may be presently assured to yo r peticoner and the said 
 moneys restored to him, <fec. [2-6 & a note to Mr Hill.] 
 
 Walter Merry 1 makes a letter of Attorney to Captaine 
 Rih : Morris to apprehend & send backe John Savery his serv* 
 (10) 2. 1640. [I*.] 
 
 M Valentine Hill of Boston merchant and Mf Thomas 
 May hew 2 of Watertowne in N E gent bound to each other 
 
 side of Mill Street (now Summer). The John Seberry mentioned later (p. 236) 
 
 father s house was some way down the in connection with Walter Merry, were 
 
 road ; the son s was near the corner (of it not for the difference in condition. 
 
 Washington Street). Curiously enough, John Seberry is called in the Boston 
 
 there are four Christopher Smiths in Town Record a seaman, which trade is 
 
 Savage, no one of whom can be the man not incompatible with a shipwright s 
 
 here mentioned. There is noted a Chris- journeyman. 
 
 topher Smith of Hartford, thought to 2 Thomas Mayhewe senior, most prob- 
 be son of one of the same name having ably, who was this year (as well as in 
 a sister Mary who was married to one other years) representative from Water- 
 William Partridge. John Palmer is town. Nicholas Davison was a Charles- 
 thought to have moved to Wethersfield town merchant, of whom much may 
 before his death, and it may very well be read in Wyman and in the Suffolk 
 be that this Mary was his widow. Deeds, as well as elsewhere. He was the 
 1 Walter Merry was a shipwright, agent of Matthew Cradock, and in other 
 having his shipyard and wharf at the ways a prominent man. The other arbi- 
 Point bearing his name, just to the trators were among the first merchants 
 north of Gallup s Point. John Savery of the Colony, and we need not doubt 
 I should be tempted to believe to be that the case was decided on its merits. 
 
LECIIFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 351 
 
 in 3001 to stand to the arbitremcnt of M r Will" 1 Tyng Josiah 
 Ilewes Mr Will 1 " Pierce and Nicholas Davison so the arbitre 
 mcnt be made in writing and delivered to each party w th in 
 the space of 9 daycs. [2s.] 
 
 Josiah Ilewes of Roxbury in New England merchant makes 
 a letter of Attorney to Ca.pt R. Morris to receive & recover of 
 Richard Turner of Providence planter the suninie of 38 3 due 
 3 ycare (10) 2. 1040. [Gc?.] 
 
 Richard Wright of Braintree yeoman to be bound to Mf 
 Henry Symonds for the sum of 6l 10 s 8 to be paid 25 March 
 next dat 29 Sept 1640 G s G d in 6-17-2. [Is.] 
 
 And 6. 9. 4 (1 to M 1 ; George Alcocke 1 of Roxbury to be 10. 
 
 2. 40. [6.] 
 
 [195] Henry Waltham against Thomas Richards 2 and Wcl- 
 thin his wife in Weymouth for the division of one dwelling 
 house belonging to the mill in Weymouth. [Is.] 
 
 Thomas Syinons 3 to Mr Richard Parker a mortgage of his 
 house and land at Braintree 10. 3. 1640 for 18 to be p d 4. 24 
 px. [U] 
 
 I John Pollard late of Belcham in the County of Essex 
 husbandman doe hereby acknowledge that I have received of 
 Bozoum Allen of Ilinghani in N E mercer nyno hundred 
 weight of cheese in Caske w ch was sent over in the Parramor 
 of London by Mf Thomas Rodbard Cheesemonger of London 
 to the said Bozoum Allen for a thousand weight whereof I 
 the said John Pollard doc hereby promise to discharge the 
 said Boz. Allen against the said Thomas Rodbard of 121 12 8 
 for the said Cheese & caskc but I the said Bozoum Allen doc 
 
 1 George Alcocko (see p. 148, ante) 8 "The. 24th of FeK, ](>!!!), was 
 ili<. cl Dec. 30, 1640, or thereabouts. granted to Thomas Simons, of Mount 
 
 2 Henry Waltham and Thomas Rich- "\Vooly stone, f or 10 heads 40 Acres upon 
 ards, it will he remembered, wore part- the Covenant of 3.-?. per acre " (Boston 
 iiers in the mill at Weymouth ; see Town Records, i. 49). 
 
 pp. 178, anlr, and 207, post. 
 
352 LECIIFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-ROOK. 
 
 hereby declare that I would not have willingly payd so much 
 by twenty shillings for it because the said cheese was not 
 sent according to Covenant. [1-G] 
 
 A petition, for George Allen l about the ferry at Weymouth. 
 
 Thomas Allen of Dorchester in N. A. gen Srieant Richard 
 Callacott of the same and Ensigne John Holman 2 of the same 
 bound to Edward Michaelson in M libris. Condition. to save 
 him harmlesse of one judgment of 487 1 14 8 3 d recovered 
 against him at the suit of Thomas Harwood & James Gammon 
 merchants in an accon of the Case. [1-] 
 
 And a Counterbond of 2 M 1 by the two obligees unto Ensign 
 Holman dut 10. 10. 1640. [Is.] 
 
 Know all men by these presents that I Robert Keayne of 
 Boston in N E m doe hereby promise that if John Stratton 
 gent shall deliver unto Mf Thomas Stegg or Mr Thomas Owen 
 at Virginia goods and merchandize w ch shall be of the value 
 of 100* when the said goods & merchandize come heere in 
 New England and shall be heerc delivered unto me or to my 
 use that after I am satisfyed for my iust debt w ch the sayd 
 John Stratton owcth me and for such dammages in forbear 
 ance concerning the same as two indifferent men to be named 
 by mysclfe shall judge I will be accountable unto him for so 
 much as the said goods & merchandize shall come unto above 
 the said satisfaction 10. 11. 1G40. 
 
 Knowc all men by these presents that I John Stratton of 
 Salem in N E gen doe hereby promise unto Robert Keayne of 
 Boston in N E merchant that if I can recover or receive in 
 
 1 George Allen, of Wcyinonth, is as well as the rest, a prominent Dor- 
 noted in Savage. He is also mentioned Chester man, and his name occurs fre- 
 later in the Note-look (p. 215). quently in the Colony and Town Reconls. 
 
 2 Ensign John Holman is the only He was selectman in 1636, ensign in 
 one here who has not already been 1637, and died along towards 1652 with 
 spoken of in the Note-look. He was, a very good estate. 
 
LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 853 
 
 Virginia or Maryland the debt w ch Mf Thomas Morris cwcth 
 me and the debt w ch my uncle Joseph Stratton owcth me or 
 any of them that I will out of the same deliver into the hands 
 of Mr Thomas Stegg or Ml; Thomas Owen goods <fc com 
 modities \v ch shall be of the value of 100 1 of lavvfull money of 
 England when they come heere in Nc\v England to be there 
 delivered upon the adventure & charge by the joynt procure 
 ment of myselfe and the said Thomas Stegg or Thomas Owen 
 unto the said Robert Keaync at his now dwelling house in 
 Boston to the end he may out of the same rayse & deduct so 
 much money as shall satisfyc him for his iust debt w ch J owe 
 him and for such dammages in forbearance concerning the 
 same as two indifferent men to b(5 chosen by the said Robert 
 Keayne shall judge and be accountable unto me for the rest 
 10. 11. 1040. 
 
 [196] To the right wor 11 8 ir Francis Wyatt Knight Gov 
 ernor & Captaine Gencrall of his Ma" Colony in Virginia and 
 all other his Ma ts Judges and Officers whomsoever it may 
 concerne. I Thomas Dudley Esq r Governor of the Jurisdiccon 
 of the Mattachusetts Bay in New England doe hereby certify 
 that I have received this present Ccrtificat 1 before written 
 from John Eudicott Esq r therein named and have at the 
 request of John Stratton therein also named granted to 
 exempli lie the same In testimony whereof 1 have caused 
 the publicke scale of our Colony to be hereunto affixed the 
 eleventh day of December Anno Dili 1640. 
 
 In the name of God Amen I John Stratton in this present 
 Letter of Attorney mentioned doc hereby make and declare 
 my last will and Testament touching the suits <fc matters 
 therein contained as followeth My Will is that if it please 
 God that I depart this life before the said suits matters are 
 finished that my Attorneys in the said letter of Attorney 
 named shall be my Executors joyntly or severally to sue for 
 & recover the premises In testimony whereof I have here- 
 
 1 The certificate spoken of must lie that on p. 186. 
 23 
 
354 LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 unto sett my hand the day of the date of the said letter of 
 Attorney 1640. 
 
 And I the said Governor doe hereby certify that the above- 
 said John Stratton did in my presence publish and declare the 
 said writing in the margin to be his last will <fc testament 
 touching the premises w ch I grant also to testifye under the 
 said publicke seale even the day & yeare aforesaid. 
 
 Thomas Morris of the Province of Maryland in Virginia 
 Chirurgion owes by bill dated 25 Aug. 1639 unto John 
 Stratton merchant 831 14 8 2 d to be pd in tobacco* ult nov : 
 1639. 
 
 I John Stratton in the within written letter of Attorney 
 named doe hereby in like manner authorize my said Attorneys 
 therein mentioned joyntly or severally to demand receive & 
 recover of & from Thomas Morris of the Province of Mary 
 land in Virginia Chirurgion the summc of thirty three pounds 
 fourtcene shillings and two pence w ch lie owctli me by bill 
 dated 25 Aug: 1639 & should have bin payd unto me in 
 tobacco upon the last day of November 1639 as by the same 
 bill appeareth & all costs & dammnges concerning the same 
 Witncsse my hand hereunto sett the day & yeare last within 
 written. 
 
 [197] John Stratton of Salem in New England gent aged 
 about 34 y. sworne saith that his mother M r ! a Anne Stratton of 
 Salem did depose and subscribe to a certaine writing of her 
 testimony cone the writing hereunto annexed is the testimony 
 of his mother M r ! 3 Anne Stratton mentioned in the note of 
 testimony under the hand of Isackc Allerton mariner w ch is 
 Ccrtifyed unto the Governor of Virginia. 
 
 A note of charges for M? STRATTONS ivritings. 
 
 The Certificate of testimonies written 2 s (]<* y peece . 6 6 
 
 The letter of Attorney will Adition & Ortificats ... 2 6 
 The two reciprocall writings betweene M? Keayne & 
 
 Mi Stratton 1 6 
 
LECIIFORD S MAXUSCII1PT NOTE-BOOK. 355 
 
 The Coppie of M^ Strattons writing to M* Keayne ..10 
 The exemplication of M r . Morris his hill ...... 1 
 
 The bills of Complaint ............ 5 
 
 Two letters of Attorney by M ri . 8 Stratton ...... 1 6 
 
 Another affidavit concerning Ml Allertons testimony . . 17 6. 
 
 [Mr Kcaync is to pay this bill.] 
 
 John Humfrey Esq r Ictts unto Zachcus Gould of Lynne y 
 All those his two ffarmes one called the Plaines l and the 
 other called the Ponds w th the appurtenances for 10 yeares 
 from 29 of 7 br last 1601 the second yeare and after 200* ,p an. 
 to be paid in conic wheatc & rye at 5 8 <p bs. barley at 4 s <p bs. 
 at Saggamore Hill Stocke 16 oxen 12 Cowes 6 heyfars 6 last 
 y calves 2 bulls 4 sowcs & 2 boares 2 mares and 2 horses. 
 Buildings it necessary fencings to be made by the Lessee <fe 
 to be allowed out of the rent. The stocke to be inventoryed 
 and the like in kind to be roclxt at the end. [1-6] 
 
 Nchcmiah Bourne makes a letter of Attorney unto Captaine 
 Thomas Willoughby of Virginia to recover 100* & daminagcs 
 <tc p protest. [1-0] 
 
 A Ccrtificat [1-0] 
 
 Samucll Pcirce of London merchant by vcrtno of a letter 
 of Attorney from Thomas Southey of London merchant dated 
 March 12. 1637 13 Car. releases Robert Scdgwicko of Charles- 
 townc in N. E. merchant pnt &c. [3s.] 
 
 Thomas Owen of Boston in New England merchant makes 
 a bill of sale of 15 Indian cloathcs unto Samuel Itutchinson 
 and Thomas Savage for security of payment of 113 1 by the 
 15th of March next And a bond of 2001 to save them harm- 
 Icsse for the not payment of 113 1 w ch he received of them 
 upon the 21th day of March last past and should have ben 
 payd to Mr John Pococke of London Wollcndraper. 
 
 1 For a lonsf. of the farm called tho "Plains" by John Humfrey to Zaccheus 
 Gould, see j>. 147, ante. 
 
356 LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 A bond by Nathaniel Bisco l of Waterton and M? Owen in 
 300* to save MT Hutchinsou and M Savage haruilcsso &c. 
 [2-6] 
 
 [198] Thomas Dudley Esq r Governor of the Jurisdiction 
 of the Mattachusetts bay in New England to all his Ma 13 
 Judges & Justices whomsoever it may conccrnc greeting 
 Kuowe yce that 1 have bin infunned by writing under Hie 
 hand of Ml; Increase Nowell one of the Assistants and Secre 
 tary of this Jurisdiction who was appointed one of the Com 
 missioners about the estate of M r . Natha : Eaton 2 that they 
 the said Commissioners did onely deliver to M^ John Cogan 
 but one Cowe w ch they left w th him & for w ch hce is to be 
 accountable and that other of the said estate he hath not any 
 toward the 100* delivered by him to the said Nath Eaton that 
 the said Increase Nowell knoweth or hath heard of. In 
 testimony whereof I have caused the publicke scale of our 
 Colony to be hereunto aflixcd even the nynetecnth day of 
 December in the sixteenth yea re of the Raigne of our Sov- 
 eraignc Lord King Charles &c Aimoqr Dili 16-40. [1-] 
 
 The Amivcre 3 of JOHN COGAN of Boston in N E merchant 
 defend* to the bill of Complaint of RICHARD EOXWILL 
 Complainant 
 
 All advantages of exemption to the incertainties & insufli- 
 encies of the said bill of Compl* to this defend* now <fc at all 
 times hereafter saved this defendant for his answere saith 
 that whereas the CompP alleageth in his said bill of Complaint 
 
 1 Nathaniel Biseo [or Brisco] was a appointed by the Court to settle the 
 rich tanner of Watertown, selectman affairs of Eaton were William Jennison 
 later in life, and father of the student and John Bridge. See Mass. Col. Rcc., 
 of the same name \vho got into trouble i. 277. 
 
 with Nathaniel Eaton. 3 This may have some reference to 
 
 2 Nathaniel Eaton was not dead, as the business in which the same names 
 might from this be supposed, but, on appear in the Note-book, p. 159. Tho- 
 the contrary, was living in Virginia in mas Gorges was nephew of Sir Ferdi- 
 a manner very horrible to his New Eng- nando Gorges, and was in New England, 
 land acquaintances, already described in at York, from 1640 to 1643. 
 
 these pages. The other commissioners 
 
LECUFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 357 
 
 that he was forced to enter into the bill obligatory mentioned 
 in the said bill of complaint this defend 1 saith that he did not 
 in any unjust manner force the said Comp 1 * to enter into the 
 said bill obligatory but fairely required him to performe his 
 former ingagement to this defend* for the same under his the 
 Comp lta ownc hand writing to this defend 1 made <fc delivered 
 the sixt day of January Anno Dni 1032 as by the same 
 appeareth And whereas the said Comp 1 * in his said bill of 
 Compl* saith that the said goods & commodities by him 
 received of this defend* whereupon the debt in the said bill 
 obligatory grew were unserviceable & not useful in the Coun 
 try and lay long on his hands this defend 1 saith that the most 
 of them were knives & some other things there were amongst 
 them w cb this defend 4 thought by advise to be best for the 
 Country and about those times this defend* hath bin informed 
 that two or three knives would have traded for a beaver 
 skinne and this defend* saith that the said goods being sent 
 in November 1629 this defend* comming himselfe about two 
 or three yeares after that into the Country would willingly 
 have received the said goods again if the said Comp 1 * had not 
 traded them away and for anything I know for two or three 
 hundred weight of bever And therefore this defend* saith 
 that he hopeth it standeth w th equity & good Conscience that 
 he should have and recover from the said Comp 1 not only 
 the iust debt in the said bill obligatory specify cd but all his 
 dammages [199] lost by the not payment and deteyning of 
 the same w ch comes to 15 pounds above the said debt All 
 w ch matters this defend* humbly offercth unto the wor 11 Thomas 
 Gorge Esq r and the rest of the wor 11 Commissioners for the 
 Province of Mayne and all every Competant Judge Chan 
 cellor & officer therein the Court of Chancery there estab 
 lished to aver & prove as the said Court shall award and 
 prayeth to be thence dismissed w tb his reasonable costs & 
 charges in this behalfe susteyned. [2-0 Letter 6] 
 
358 LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 IN THE COURT AT BOSTON. 
 
 JOHN COGAN merchant Pit. ~\ in an action of 
 
 THOMAS SYMONDS, NATHANIEL WOODWARD, j- trespasse 
 JOHN BIGGS, WILL M TALLMAGE, Defend" J upon the case. 
 
 The said John Cogan complaincth against the said defend 18 
 for that whereas heretofore he did reteyne the said Thomas 
 Symonds to doe a parcell of Carpentry worke for the said pit 
 to he adioyned unto his dwelling house 1 in Boston aforesaid 
 for 80* and the said Thomas Symonds made the low huildings 
 adioyning to the said dwelling house as now they are heing 
 not so much in worke as hy the first agreement and hargain 
 he was to performe viz 1 a [ %Me] next the garden there and 
 therefore the said Comp u being not willing to pay the said 
 Thomas Symonds the said whole summe of 80^ for the said 
 low huildings there grew a difference betwecne him and the 
 said Thomas Symonds about the worth of the Carpentry worke 
 of the said low buildings whereupon the said pit and the said 
 Thomas Symonds agreed and did submit themselves touching 
 the same to the arbitrement of the said Nathaniell Woodward 
 John Biggs & Will Tallmage and bound themselves each to 
 other in one hundred pounds to stand to their award in the 
 premises \v ch the said p u was the more willing to doe because a 
 sufficient and skillfull carpenter had viewed the said carpen 
 try worke and valued the worth of it at but forty six pounds 
 hoping therefore that the said p u should have had some good 
 abatement of the said 801 allowed him by the said Arbitrators 
 But the said pit saith that the said Matter being so referred 
 to the arbitrement of the said Arbitrators as aforesaid they 
 
 1 John Cogan s house and shop was settlers of Boston, having lived in the 
 
 next to Mr. John Wilson s land, on the town since 1630, with some little time 
 
 corner of State Street and Washington spent at Ipswich. He was disarmed 
 
 Street. Nathaniel Woodward here men- with the rest in 1637. Besides living 
 
 tioned may he the surveyor and mathe- at Ipswich, he spent a few years at 
 
 matieian of that name (Mass. Col. Rcc. t Dorchester, and also at Exeter ; but was 
 
 i. 323, 333), hut was more probably his a member of the Artillery Company in 
 
 son, of whom little enough is to be found Boston in 1611. 
 out. John Biggs was one of the early 
 
LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 the said defend* 8 all of them unlawfully conspired together to 
 defraud the said pi* and to draw from him for the said worke 
 a greater siimme of money than the same was truly worth 
 and thereupon by Conspiracy as aforesaid the said Nathaniell 
 Woodward John Biggs and Will Talmage awarded that the 
 said pP should pay unto the said Thomas Symonds for the 
 said Carpentry workc [200] the summe of 140* and thereupon 
 the said Thomas Symonds seeing the same was unjust abated 
 20* and the sayd pi* payd him the rest being 1201 w oh he was 
 obliged to pay as aforesaid although the said worke was not 
 ncare worth so much as the said 120 1 As by certificate un 
 der the hands of other indifferent Carpenters by appointment 
 of Authority certified it appeareth to the dammage of the pit 
 50 1 and thereupon he brings his suit. 
 
 A letter of Attorney to myselfc to follow this suit [0 4d.~\ 
 
 IN THE COURT AT BOSTON. 
 
 JOHN COGAN of Boston merchant pl l ^ 
 
 MATIIEW ALLEN 1 of Hertford vpon Con: [in t rs upon y case, 
 gdn dcf 1 \ 
 
 The said John Cogan complayneth against the defend 1 that 
 whereas the said p u is and ever hath lived from his nativity 
 hitherunto a man of good name & fame and a faithful! sub 
 ject to his Ma tic and gaincth living for himselfe & his family 
 by trading <fc merchandizing all w ch is & was well kuowne to 
 the said defend 1 lie the said defend 1 in malice & evill will 
 against the said pP going about utterly to destroy & takeaway 
 his the said pl ts good name and fame and consequently the 
 meancs & livelihood of the said pl fc & his family having con 
 ference in England this last summer w th certaine merchants 
 viz 1 M! Thomas Harwood & James Garnon w th whome the plain- 
 tiffe hath formerly had & now hath dealings w th concerning the 
 
 1 Matthew Allyn had l>een of Cain- scntativc and afterwards assistant from 
 
 bridge, was representative in the Gen- 1648 to 1667, and twice commissioner 
 
 eral Court in March, 1636, after which for the United Colonies. He appears in 
 
 he moved to Connecticut, where he was the Note-book later (p. 226) in as disa- 
 
 held in high estimation, being repre- greeable a connection us the present. 
 
300 LECIIFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 said pi* did utter and spake out then of the said pi* these false 
 <fc scandalous words viz* Mr Cogan is a troublesome man and 
 that he the said defend 1 would not deale w th him meaning the 
 said pi* for halfe the cattcll meaning the cattell then in ques 
 tion being worth above 5001 and further that the said pi* was 
 so troublesome that every Court in New England he was sued 
 or did sue or words to that effect And that afterwards in this 
 Country even in time of the last generall Cort before divers 
 of the Magistrates & other the Kings subjects the said Mathcw 
 Allen falsely & maliciously again iterated uttered and spake 
 the said false & scandalous words or to that effect And 
 whereas afterwards the said pit offered the said defend* that 
 if he would publiquely give him the said pi* satisfaction by 
 acknowledging the said defend* spake the said false & scan 
 dalous words in passion and not upon due consideration then 
 the said pi* would passe by & remit the same the sayd defend* 
 persisting in his said malice affirmed that he spake nothing 
 but the truth &, upon consideration [201] so that the pi* is 
 thereby greatly hurt and danmifyed in his good name & estate 
 and that both w th his M tic8 subjects in England and also in this 
 Colony to the Pit 8 dammagc 5001 & c . [1 Rec of M? Cogan 
 towards these last writings comming to 9% 5 s in money the 
 rest to be p d in eomoditics.] 
 
 A letter of Attorney for Mf Athcrton Ilaugh of Boston in 
 new E. g against M? Nath Eaton for 81 10 8 to M r . Thomas 
 Owen 1 , and an affidavit 4 Sept 1689 Censure, about 4 or 5 
 weekcs b 101 delivered to Mf Eaton before hand. [1 G] 
 
 Ric um Parker bound to Philip Gibb to the use of Thomas 
 Ilarwood & James Gammon merchants for 1541 3 8 10 d 
 ob to be payd in Boston 11 Junii px dat 11 Sept ult. double, 
 [-6] 
 
 John Cogan bound to Philip Gibb &c in 19G* 19 9 2 d . [ G] 
 
 1 Mr. Thomas Owen was nt this those who have read all about the John 
 time either in Virginia or about to Stratton business above, 
 travel there, as may be remembered by 
 
LECUFORD S M A MJ SCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 301 
 
 ^Samuel Ilaugh of Boston in New England aged about 19 
 ycarcs sonnc and hcire apparent of Athcrton Ilaugh 2 of Bos 
 ton aforesaid gent sworne saith upon his oath that his said 
 ffathcr having heretofore placed him this deponent a scholler 
 to be taught by his late master Mf Nathaniell Eaton at Cam 
 bridge in New England and to be boarded in house w th him 
 for the reward of sixteene pounds by the yeare unto the said 
 Natha : Eaton to be payd quarterly by equall portions before 
 hand that upon or about the last day of July Anno Dili one 
 thousand six hundred thirty and nyne this deponents said 
 father upon the said Nathaniell Eatons letter hereunto an 
 nexed to his said father directed <fe delivered unto the said 
 Nathaniell Eaton not only one quarters payment being foure 
 pounds as he himsclfc told this deponent but sent him six 
 pounds more by the hands of this deponent delivered unto 
 the said Nathaniell Eaton so that lie had in all upon the said 
 letter ten pounds and this depon* saith that after that lie 
 abode as a scholler & boarder w th his said master Nathaniell 
 Eaton about foure weekes being so much time as came to the 
 sum me of about nyne and twenty not fully thirty shillings to 
 be allowed to the said Nathaniell Eaton for the same so that 
 he owcth unto this deponents said father the full sum me of 
 eight pounds and ten shillings at the least, the remainder of 
 the said ten pounds. 
 
 3 Memorandum it is agreed betweene the parties within 
 written that if the Indian cloathcs within mentioned come 
 to be sold by the within-mentioned Samuel Hutchinson and 
 Thomas Savage their executors adm or assiimcs for satisfac- 
 
 1 Those who feel an interest in rom- Cotton, and arrived at Boston on hoard 
 paring the early administration of Htr- the "Grifh n," of three hundred tons, 
 vard College with the more recent will S<-pt. 4, 1633, in company with Mr. 
 find it worth while to compare here Cotton, Mr. Hooker. Mr. Pierce, and 
 Savage s note to Winthrop (vol. i. p. 310). Mr. Hayries. He was a man of great 
 
 2 Atherton Hough, the father of consideration in the town, being chosen 
 Samuel, was, before, he came to New assistant in 1635, and many times 
 England, mayor of Boston in Lincoln- deputy to the General Court. He died 
 shire. He left that town, however, in in 1650. 
 
 1633, on the example of the Rev. John 8 See ante, p. 197. 
 
302 LECUFOHD S MAX I/SCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 tion of the moneys within mentioned they and every of them 
 shall take the advise of Captaine Ed G in the s d sale & the 
 surplusage of the moneys arising for the same cloathcs sold 
 beyond the within-mentioned summe of 113 1 and the just dam- 
 mages for the same shall belong and be payd unto the within 
 mentioned Thomas Owen his executors administrators or 
 
 [202] Joseph Armitage J bound to John Pollord to pay 
 7 1 11 s 4 d 12. 12. 1640 in money or beaver merchantable. 
 
 Mf Thomas Owen makes a Letter of Attorney to Captaine 
 Edward Giboncs to receive <tc. all moneys due to him or to 
 be due from any person or persons whatsoever. [Is.] 
 
 John Chandler 2 of Boston shoemaker placcth John Chan 
 dler his sonne Apprentice unto Will Webb of Roxberry baker 
 his executors adm and assigncs for seven yeares from the 
 29 th of September last for to be instructed in the trade of the 
 Baker and to have meatc drink & clothes washing & wringing 
 and in the end of the terme double apparell & 20 3 in money? 
 before myself. [1-6] 
 
 M* Thomas Owen of Boston merchant & , 
 
 Afr Tin r v> i doe hire of Joseph 
 
 M* .John Cogan of Boston merchant 
 
 Graft on 3 of Salem in New England marrincr his Catch called 
 
 <^ 
 
 the Endevor of Salem for a voyage from New England to 
 Virginia w th three men a pilott and a boy w th tackling well fur- 
 nisht to touch at such ports & places by the way as they shall 
 direct and in Virginia attend upon their occasions till they 
 
 1 Joseph Armitage, of Lynn, kept the Joseph firul ton, of Salem, was a 
 
 first inn in the town, says Savage, busy merchant and sailor, and mention 
 
 though lie A\as a tailor. of him as well as of his ketches may be 
 
 - John CluindhT Avas allowed a towns- found in Win thro p (vol. i. )>. -17, and 
 
 man of Boston May 31, 1047. Besides vol. ii. p. 3:3 J). Cotton Mather relates 
 
 this mention of him there is nothing in his Wonderful Deliverances the story 
 
 to he found either of him or of his of the escape of Joseph Graf ton in his 
 
 father, though several of the same name ketch the " Providence." In regard to 
 
 may he found in Savage. the " Endeavor," see p. 224, post. 
 
LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT KOTK-ltOOK. 803 
 
 can provide a ffreight back*; provided it b<3 before April! next. 
 And his pay to be 40 1 ,p inoneth to begin from the seven 
 teenth day of December instant to be continued till his vessell 
 returne it be discharged of her freight. [8-] 
 
 Robert Braddish l of Cambridge places Hannah his daugh 
 ter apprentice unto Thomas Hawkins for 4 yearcs from this 
 till the end of 4 y cares from 25 March next, or to Hannah his 
 wife meat drinke <fc cloathcs & double apparel I in the end. 
 
 Richard Sanford 2 of Boston in N E planter doth place 
 his sonnc John Sanford apprentice to Joseph Armitage of 
 Lynne tayler for G y cares from this day 14. 11. 1040. Pyet <t 
 cloathing and at the end of the terme double a])parell it 5 l pro 
 vided that the youth be not turned over w tb out the consent of 
 his said father his executors or ass*. [1-0] 
 
 Bayen. Noughcha. John Saggamore of Merrimacke 28. 11. 
 1640. 
 
 Articles of agreem* betweene Captaine Sedgwicke & Mf 
 Oflley for 50 h.gs. merchantable been vinegar for 35 s a h & 
 3 (1 p l of the caske. to be rcdy 0. 1. 1041. dat 11. 28. 1040. 
 [r Is. tid. Mi" Ofllcy owes 0/7. or 9<7. for the Cap 1 gave me 3c7.] 
 
 M r ! 3 Richards owes me for a peticon. [2. 0.] 
 
 Joseph Armitage of Lynne Inholdcr bound to Henry Symons 
 merch 1 in 33* 19 3 5 d to be payd 25. 1. px dat 29. 7. 1040. 
 [0.] 
 
 3 Thomas Joy hath an account against M* Robert Kcayne 
 for Doing the Carpentry worke of a Barnc at M Keaynes 
 
 1 Robert Biadish. Hannah was same name) who kopt an inn in his 
 
 daughter of Robert Bradish by Mary latter days, says Savage. 
 
 his lirst wife, who died September, 1638. 2 "Richard Sanford, Boston, 164.0, 
 
 The Thomas Hawkins here mentioned laborer . . . had possibly sons John 
 
 was most probably the baker (to be dis- and Robert " (Savage). 
 
 tinguished from the merchant of the 3 See p. 162, ante. 
 
364 LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 house at Rnmncy Marsh <t for setting up & finishing the same 
 being of 72 foot in length & 26 foot wide & 10 foot high w th 2 
 porches each of 13 foot wide one way <fc 12 another for w ch the 
 said Tho : J alleageth he ought to be payd so much as the Car 
 pentry worke thereof is worth and he saith that the said worke 
 comes unto in value as followcth in particulares viz 1 the fram 
 ing of the said barne 30 1 the sawing of thereof 17 l . The felling 
 [203] crosse cutting & squaring of the timber 15 l and more 
 the rearing up of the barne by him & his servants 7 1 the clap- 
 boarding of the barne ll 1 5 s for boards 4 1 16 s for laying of 600 
 of boards over the porches 18 s for making of 4 pay re of great 
 doores & hanging of them 2 1 for making of two paire of stayres 
 6 s for making of 4 little doors 6 8 for laying the barne floare 
 w tb plancks 600 I 1 10 s for putting on gutters upon the barne 
 I 1 10 8 for ferryage of him and his servants 2. 10 3 for losse 
 of time in going and comming 4 l w ch commes in all to 98 l l 9 
 [30. 15. 15. 7 11-5 4-16 -18 2-0 -6 -6 1-10 1-10 2-10 
 4-0 86-1.] 
 
 M* Thomas Joy this day gave me his fowling peece upon 
 condicon that I should hereafter write it out for him if he had 
 occasion, my wife being present. Formerly I writt for him a 
 paire of Indentures betweenc him and M? Bellingham 3 s 4 d 
 Another writing when he was sicke about M* Keaynes account 
 of Wares delivered him 1 s 6 d and lastly this accon drawne. 
 I 8 6 d 12. 14. 1640. 
 
 Write to Mr Comfort Starre at Duxbury for a quarter of a 
 pynt of henbane seed and a quarter of a pound of hemlock 
 seede for G. <fcc. 
 
 To the riylit war 11 the Governor Council $ Assistants 
 
 The "humble peticon of JAMES PEMBERTON PRUDENCE WILKINSON 
 widdowc LEWIS LULETT GEORGE FELT GEORGE KNOWE JOHN 
 GREENLAND and THOMAS WHITTIMORE. 
 
 The petit-oners shewe that whereas they having bin here 
 tofore inhabitants in Charlestownc and could not there have 
 
LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 865 
 
 accommodation to live comfortably they were forced to crave 
 leave of the Cort to build and plant upon Mystickc sydc w ch 
 they did by the leave of the Court af ores 1 and have expended 
 a great partc of their estates therein, Some of the Townc 
 endeavoring to straighten the petitioners and to hinder others 
 from comming to them as they say have procured divers orders 
 to be made in the Townc meeting w ch to the petitioners are 
 very prejudiciall and they thinke unreasonable vi/ fc that any 
 of the petit-oners shall pay for every swine taken in the marsh 
 2 9 G d a tyme besides the dammage, whereas the orders for the 
 townc are but to yoake & ring the swine or els to pay double 
 dammage. 2 ly whereas yo r pcticoners cannot live to pay rates 
 to Towne. <fc Country except they have some convenient com 
 mon allotted them to keepc some cattell about them, their 
 said opponents have procured a townc order to be made for 
 the making of a common fence a great way from yo r pcticon 
 ers houses w ch will not keepc out swine and yet would have 
 the pcticoners contribute and afford wood to the said com 
 mon fence w ch yet tends to their undoing, whereas the fence 
 is made for the present only to defend the Townesmens 
 inedow ground w ch the pcticoners were willing to joyne w fh 
 them so they would only have fenced in the medow and 
 left the potic-oners convenient common. These things yo r 
 petit-oners humbly desire the Court in their wisdomc to con 
 sider and to order .that they may have a convenient com 
 mon allowed them and may have cquall rcmcdic in their 
 said greivances And they shall as their duty bindcs them 
 pray for yo r wor pps . [2 G] 
 
 To the right ivor 11 the Governor Oouncill <r Assistants. 
 
 The Answere and humble pcticon of JOHN ASKEW of 
 to the, mit of EDWARD WiNSLOW 1 of Salixlniry c 
 
 This defendant saith that whereas the Complainant de- 
 mandcth of him this deP 15* w ch he passed his word for in the 
 
 1 Ed \vard Winslow was at this time scntative from that place. Savage 
 commissioner to decide small cases at thinks the name must, have been Wens- 
 Salisbury. He was afterwards repre- ley, but I can hardly believe him right. 
 
366 LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 bchalfc of one John Upton, the case standeth thus, this defend 4 
 was heretofore retcyncd h} 7 one Thomas Bendight of Yarmouth 
 in the County of Nor f to serve him 4 yeares, who not over into 
 New E himselfe made a letter of Attorney to the Cornp" giving 
 him power to imploy this defend in the said Compl 13 owne 
 service, Whereupon this defend 1 did serve the said compl 4 three 
 quarters of a yeare in w cb time this defend 1 did earne as much 
 money for the said com])! 1 as payd for this def ts passage, After 
 wards this dcf 4 desired that he might huy his time and not be 
 sould to any other as the said Comp u had done most of his 
 other servants, the said Compl 4 therefore demanded of this 
 defend 4 25* for the remainder of his said time being 8 yeares 
 and a quarter w ch this del 1 was then willing the times being 
 then quickc money plcntifull to give him rather than to be 
 so sould, w ch 25* the said defend 1 hath since payd the pl l in 
 money howbeit this defend 1 humbly concciveth it was more 
 tban in equity the Comp u could demand of him and was [204] 
 10* more than he sould any of his other servants for yet so it 
 might please yo r wor pps that the said Compl 4 having made this 
 defend 4 price of 25 1 for his time as aforesaid took a moncths 
 time to consider of the bargain before he would consider it in 
 \v ch lime the said John Upton another servant of the Comp lts 
 likewise desired to huy his time w ch was valued by the Compl* 
 at 15* And when the said moncth was expired the said pi 4 
 would not take the said 25* of this defend 4 unlesse he would 
 passe his word for 15 l for the said John Upton w ch to pur 
 chase his liberty this deft ycilded to doe Now this dcfendt 
 shcwcth that he having payd the Cornpl 4 15* the last summer 
 and 10 l the ycarc before the same hath caused yo r peticoner to 
 run into divers debts and yet now the said Compl 4 demands 
 the said 15 l of yo r peticoner for the said John Upton w ch this 
 pctieoncr is no way able to pay being much indebted and w ch 
 in equity he allcageth he is not bound to pay Yo r peticoner 
 humbly praycth yo r wor pps in tender considcracon of the prem 
 ises to sett down an order for the discharge of yo r peticoner 
 concerning the said 15* and this peticoner leaveth it to yo r 
 grave consideration whether you will please to order the said 
 Comp 14 to pay this peticoner backe any parte of the said 25* 
 
LECU FORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
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 And this peticonor humbly ])rayeth tliat the said pit may he 
 injoyned to stand to the order of this Cort in the premises as 
 this defend 1 humbly suhmitteth himself also to the award & 
 iudgment of the Court & he shall as he is in duty hound pray 
 for yo r wor p9 . 
 
 To the right wor 11 the Grov nor Council <f ASK" 
 
 T7ie Answere peticon and account of BARNABAS DAVIS of 
 Charles Towne to the demands of M* JOHN WOODCOCKE. 
 
 Barnabas Davis l shcweth that about 2 ycarcs before the 
 Pequid wnrre lie was reteyned by M. r Will" 1 Woodtiockc to 
 come over into New England to lookc to his affaires heere that 
 he landed at Boston and after that w th in ten daycs went on foot 
 to Connceticott where Francis Stiles was to build a house for 
 Mr Woodcocko & impale him 400 acres of ground that this 
 was in the beginning of the plantation there whereby this 
 Accountant indurcd much hardship When this accountant 
 come there the said Stiles was gone for England having before 
 
 1 Of Barnabas Davis, whose suit 
 against John Woodcockc occupies many 
 pages in the Note-book, nothing seems 
 to be known except that he came in 
 the " Blessjng " in 1G36 to Charlestown, 
 and that ho afterwards was a tallow- 
 chandler by trade. Of the Woodcoekes 
 nothing can be found in New England, 
 naturally enough, as it does not directly 
 appear that they were ever there. There 
 was a John Woodcocke of Springfield 
 in 1G38, but I do not believe him to 
 be the one here mentioned. Francis 
 Stiles and Edward Holyoke (or Hol- 
 lioke here spelled) are, however, easily 
 identified, and much of their history is 
 known. Stiles came to Connecticut very 
 early, was at Windsor in 1636, and after 
 wards lived perhaps at Say brook for 
 some time, but died at Windsor in 1653 
 or thereabouts. He was engaged in 
 Connecticut, among other things in 
 work about the estate of Sir Richard 
 
 Saltonstall with Robert Saltonstall. the 
 younger son of Sir Richard. His man 
 agement could not have been very effi 
 cient, for he involved the Saltonstalls in 
 much financial inconvenience. Edward 
 Holyoke owned land in many towns, 
 but lived chiefly at Rumney Marsh. He 
 was frequently representative to the 
 General Court, often, Savage thinks, 
 from towns where he only held property. 
 His family lived in Springfield after 
 wards ; and from the fact that John 
 Woodcocke is noted in Springfield in 
 1638, I should not think it improbable 
 that Holyoko lived there, for a time. 
 He died in 1660. 
 
 The whole case admits of very little 
 illustration. The best thing for the 
 reader to do (if he be in any way inter 
 ested), is to refer to an opinion delivered 
 by Lech ford which may be found in the 
 Note-book, p. 216. 
 
368 LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 built himself a sufficient house at Connecticott Then by 
 M* Hookers advise this Accountant returned into England 
 againe w th letters from Mr Hooker both to my Lord Say & to 
 M. r Woodcockc of the estate of Mr Woodcockes affairs to the 
 intent Stiles might be dealt withall in England that this ac 
 countant as soone as he could get shipping tooke his voyage 
 backe into England w th MT Bable and landed at Portsmouth 
 and thence he rode to London and delivered his letters 
 Whereupon Francis Styles was againe dealt w th to goe on 
 with M? Woodcockes plantation there and sold him his said 
 house bearing him in hand that the Towne would accommo 
 date Mf Woodcocke w th 400 acres of land thereunto The said 
 Styles w th in a moneth after came away againe for N E and M* 
 Woodcocke reteyned this accountant still to goe in the next 
 ship after him to see the said Styles to performe the worke and 
 this accountant was but to goe from London. to his wife at 
 Teuxbury and to returne againe to London to take shipping Av ch 
 this accountant did and came into New England the second 
 time and landed at Boston in the ycare of the Pequid warres 
 and w th in ten dayes after went in a pinnace to Connecticott to 
 follow Mf Woodcockes businesse and delivered my Lord Says 
 letter and Mf Woodcockes letter to Mr Hooker who was 
 pleased to goe w th this accountant from Mr Hookers house to 
 the sayd Styles house being 6 myles about treaty w tb the said 
 Styles when it was dangerous travelling in regard of the 
 Pequids that M Warham and divers others w th M! Hooker 
 treating the cause determined that Styles had dealt ill w th 
 Ml Woodcocke in not procuring the 400 acres of land to be 
 layd to the said house & impaling it as he nndertooke where 
 upon this accountant was by Mf Hookers dircccon to returne 
 w th his letters thereof into England againe to certify my Lord 
 Say and M Woodcocke of Styles miscarriage of the businesse 
 but in the mcanc while before this Accountant could get ship 
 ping he was taken a Souldier against the Pequids and before 
 he could thence returne & get shipping in the sea ncare upon 
 a ycare was spent from his last landing That he returned w th 
 Mr Cutler at the time M Vane returned landed at Deale and 
 thence went to London on footc and delivered the letters to 
 
LECIIFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 369 
 
 MF Woodcocke a letter to my Lord Say [205] That this 
 accountant was afterwards rcteyned by the said M Woodcocke 
 to ride from Teuxbury to London nine or ten limes and from 
 London into Essex about twelve times and from London to 
 Dunstablc & from London to Bristoll and after to and fro 
 upon liis occasions and did reteyne this accountant from his 
 last landing in his service in England ncare a yearc & three 
 quarters. That the said accountant purposing at his first 
 voyage aforesaid to come for New E w th his wife and family 
 as a planter he brought up his wife <v children & goods to 
 London to that purpose but M? Woodcocke prevayled- w th his 
 wife to stay in England to iheend this accountant might servo 
 him only in this busines aforesaid and that this accountant 
 should in the meane time leave his goods as bedding brassc &, 
 pewter to the value of 201 w th J\l! Woodcocke to kccpc till his 
 busincssc was settled & then this accountant to fetch his wife 
 & family tv. live upon M r Woodcockes plantation to improve 
 the same for him. That M r Woodcocke made use of this ac 
 countants goods and wore out a brasse kettle & pott to holes 
 so that the said goods were 5 1 the worse. That the said Mr 
 Woodcocke never yet gave this accountant any recompense 
 for his sayd travell & paynes but as in the account annexed is 
 spccifyed and afterwards the said Mr Woodcocke deceased 
 Whereupon M r John Woodcocke brother of the said deceased 
 intreated M r Robert Bridges of Anster to send for this ac 
 countant to Teuxbury to treat w th him about M? Will Wood 
 cockes estate in N E. & thereupon come to Anster and 
 informed M* Bridges of the said estate and this accoun ts 
 cxpenccs & his acts & paincs thereabouts that the said M^ 
 Bridges might thereof certify the said John Woodcocke he 
 did also reteyne this accountant to come over againo into 
 New England about the said estate and to recover the same 
 against the said Stiles for w oh this accountant was to have 201. 
 That he landed here at Boston in June 1G89 and thereupon 
 went to Connec* and there did recover of the said Styles a 
 judgment of 3001 w ch lyes in M r Hopkins hand in Connecticott 
 and tooke into his custody the cattell and sold them by advise 
 of M? Hollioke & M! Bridges of Lynne for w ch cattell this 
 
 24 
 
370 LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 accountant received 1501 and since that time he hath bought 
 as many cattell as came to 110*. That this accountant is now 
 reteyned & still intangled w th this imployment & estate & can 
 not be lawfully discharged thereof whereby he hath lost divers 
 advantages for himself having yet no land to plant of his owne 
 for himselfe & his wife & 4 children & family whereby he is 
 damnifyed at least 501 Therefore he requireth allowance of 
 his said accounts recompense of his dammages aforesaid & a 
 sufficient discharge from M r i 3 Washburne Administratrix of 
 the goods & chattells of the said Will Woodcocke and from 
 the said -John Woodcocke both for himselfe & M Hopkins who 
 is interest in this matter only by this accountants meanes & 
 procurement. 
 
 The account about the cattell. 
 
 Imprimis I received for the cattell as aforesaid abont 
 
 August 1639 1501 
 
 Itm I then presently bought ten head of young cattell 
 of M f Luxford for 1051 
 
 Itm I payd to Captaine Sedgwicke in parting the 
 cattell 0011 
 
 Itm for summering the said cattell to James Luxford, 
 
 as I verily believe 0051 
 
 Itm for wintering them to M r . Winthrop & looking 
 
 unto them 151 
 
 Itm for blooding & drenching them to James Lux- 
 ford 068 
 
 Itm payd for keeping twenty sheepe of M^ Will m 
 
 Woodcockes to James Luxford 10 
 
 Itm charges of suits against Lawthrop & his wife for 
 a debt of Mr Will Woodcockes 070 
 
 Itm paul to one M* Gridley for a debt of M* Will 
 Woodcocke. 1 10 
 
 138 04 2 
 
 1501 
 
 138 04 2 
 
 11 15 10 
 
LECHFORD S MAXUSCIUTT NOTE-BOOK. P>71 
 
 So vesteth in my hand upon this account .... 11 15 10 
 
 Itin I exchanged the sayd young cattell in Aprill last 
 in this manner 8 of them for 4 oxen and a cart val 
 ued at 100* 
 
 Itm the other two beasts I exchanged for two other 
 valued at 301 
 
 [206] Itm earned \v th these oxen by plowing & cart 
 ing 20 dayes Ill 
 
 Itm for carrying wood & timber for myselfe & others 
 
 w <h them 27 loads 410 
 
 Itm for carrying five loads of hay for 2 neighbors . . 166 
 
 Itm for carrying 8 loads of corne 2 
 
 145 3 6 
 
 To be deducted about the oxen cart. 
 
 Imprimis for the Country rates upon the oxen ... 1 10 
 Itm for summering the said oxen and to the keepers . 2 
 
 It m they cost in wintering allready 12 
 
 It m two bushells of cornc they have eaten .... 8 
 
 It m 32 bushells of corne \v ch they did dammage into 
 
 Cambridge mens come 6 8 
 
 It " for 2 men and a boy to goo. w th the oxen the said 
 20 dayes at 2 s a day for the men a peece and 8 a a 
 
 day for the boy 4 13 4 
 
 It " for a man & a boy to goe w th the oxen at the rate 
 of 2" a day for the value of 10 dayes about the wood 
 
 & timber ". 1 1 12 
 
 It for a man & a boy to goe w th the oxen at the rate 
 
 of 2* 8 d a day for 4 dayes about the corne ... 10 8 
 
 It" 1 for a man & a boy to goe w th the oxen at the rate of 
 lt m for expences about this account in attendance 
 heere at this Court and what els it may cost me if 
 I should be put to prove every particulare w ch I 
 hope I can doe. As the Court shall assesse. 
 
 [3s. 4(7. A bushcll of rye or wheat or malt.] 
 
 Richard Chad well l shewcth that he was absent this day 
 when verdict was given against him not out of any contempt 
 
 1 Richard Chndwell and Thomas his when compared with another (posf, p. 
 
 brother are both noted by Savage, 220), wherein Richard Chadwell brings 
 
 with no hint, however, as to their rela- suit against John Sampson and Harry 
 
 tionship. John Sampson is not even no- Bennet, a house carpenter, 
 ticed. This paragraph will seem clearer 
 
372 LECllFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 of the Court but by being deteyncd at the other side of the 
 water at Charlcstowne whether he went to lodge. And where 
 as there is 20 1 allowed against him in the verdict for not teach 
 ing John Sampson the trade of a shipwright This peticoner 
 alleagcth that he hath endeavored both by himselfe and his 
 brother Thomas Chadwell to instruct the said Sampson in that 
 trade both at home & abroad w ch the peticoner could have 
 made proofe of if that point had bin insisted upon to this peti- 
 coiiers understanding before the Jury went together Touching 
 the not moving of the barke if this peticoner had knowne that 
 he should now have bin questioned he could have proved 
 Sampson faulty therein by 2 witnesses but seeing he was a boy 
 under age as he saith if he riske that appeare the peticoner 
 willingly [illegible] to the cancelling of that 5 1 bill This petico 
 ner willingly alloweth foure pounds for 3 quarters of a yearcs 
 service w ch this peticoner was mistaken in thraugh Sampsons 
 ownc misinformation and will provide him tooles & 40 s towards 
 cloathcs in these things he desireth investigation & if it please 
 the Curt. [2s.] 
 
 BARNABAS DAVIS. 
 
 Touching the 2 servants they cost betweene us . . . 221 10s 
 I had for one of them of M r . Long an house valued . 20 
 The other servant being married having a wife & 3 
 
 children hath bin a burden to me and no profit. 
 
 So granting that I am to allow M r . Woodcock halfe 
 
 the value of the house aforesaid 101 
 
 M^ Woodcocke is to allow fifty shillings to me for his 
 
 halfe of the five pounds due to M 1 : Hoggs estate. . 2 10 
 And also M* Woodcocke is to beare halfe charges for 
 
 Edward Wynne w ch may come for ought I knowe to 10 
 
 And therefore this accountant conceivcth that M* Woodcocke 
 is rather accountable to me than 1 to him. 
 
 [207] Ji-rcmy Could of .Rode Island yeoman & Will 111 
 Jeffreys of Weymouth in New England gent to be bound to 
 Henry Waltham gent in 30 l . The condicon that the said Jer- 
 emie shall on or before the 24th of August next assure & con 
 vey a sufficient and lawful estate unto the said Henry Waltham 
 
LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 373 
 
 his heires or assigncs of and in three acres of march inedow 
 lying in Weymouth aforesaid now [illegible] other things mort 
 gaged unto Joseph Holloway. [Is.] 
 
 Samuell Milles of Weymouth in New England aired about 
 21 yeares servant of MT Henry Waltham sworne saith upon his 
 oath tliat about two moneths since Morgan Craver singing in 
 the mill house by the fire one of Situate came into the said 
 house What he said to Morgan this deponent did not heare but 
 he heard Morgan answer that he did not sing so loude but we 
 may heare the clap of the mill. Whereupon M 1 "! 8 Richards 
 came forth and said that She heretofore asked money of the 
 said M r Waltl\am and he bad her hold her peace that he might 
 heare the clap of the mill and then said to Morgan this them 
 hast learned of thy master that old Waltham that wicked man 
 he that never feared God nor never will. And Morgan speaking 
 something what in particularc this deponent cannot remember 
 the said M r ! 3 Richards in the hearing of John Gill 1 bid him 
 hold his peace or els she would make John Gill bast him by 
 & by and thereupon as the said Morgan talked further to her 
 the said John Gill w th his left hand strncke the said Morgan 
 upon his hcael. and said hold yo r tounge. And at another time 
 upon another occasion what in particulare this deponent can 
 not remember he saith he heard the said M ri . 8 Richards speakc 
 in the mill roome he standing by the trough there the like 
 rcproachfull words against his said MT that is to sav that old 
 Waltham that wicked man he that never feared God nor never 
 will. 
 
 A peticon for John Morecroft. 2 [1.9.] 
 
 1 John Gill i<? somewhat interesting owners of the mill at ^Veymouth were 
 here, because a man of his name bought not everything that eould be wished, 
 (in 107 )) the mill of Israel Rtoughton in 2 This petition, I imagine, was toon- 
 Dorchester (now Milton). I am nnablc, treat the Court to grant some abate- 
 however, to aflinn confidently that he was ment of the. line of 2(rt which had been 
 the same, man who struck Morgan C ra- imposed upon John Morecroft by the 
 ver upon his head and bade him hold Court some, days before this " for his 
 his tongue. It would seem from this unfit carriage." I cannot find that it 
 as though tho relations between the was ever granted. 
 
374 LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 Robert Hcmpenstall of Boston in New England sonne of 
 Thomas Hempcnstall late of Southold in the County of Suffolk 
 marriner deceased doth remise & release unto Will m Woolner 
 of Westell in the said County yeoman one house or tenement 
 w th the appurtenances in Southold aforesaid w ch Henry liar- 
 wood my father in law lately purchased for him & myselfc 
 and my Sister Elizabeth of Robert Anderson and Nicholas 
 Anderson his sonne w ch promise for further assurance &c dat 
 11. 1. 1G40. 
 
 Robert Thomson of Boston in New England merchant letts 
 unto Joseph Armitage of Lynne in N England one lighter of 
 the burden of twenty tunnes or thereabouts for 161 a yeare 
 from the first of the first moneth 1640 or 1641." and to deliver 
 the boate in rcpairc as good as now it is in. 
 
 To all Christian People unto whome these presents shall 
 come I Robert Hempenstall l of Boston in New England 
 Shipwright sonne of Thomas Hempenstall late of Southold in 
 the County of Suffolke marriner deceased send greeting &c 
 Knowe yec that I the said Robert II. doe by these presents 
 remise release & absolutely for me & my heires quittclaime 
 unto Will 1 " Woolner of Westell in the said County of Suffolke 
 yeoman all the right title & claime w ch I had have or hereafter 
 any wayes may have of & in one house or tenement w th the 
 appurtenances by what name or names soever it be called 
 lying & being in Southold aforesaid w ch Henry Harwood my 
 father iu law lately purchased to him self e myselfe and my 
 Sister Elizabeth Hempenstall of and from Robert Anderson 
 and Nicholas Anderson. [2s.] 
 
 This Indenture made the first day of the first moneth Anno 
 Pni 1641 or 1640 Betweene 2 Robert Thomson of Boston in 
 
 1 The name is not found in Savage, Edward Bendall to Thomas Hawkins, 
 at least not in this form. 1650, a lot of land is spoken of as having 
 
 2 Robert Thompson is not to be met belonged to Mr. Robert Thompson (Book 
 with in Savage, and the only mention of of Possessions, G, 124). Its position is 
 him found by me is in the Book of Posses- not defined, but it was near the lots 
 siuns, whore in a deed of land from of Nehemiah Bourne, Thomas Hawkins, 
 
LECHFORD S ^f ANl SCRirT NOTE-HOOK. 375 
 
 N E merchant of the one parte And Joseph Armitage of 
 Lynnc in N E Inholder of the other parte wittncsseth that the 
 said Robert Thompson for good Consideration him thereunto 
 moving doth hereby demise and to farme lett unto the said 
 Joseph Armitage one Lighter hoate of the burden of twenty 
 tunnes or thereabouts w th the tackling and appurtenances 
 [208] thereunto belonging To have and to hold the sayd 
 lighter boatc and all and singulare the premises w th the ap 
 purtenances whatsoever unto the said Joseph Armitage his 
 executors administrators or assignes from the day of the date 
 of these presents for and during the tcrmc of one whole yeare 
 thenceforth next ensuing fully to be compleat & ended ycild- 
 ing & paying therefore at the end of the said tcnne unto the 
 said Robert Thomson his executors administrators and as- 
 signcs the full & whole rent & summc of sixteene pounds of 
 lawfull money of England And the said Joseph Armitage 
 doth for himsclfe his executors administrators & assignes cov 
 enant promise & grant to and w th the said Robert Thomson 
 his executors administrators and assignes by these presents 
 that he the said Joseph Armitage his executors administra 
 tors and assignes shall & will well and sufficiently repaire 
 & keepe the said Lighter boatc aforesaid in good repaire 
 from time to time as often as need shall require during 
 the said tonne and the same so well and sufficiently re 
 paired and kept shall in the end of the said terme deliver 
 and yeild up together w th such tackling and furniture for 
 the said lighter hoate -as in a note under these presents are 
 expressed or others of the same sortc as good in quality 
 as they are now at this present time and shall also well 
 and truly pay the said rent unto the said Robert Thomson 
 his executors administrators & assignes In witncsse <fec. 
 [2-6] 
 At the petition of the said R T his exec, ad : & asss. 
 
 and Edward Bondall, all men deriving ho was a seaman without nny very fixed 
 
 their livelihood more or less from the sea; place of abode, who managed to steer 
 
 so that this notice of Robert Thompson clear of the books of record from which 
 
 in Leohford, combined with lack of no- we fondly hope to make the acquaint- 
 
 tice elsewhere, would seem to show that ancc of our ancestors. 
 
376 LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 To all Christian people unto \vhome these presents shall 
 come I George Crispe 1 of Plimouth in New England husband 
 man send greeting <fcc Knowe yee that I doe hereby consti 
 tute and ordaine myPearc brother Robert Crispe of South warke 
 in the County of Surrey inarrincr my true and lawfull Attor 
 ney for me and in my name lawfully to enter into and upon 
 all that my parte and portion of foure acres of garden ground 
 laud medow or pasture or whatsoever it be w th the appurte 
 nances lying and being in the parishe of Word neare Sand 
 wich in the County of Kent given and bequeathed and of right 
 belonging unto me my heires and assignes forever by the last 
 will and testament of my uncle George Crispe late of Black- 
 wall in the parish of Stibenhcath in the County of Midct Ship 
 wright deceased as in and by the said last will and testament 
 more at large it doth and may appeare w ch said foure acres 
 now are or lately were in the occupation or possession of John 
 Firmo r of Sandwich abovesaid Taylor and Fermi n Johnson of 
 Word aforesaid gardiner their or one of their assignee or as 
 signes. And furthermore I doc hereby authorize and appoint 
 my said attorney for me <fe in my name to grant bargaine and 
 sell all my right title & interest in the premises to any person 
 or persons whomsoever that will purchase the same for any 
 reasonable summe or summcs of money so it be not under 4-J* 
 and the same to receive & recover to my use and returne unto 
 me as 1 shall by my letters of advise appoint. And to that 
 end & purpose of & for me & in my name to make scale <fe 
 deliver any reasonable act or acts deed or deeds bring <fc per- 
 forrne w th effect any action or suit and to doc every other 
 lawfull thing requisite in and about the premises as fully 
 powerfully and effectually as 1 my [209] selfe in proper per 
 son might or could doe Ratefying confirming & allowing all 
 and whatsoever my said Attorney shall lawfully doc or cause 
 to be done in the premises In witnessc c. 1. 19. 1G40. 10 
 Car. [2-6] 
 
 George Druell of London grocer for and in the behalf e of 
 Edward Payne of Wapping in the County of Mid 1 mariner sells 
 
 George Crispe is not found in Savage. 
 
LECIIFORD^S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 377 
 
 to Will Phillips 1 of Gharlcstownc in New England butcher 
 all those five acres of land lying upon Wormwood Point on 
 Mistickc sydc in Charlcstowne precincts for 51 for ever. [Is.] 
 
 Robert Shutc 2 of Wiunegansett in New England planter 
 Walter Merchant late of Bristoll haberdasher <t Mathew 
 Norman of Peinmaquid als AUUvorth towne in New England 
 planter to be bound to the said Robert Shutc in 501 conditioned 
 to save him harmlessc for the payment of a debt of about -5* 
 due to the said Walter Merchant for commodities heretofore 
 bought of him in Bristoll And a Release. [1 0] 
 
 Thomas Foster of Boston in New England gunner of the 
 Castle in Castle Island and Abigail his wife daughter of 
 Mathew Wimes late of Ipswich in the County of Suffolk 
 [illegible ] deceased makes a Le r of Attorney unto George 
 Strange gent lawfully to enter into upon all lands tene 
 ments and hereditaments belonging to them or either of them 
 in Ipswich aforesaid by vcrtue of tbe last will & testament of 
 the said Mathew Wimcs or otherwise & to .recover the same 
 <fe make sale of it and to deliver all save 50* nnto Robert 
 Wimes of Ipswich aforesaid Glacier, w ch 50* is to be imployed 
 as I shall direct M Stranges reasonable charges & recompence 
 being deducted, [vacat] 
 
 Thomas Wallis 3 of Plimouth in N E merchant assigncs to 
 Henry Watts of blacke Poynt in N E in the Province of 
 
 1 "William Phillips is noted in Wy- a transaction far less creditable to him 
 man as an innholder of Charlcstown who than the present (post, \>. 219). Mat- 
 moved away to the Eastward. Reference thew Norman does not appear in 
 is also there made to this purchase of Savngft. 
 
 land, though what was purchased is not 8 Mr. Thomas Wallis is among the 
 stated, nor what was paid lor it. Phil- list of those taking the freeman s oath, 
 lips lived afterwards in Saco, where he May 10, 1643 ; but otlierwi.se there is no 
 behaved with much courage in the In- mention of him. Henry Watts is noted 
 dian wars, as may be read in Savage ; in Savage at different points in the 
 he came back, however, to Boston, and Province of Maine. He became free- 
 there died. man of Massachusetts in 1059, and was 
 
 2 Itobert Shnte lived at Pemaqnid then chosen constable. He was repre- 
 later, with his brother Kichard. He sentative in 1660 and 1661, after which 
 is next mentioned in the Note-look in little is known of him. 
 
378 LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 Maine {fishmonger in debts 60* and is to pay him in money or 
 commodities such as he shall appoint 201 & in consideration 
 II W is to deliver or cause to be d. unto the said T W <fcc 100 
 firkins of good and merchantable Sturgion at M? Richard 
 Russells house in Charlestownc in N E at or before the 10 th 
 day of Sept next ensuing. Bond to performe in 160*. 
 And a lett r of Attorney, [nil.] 
 
 I John Winthrop Esq* one of the Council and Assistants 
 for the Jurisdiccon of the Mattachusetts Bay in New England 
 doe hereby certify unto all manner of persons whoinc it may 
 Concerne that Thomas Allyn of New Barnstable in New 
 England yeoman did before the twentieth day of July Anno 
 Dili one thousand six hundred thirty and nine procure from 
 myselfe at that time being Governor of this Jurisdiceon a war 
 rant at the suit of John Tooker of Barnstablc "hi the County 
 of Devon merchant against Isaack Allerton merchant for a 
 debt due to the said John Tooker from the said Isaack Aller 
 ton w ch warrant as appeareth to me by sufficient testimony 
 upon oath was served according to the custome of this Country 
 And further I doc hereby certifie that it did then appeare to 
 me that the said Isaackc Allerton had no visible estate rcall 
 or personal in this Country In testimony whereof I have at 
 the request of the said Thomas Allyn hereunto sett my hand 
 and seale the 22th day of March Anno Dm 1640. 2 of them 
 were made. [1 6] 
 
 [210] ] WORTHY S B My service & hearty love remem 
 bered unto you <fcc. I am necessitated at this time to trouble 
 
 1 This letter is written l>y Barnabas (Anne) was born after 1662.] Perry s 
 
 Davis on his affairs in regard to the Hcrfs GcneL, p. 6." 
 
 Woodcock c suit to one Mr. Lygon, of The introduction at the end of the 
 
 whom I find note in Mr. Trumbull s letter of Nayman, Mr. Antony Swim- 
 
 MS. index as follows: "Richard Lygon, nier s brother, is puzzling. I have not 
 
 Esq., of Madresfield, co. Worcester, ok found either name. This letter I sup- 
 
 3 p. lf>, and buried 18 April 1687, at pose to have been carried by Lech ford 
 
 Madresfii, -was 1st husband of Anne, himself, who went, home in the August 
 
 eldest daughter of Sir Francis Hussel, of this year, though it may be another 
 
 of Strensham, co. Worcester, bait., and one which is referred to in tho Note- 
 
 niece of Sir Win. Sytton. [His wife book, p. 239. 
 
LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 379 
 
 you w th a few lines about my Occasions wherein I earnestly 
 pray yo r loving ami Christian helpe; It is not unknownc unto 
 you that I was imployd by Ml Will Woodcockc in his af 
 faires hither to New England about five or six y cares since, 
 and that I had a Letter from my honourable Lord Say yo r good 
 Lord & master to the reverend Mr Hooker in MT Woodcockcs 
 bchalfo, tli at 1 returned out of New England w th MT Hookers 
 letter in answerc to my Lord and that againo I was sent by 
 M? Woodcocke into New England w th another letter from my 
 Lord to Mr Hooker and did againe returne into England w th 
 M! Hookers letter in answerc to his Lordship. You knowe 
 likewise that I complained to yo r selfe often times that 1 had 
 travailed much in M r Woodcockcs affaires & was at great 
 expcnees thereabout & that he had not satisfycd me for my 
 said travaile payncs <fe charges, [once more kind Mr Liggon 
 let me intreate } ou when you have prepared yo r Letter & have 
 received all the other letters or writings to procure my Lord 
 Say to write upon the one parte of each writing if it be but 
 upon the backc side that such a day of the moneth & yearc 
 such a writing or letter was shewed to his Lor pp by yo selfc 
 setting thereto but his Lor pp " name] 1 that once if you remember 
 you had conference w th Mr Will" 1 Woodcocke hereabout and 
 that he confessed he was in my debt promised to give me 
 satisfaction you can I hope remember the effect of his words 
 to you thereabouts, you knowe I intended to come over as a 
 planter at my first voyage and to that end did bring up my 
 goods to London but M? Woodcockc diverted my wife and 
 sent me over into New England upon his occasions my goods 
 being left w th Mr Woodcocke till a fitt time I might returne to 
 fetch my wife And since I returned the second time you 
 knowe I was imploycd by M^ Willm Woodcocke divers jour 
 neys tt hindered from comniing over hither by reason he did 
 not pay me for my former pnines <v charges. And you may 
 remember I hired Edward Winne and another young man 
 Carpenters at Broughtou servants for me in New England & 
 brought them to London w th W T innes family at my owne 
 charges w ch servants because M* Woodcocke faylcd to pay me 
 
 1 The part in brackets written here in the margin, but erased. 
 
380 LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 my money w ch lie owed me I was forced to put away to one 
 Roger Hogge afterwards they were againe assigned to me & 
 W. John Woodcocke by the same Roger Hogge Mr Woodcockc 
 laying downc one half of the money yet if his business of im 
 paling did not goc on then I was to have the servants to my- 
 sclfe & allow him his said money I shall beseech you to talk 
 w th him about this particularc of the servants & to take notice 
 of his answere therein whether it were so or no. And then I 
 shall desire you S r to be pleased to write yo r knowledge in all 
 those particulares to the Governor for the time being in New 
 England or his deputy, but let it come to my owne hand to be 
 delivered, I live at Charlestowne. And if my Lord write a 
 word in my behalfe touching any of these things I shall be 
 much beholding to his Lor pp . W th all I beseech you to peruse 
 this inclosed to M? Coventry servant to my Lord Brooke & 
 then seale & deliver or send it & request an answere w ch I be 
 seech you to returne w th yo". Also I shall intreate you to 
 receive my father James his letter & my brothers w ch will be 
 brought or sent you & send them w th the first shipping you 
 can heare of either from London or Bristoll And I shall ever 
 rest thankful to you. 1. 22. 1640. 
 
 M* Coventry I beseech you in a letter to the Governor of 
 New England or his Deputy declare yo r knowledge concern 
 ing the iourneys & imployments I underwent in England since 
 my second returne into England out of New England in Mr 
 William Woodcockcs affaires from London into Essex to Hodg- 
 wells <fc another place above 30 miles about 12 times from 
 London to Bristoll once, from London to Dunstable for the 
 children once, from Teuxbury to London 9 or 10 times, and 
 about his service in London at the custome house & elswhere 
 weighing tobacco arid doing other businesses knowne to yo r 
 selfe And you knowe of my goods that lay at M Woodcockes 
 from the time; of my first comming into New England you 
 knowe my goods were worth about 201 I received them not 
 till since M! Woodcockes death you knowe they were used in 
 the house & some of them spoyled and I think you may con 
 ceive they were 5 1 the worse 1 beseech you declare yo r knowl 
 edge what you believe herein w th out favor or respect to me 
 
LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 381 
 
 or any living or dead and w th all what satisfaction yon knowc 
 Mf Woodcocke over gave me And I pray deliver yo r letter to 
 My Liggon who will convey it to me 1. 22. 1040. 
 Naynian W. Antony Swimmers brother. 
 
 [211] (icorgc Dcnison 1 of Rocksbury in New England gent 
 and Bridget Denison his wife daughter of John Thompson 
 late of Preston in the County of North 1011 gent deceased and 
 of M r ! 9 Alice Thompson now dwelling at Rocksbury aforesaid 
 make a letter of Attorney to Thomas Worlidgo Citi/en it silk 
 dyer of London and M? Viner citizen & silk dyer of London 
 to demand receive & recover of Mr Spencer Clarke parson of 
 the parish Church of Scaldwell in the County of Northamp 
 ton or any other lyahle thereunto the portion of the said 
 Bridget given her by her said fathers last will & testament 
 1. 22. 1640. 
 
 Lewes Kidby 2 of Boston &c a lett r of Attorney to Will 
 Hudson. 1. 22. 1040. 
 
 Thomas Page 3 of Saco in the Province of Maigne gent 
 bound to Robert Lucar in 80 l ; Conditioned that if forty 
 pounds be truly payd according to ccrtaine bills of exchange 
 drawne by him upon M? Christopher Phcllin of Fanchurch 
 streete London to My John Huxton of Wapping Shipwright 
 then etc dat 1. 22. 1640. 
 
 Good ffather I shall intreatc you it my brother Reade to be 
 pleased to call to minde these particulars following w ch 1 am 
 
 1 George Dcnison was one of three 2 Lewis Kidby is called by Savage 
 brothers who at this time lived in 1 ox- a fisherman, lie lived at this time, I 
 bury. His wife Bridget died in 1643, suppose, on a house-lot which hud been 
 and he himself went to England, where granted to him in K>3!>, near Mr. Bcl- 
 he gained some military experience in Hngham s marsh-lots, on the Town Cove. 
 the civil wars and also married a second ;$ Thomas Page is called in Savage a 
 wife, with whom he came back to this tailor, but he may have been a "gent" 
 country. lie turned his military fur all that. The name of Lucar is 
 knowledge to account in King Philip s among the freemen at Newport, 1650, 
 war. where he behaved with much bra- but with the Christian name Mark in- 
 very. He died in 1694. stead of Kobcrt. 
 
382 LECHFOHD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 to make proofe of in New England. You knowe that about 
 five ycarcs since M^ Will m Woodcocke did reteyne me by 
 writing bctwcene us to come over into New England to follow 
 his businesses heere that I was to have of him after the rate 
 of 10 1 a yeare Tor my travaile <fc my charges borne that 1 tooke 
 shipping for New England about the time of Easter 1035 
 That I returned againe into England the same yearc about the 
 beginning of March that I went 14)011 the same agreement 
 the second time for the said M^ Woodcocke into New England 
 and tooke shipping thither about the time of Easter in the 
 yeare of our Lord 1G36 that I returned againe into England 
 about Sept in the yeare 1637. That M r William Woodcocke 
 used me in divers businesses as his servant and attendant 
 from that time till the day of his death w ch was about a yeare 
 & three quarters that in that time 1 rode divers journeys from 
 Teuxbury to London to attend upon him 9 or 10 times from 
 London to Ilodgwells in Essex and another place as farre 
 about 12 times from London to Bristoll once from London to 
 Dunstable once. That I intended to come into New Engl : as 
 a planter at the time of my first voyage & to that end brought 
 my wife & family & goods to London but Mf Woodcocke pre- 
 vaylcd w th rny wife to stay behind and to send me about his 
 business bearing me in hand that I should when his planta 
 tion was prepared come over & fetch my wife & live upon his 
 lands to improve them for him, and in the mcane while to 
 leave w th him my goods, as bedding brasse pewter & other 
 things of the value of 20 1 or more, that these goods remained 
 from that time till the day of his death he having used them 
 in his house & spoyled some of them so that they were I con 
 ceive you or one of you may knowe 5* the worse. That I 
 often complayned to you that Mr Woodcocke had not satisfyed 
 me for my service and charges, I thinke you good father once 
 did ride to London to speake to Mf Woodcocke in my absence 
 for 5* w ch should have bin by covenant payd to my wife but 
 was not and that by reason Mr Woodcocke did not pay me for 
 my travell & charges I was hindered from coming into N. E. 
 till after his death I intreate you good father to write yo r 
 lett r to the Governor of the Mattachusetts bay in N E for the 
 
LECHFonn S ^r^^^srK]^T NOTE-HOOK. "S3 
 
 time being or his deputy of yo r knowledge in these tilings or 
 any oilier particulare yon niav remember in ihis businesse. 
 And for my brother Readc 1 shall pray him to inquire out 
 Ml; l>abb the ship master who dwelles in Wapping and get a 
 note under his hand to certify that I payd him live pounds 
 for my passage from Ne\v E to E in the yeare 1 (>}.">. and that 
 afterwards another time J sold him a pareell of strong waters 
 to the value of 20* for tobacco And then because he dwelles 
 ncare London to goc unto one AH Archbold in the Ship 
 (Marks ofliec or some other experienced Clarke there A hit mite 
 him to drawe a breife <fc pnnctuall aflidavit of his knowledge 
 or what he verily believes in all these partieulares A; then send 
 or deliver the same to M"[ Liggon my Lord Says gentleman 
 whome 1 have intreated to convey these things to me and soe 
 doe 1 desire yo r lett r may be also delivered to M!i Liggon to be 
 sent to me These things stand me upon both in my good 
 name <fc estate & I beseech you to doe me this favor as to stirre 
 in it that I may have a speedy answcre returned w ch shall be 
 sent me by M r . Liggon or if he should be dead w ch God forbid 
 by some of my Lords Says family who may shewe the writings 
 to his Lor pp before they be sent me that there be no doubt 
 made of them when they come hccrc. [10s. for these letters 
 & one to Mr. Bridges.] 
 
 [212] John Palmer 1 of Ilinghain seaman aged about 40. 
 ycares sworne saith upon his oath that about 4 yeares since 
 he came to dwell at Ilingham and shortly after one Nicholas 
 Jacob procured this deponent to goe fetch a load of hay for 
 the widow Large and this deponent commending the hay when 
 he saw it said it was prcty good hay yea said Nicholas Jacob 
 
 1 This John Palmer of course is not 1648 and in 1640. lie died in 1659. 
 
 the man who got into difficulties with The Widow Lnrge I take to be the 
 
 his father (mite, p. 194). This one is relict of one "William Large, who came 
 
 merely noted by Savage, who says that to Ilingham in 1635. He is said by 
 
 he may have moved to Scituate. Savage to have removed to Cape Cod, 
 
 Nicholas Jacob came to New Kngland but he may also have made the longer 
 
 in 1633, and moved from "Watertown, journey which would havo justified 
 
 where he had first lived, to Ilingham his wife in assuming the title in the 
 
 in 1635. He was a representative in text. 
 
384 LECIIFOKD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 you might have had as much hay on yor r owne lott as would 
 have wintered yo r cmv why said this deponent hath the widdow 
 Large any lott heere ? No said Jacob it is one Mathcw Hcrnes 
 lott who is gone for England & it is thought he will come no 
 more or words to this purpose, [nil gains :] 
 
 John Cutteii of Newberry in New England marrincr and 
 John Cutten 1 the younger of the same marriner masters of 
 the good ship the Desire 2 of Boston in N England doc bynd 
 themselves to pay Lawrence Hazzard of London shipwright 
 301 14 s 6 d to Robert Crispe of London marriner 9 l 2 9 for his 
 7 moncths service in the said ship to Will Wilbert of London 
 marriner IT 1 1C 3 upon the 10th day of May next or at the 
 arrival of the said ship in England. [2 6.] 
 
 Leonard Buttler 3 of boston bricklayer mortgaged! his house 
 <fc garden in Boston & 2 acres of land at long island to Ather- 
 ton llaugh of Boston gent on behalfe of John Whittingham of 
 Ipswich gent for 25* layd out for him above two yeares since 
 w th reasonable dammagcs in Worke and other commodities 
 w th in a twelve moneth dated 25. 1. 1641. [1 6.] 
 
 John Crabtrcc of Boston joyncr makes a letter of Attorney 
 to Isaack Hayncs gent to receive & recover of Mathcw Wood- 
 rowc 4 of Hartford upon the river of Connecticott carpenter 
 the summe of xli 8 xi d w ch he owcth me. 1. 29 1641. [6.] 
 
 1 The names are read " Cutting" by was at this time the master of the 
 Savage, who notices them in his Die- ship. 
 
 tionary. They are certainly not Cutting 8 Leonard Buttler is of course the 
 
 in Lcchford, but more like Cutten. The same nmn alluded to before in the Note- 
 
 younger was a shipmaster who made book, with different spelling of his last 
 
 many voyages in his time. name. John Whittingham came from 
 
 2 The ship "Desire," of Marbh head, Lincolnshire in England, being the 
 is spoken of several times in Wirithrop. grandson of William Whittingham, Dean 
 She was built at Marblehead in 1636, of Durham in the time of Elizabeth, 
 and her captain, for some voyages at * Matthew Woodrow [or Woodruff] 
 least, was William Pierce, who was was one of the first settlers of Farming- 
 in 1611 absent in the West Indies on ton. Isaac Haynes would seem as 
 that cruise whereon he met his death ; though he might be a relative of John 
 so it is likely enough that John Cutten Haynes. 
 
LEC1IFORD-S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-HOOK. 08") 
 
 M! Will 111 Ilutchinson it liis Sonnc Edward Jlutehinson for 
 1001 sell unto M? Win. Tynge of Boston 100 acres of land 
 little more or less in the precincts of Drayntrec as it is now 
 layd out, 1 [1] 
 
 A note nf account of the. money due to me from my father 
 in l<t/! Tnn.MAS Di-iXTKR. 2 
 
 First upon the 12th day of July !<>)!). he lion-owed 
 
 of me to be payd upon demand SO 1 
 
 Also that summer lie had of me two ferkins of 
 
 butter \v ch cost me out of my purse .... 3 10 
 
 Also lie had of M r King of Lynne by my appoint 
 ment the same summer 10 
 
 Also upon the 17. day of March 103!). he had 
 
 of me 15 
 
 Also lie had of me or my wife in the summer 
 
 following 2 
 
 Also lie had of M r Hill upon my account the 
 
 same summer 2 12 
 
 My wife s portion \vas to be 100. to be payd at the 
 day of marriage w ch was in October 10. 5(). 
 thereof 50 
 
 And more thereof \v th in six moneths after . . 50 
 
 Toto 209 12 
 
 My ffather-in-law paid me w fl in a moneth after 
 
 our marriage 201 
 
 And in Februaiy 16-39 he payd me more . . . 191 Q 
 
 Memorandum that 17 Martii 1039 we reckoned & 
 my father upon the whole was behinde to me 
 (forgetting M! King s bill of 61 10 s ) for w ch he 
 gave me a bill under his hand 155 
 
 After he gave me another bill for 10 13" C (1 
 
 Afterwards my ffather sent me 2 goats at ... 5 l 
 
 And thereupon 20 June 1010 bound the mill unto 
 
 me for 150 
 
 So that the bill of 10* 13 s 6 1 was to be disehnrged for a 
 servant ct other things w ch 1 had of him. 
 
 [1.] JOHN FIIEND. 
 
 1 Sco p. 177, ante. was in a do. frooinnn of Massachusetts 
 
 2 Thomas Dexter, the father-in-law 1G31, but was disfranchised 1633. He 
 of John Friend, came to Lynn in 1C30, moved to Sandwich about 1640, where 
 
 25 
 
386 LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 Two writings for Barnabas Davis 2. 12. 1641. [Is.] 
 
 [213] Captaine Edward Gibones of Boston & M r ! 3 Elizabeth 
 Glover of Cambridge widdowe doe grant bargaine sell con- 
 firme unto Mr Maurice Thomson of London merchant severally 
 their [Ww&] partcs in the ship planter of London heretofore 
 by their order sold by M* Thomas Hawkins unto the said 
 M r . Thomson. 
 
 Richard Callacot of Dorchester in N E tayler for 82 4 s the 
 remainder of 1221 10 a due by bill to George Alcocke dated 
 19. Julii 1639 payable 15. Aprilis 1640 doth mortgage his 
 house at Dorchester & his ft arme house & all his other lands 
 lying in Dorchester to Phillip Eliott & William Parke executors 
 of the last will & testament of George Alcocke l deceased to 
 pay the same viz* by giving sufficient bills to pay the same to 
 M* Nicholas Treworthy of Exeter merchant or in redy money 
 & discharge the executors of the said money & dammages 
 from such time as the same was due by the said bill. The 
 mortgage to be to pay the money & dammages v\ ch Mr Tre 
 worthy shall recover on the first of August leave a space 
 proviso if R Callacot can procure bills to the executors satis 
 faction that then the same shall be accepted in payment if 
 the bills be accordingly discharged. [1221 10s. 40* 6s. = 
 82* 4s.] 
 
 I should think he was at this time, the Kev. John Eliot, the apostle. He 
 He was admitted freeman of Plymouth came, it is thought, about 1635 to Ilox- 
 1658, and died in Boston 1677. Savage bury, where he was a deacon in the 
 names two sons, and thinks he must church. William Parke came to Bos- 
 have had other children. One of them ton in 1631 with Roger Williams in 
 I take to have married John Friend, a the "Lion." He served thirty-three 
 carpenter, who lived at different times years in the General Court, and died in 
 in many parts of New England, but was 1687. All that Savage can tell about 
 probably now living in Boston, where Jeremy Bhu-.kwell is that he came in 
 he was allowed to be an inhabitant the "Trnelove" in 1635 at the age of 
 March 30, 1640. eighteen. We do not learn so much 
 1 George Alcocke died Dee. 30, 1640, even as this from the entries above, 
 or thereabouts. (See p. 148, ante.) Edward Burcham, of Lynn, clerk of the 
 Philip Eliot was brother of Jacob Eliot, writs in 1645, went back to England 
 mentioned above (pp. 151, 153), and of 1656. 
 
LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 387 
 
 George Burchara of London merchant bound to Jeremie 
 Blackwell in IT 1 Condiconed that if IT 1 be payd by Jolin 
 Blackwell unto one M r [u.m j Too according to the intent & 
 true meaning of certaine bills of exchange heretofore for the 
 same drawne & signed by the said Jeremy then the said George 
 shall pay unto the said Jeremy his executors &c 8 1 10 s upon 
 demand & sufficient notice of the same 17* so payd. 
 
 \_The above cut) )/ is crossed ont.~\ 
 
 Whereas Jeremy Blackwell heretofore owed me George 
 Bui-chum of Lincolnc mercer the summc of 8 1 10 s upon ac 
 counts of bargaincs bet weene him & me whereupon according 
 to agreement bet weene us the said Jeremie dre\ve & signed a 
 letter of Attorney for sevenleeue pounds to be payd by his 
 brother John Blackwell unto Jonathan Newcomen mercer 
 dwelling on London bridge And whereas afterwards the said 
 Jeremie Blackwell gave me a hill or writing for the payment 
 of the said 8 and 10 9 w th reasonable darnmages for the whole 
 17 l abovcsaid to me heere in New England Now 1 doc declare 
 that the said last mentioned bill or writing was given me by 
 him for security of payment of the said 17 pounds and there 
 fore if the same be or shall be accordingly payd in England 
 then the said bill or writing of 8 l 10 s & the penalty thereupon 
 is to be voyd & of none effect & shall be delivered up & can 
 celled & also I shall & will satisfie & pay or cause to be pavd 
 unto him his executors adm or assignes the summc of 8 1 10 s 
 upon sufficient notice of the said 171 so payd & upon demand 
 made to me or Edward Burchum of Lynne in New England 
 witncsse my hand the 23th of the 2. moneth 1641. [Is.] 
 
 Knowe all men by these presents that whereas I Captaine 
 Edward Gibons of Boston in New England did heretofore give 
 order and authority unto Thomas Hawkins of Dorchester in 
 New England Shipwright for me & in my name to grant bar- 
 gaine & sell unto Maurice Thomson of London merchant or 
 to any person or persons all that my riirht & interest of and 
 in the [Wrmjfc] parte of the ship planter of London whereupon 
 the said Thomas Hawkins hath granted bargained & sold my 
 
388 LECUl-ORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 said right and interest in the said ship accordingly unto the 
 said Maurice Thomson Now 1 the said Captaine Giboncs doe 
 hereby for me my executors & administrators continue unto 
 the said Maurice Thomson all that my said right and interest 
 of and in the said [Wn&] parte of the said ship & rights & 
 appurtenances thereunto belonging To have and to hold the 
 said [blank] parte of the said ship and all & singulare the prem 
 ises w th the appurtenances whatsoever unto the said Maurice 
 Thomson his executors administrators and assignes according 
 to the purport true intent & meaning of the said grant bar- 
 gaine & sale made by the said Thomas Hawkins & of these 
 presents In witnesso &e 2. 22. 1641. [Is.] 
 
 The like by M r ! 9 Glover <fcc [Is.] 
 
 This Indenture made the 22th day of the 2. moneth 1641. be- 
 tweene Richard Callacot of Dorchester in N E tayler of the 
 one parte and Philipp Elliott and William Parke two of the 
 deacons of the Church of Roxbury in New England executors 
 of the last will & testament of George Alcocke late of the 
 same deceased of the other parte Witnesseth that the said 
 Richard Callacott for and in considcracon of the Summe of 
 eighty two pounds & foure shillings the remainder of a debt of 
 one hundred twenty two pounds and ten shillings w ch he owed 
 unto the said George Alcocke & should have bin payd unto 
 him upon the fifteenth day of Aprill Anno I)ni 1640 and \v ch 
 the said R. C now oweth unto the said executors Philipp Elliot 
 & William Parke as more at large in and by one bill obli 
 gatory concerning the same debt bearing date the nineteenth 
 day of July 1639 under the hand & seale of the said Richard 
 Collacot it doeth and may appeare and for full payment of the 
 said eighty two pounds & foure shillings and reasonable dam- 
 mages for detcyning the same doeth hereby grant bargaine & 
 sell make & confinne unto the said executors Philipp Elliott 
 & William Parke all that his dwelling house & farme house 
 and all the lands & tenements woods & underwoods and here 
 ditaments houses of the said Richard Collacot lying & being 
 in Dorchester aforesaid or the precincts thereof and all 
 orchards <fe appurtenances to the said houses or either of them 
 
LECIIFORD S MAXfSSCliirT NOTE-nOOK. 389 
 
 belonging or reported to belong To have [214] nnd to hould 
 the said dwelling houses lands <fc tenements and all & singii- 
 lare the premises w th the appurtenances whatsoever unto the 
 said executors Philipp Elliot & William Parko their heires and 
 Assignes for ever Provided all ways that if the said Richard 
 Collacott his heires executors or administrators shall well & 
 truly pay or cause to be payd unto the said Executors Philipp 
 Elliott & Will" 1 Parke their heires or assigncs the full summc 
 of eighty two pounds & foure shillings w th reasonable damma- 
 ges for deteyning the same as aforesaid as a Jury shall award 
 upon or before the [ -/<//] day of the [Mi] moneth next ensu 
 ing the date hereof at or in the now dwelling house of the 
 said Philipp Elliott situate in Rocksbury aforesaid Then these 
 presents shall be voyd <fc of none effect & the said Richard 
 Collacot his heires & assigncs shall or may lawfully have & 
 enjoy the premises & every parte thereof as in his or their 
 former estate anything in these presents to the contrary con- 
 tcyncd in any wise notwithstanding And the said executors 
 Philipp Elliott & Will 1 " Parke doe hereby grant unto the said 
 Richard Collacot that if he shall on or before the said [Mn&] 
 day of the [Wufc] moneth aforesaid draw good bills of ex 
 change such as the said executors shall admit cfe allow for the 
 true payment of the said eighty two pounds <fc foure shillings 
 unto Nicholas Trcworthy of the City of Exeter merchant <fc 
 the same shall be accordingly payd unto him or his assignes 
 that then the said executors will accept of the said bills of 
 exchange in discharge of the said eighty two pounds <v foure 
 shillings according to these presents not require the said 
 dammages unlesse the said Nicholas require or recover dam- 
 inagcs of the said executors so much money by them & their 
 testator owing unto him the said Nicholas and that in the 
 meane time the said Richard Collacot may remaine in posses 
 sion of the premises as their lessee In witnessc tvc [3-4] 
 
 Angell Holland I of Weymouth in N E yeoman and Wil 
 liam Game his servant put him servant to John Crabtrec for 
 
 1 Savage spells the name IIoll:inl, servant I know nothing at nil. I sup- 
 but I think the spelling in Leehford is pose he may have become a member of 
 Holland. He was a shoemaker. Of his the church at New Providence spoken 
 
890 LECUFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 three yeares from his landing in the West Indies in or neare 
 the Isle of providence for meate drinke & cloathes. [vacai] 
 
 Hugh Dcordall l of Hiiigham millwright <fc John Knight 2 of 
 Watcrton in N. E. carpenter bound to Will m Knap for 4* 1 s to 
 be payd in money or corne : 24. Junii 1G41. w th a Counterbond 
 toJK. [26-.] 
 
 The bounds of M Hutchinsons 160 acres 3 bounded on one 
 syde \\ th Mount Wollaston brooke running up by M^ Tings 
 house w th the lands of M* Ting & Edmand Quinsey on another 
 syde & w th a swamp on another sydc and w th a straight lyne 
 dividing betweene the lands of the said M Hutchinsons & M r . 
 Ting as now it is layd out being parcell of the great lott here 
 tofore given the said Will" 1 llutchinson by the Towne of 
 Boston. 
 
 Knowe all men by these presents that I Sergeant Edward 
 llutchinson of Boston in New England Sonne & heire apparent 
 of William .llutchinson of Aquidnecke Hand gent as well by 
 vertue of one letter of Attorney made sealed & delivered unto 
 me as his act & deed for his interest as in my owne right & 
 interest whatsoever doe hereby for & in the consideration of 
 one hundred pounds of lawful money of England to me in hand 
 payd & satisfied before the sealing & delivery hereof to the 
 use of my said ffaihcr it my self c by William Tynge of Boston 
 aforesaid merchant grant bargaine <t sell unto the said Will 
 Tyngc all those one hundred and sixty acres of land belonging 
 to my said father and myselfc lying within the precincts of 
 Brayntree in New England bounded on one syde w th Mount 
 Wollaston brooke running up by the house of the said William 
 Tyngc on another syde with the lands of the said William 
 
 of with reprobation by Johnson (ii. ch. 3 For these lands of the Hutchinsons 
 
 xx.). see pp. 177 and 212, ante, and Boston 
 
 Hugh Dcordall, Newport, 1639 Town Records, pp.7 and 9 ; also cf. p. 37, 
 
 (Savage). ante. Edward llutchinson, it will be 
 
 2 John Knight, is called a maltster remembered, had returned before this 
 
 in Savage, who notes him as being of from Newport to Boston, where he was a 
 
 Wntertown in 1635. William Knapp prominent man until his death in King 
 
 wa.i also of Wutertown. Philip s war. 
 
LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 391 
 
 Tyngc and Edward Quinsey on another syde w lh aswampeand 
 on the other syde w th a straight lyne dividing betweene the 
 lands of my said ffathcr cfc of me and the lands of the said 
 William Tyngc as it is now layd out And all woods under 
 woods <t hereditaments thereunto belonging To have & to hold 
 the said one hundred <fc sixty acres of land & all & singulare 
 the premises w th the appurtenances whatsoever unto the said 
 William Tynge his heircs and assignes for ever In witnesse 
 
 John Long of Wcymout.li in New England husbandman. 
 aged about twenty foure yeares swornesaith upon his oath that 
 whereas Mary Lane was to serve Richard Silvester l of Wey- 
 mouth aforesaid for the space of foure yeares or thcrabouts 
 from about the beginning of the first moiicth last as this 
 deponent hath credibly heard, one Edward Pole 2 of Wcymouth 
 in tlic first moncth aforesaid was Desirous to marry her & to 
 buy out her time of service aforesaid and in this deponents 
 hearing did promise to pay unto the said Richard Silvester for 
 the same two hundred foot of boards and foure pounds in 
 money or such good commodities as he should like of upon 
 Midsomer eve next & then the said Pole was to take her away 
 & marry her/ [1 0] 
 
 [215] Mary Sherman 3 came to my wife the twelveth day 
 of Aprill, 1G41. 
 
 1 Richard Silvester, of "\Veymouth, seven children, but not of his wife, who 
 had come to New England in 1G30. A was named executrix, so that we can- 
 lew years before this mention, in 1630, not tell with certainty how this matter 
 however, getting into some trouble with tinned out. Of the difficulty of iden- 
 the Colonial Government, he sold his tifying this or any other John Long 
 estate, and shortly afterwards moved to of this period we have already spoken 
 Scituate, under the jurisdiction of the (p. 113, mite). 
 
 Plymouth Colony. 3 Mary Sherman I should like to 
 
 2 Edward Pole he.re mentioned must think was the woman interested in 
 have been Edward Poole, of Newport, Captain Keayne s sow. From an affi- 
 who, according to Savage, passed most davit of Lech ford s later in the Note- 
 of his time at Wcymouth (naturally book (p. 234), and various entries in the 
 enough, considering the attraction), earlier part (pp. 66, 84), it appears 
 His will (1664) gives the names of that he had relations with Story and 
 
392 LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 Thomas Rawlins of Weymouth in New England (fisherman 
 aged about 33. yeares swornc saith upon his oath that in or 
 about Oct last he heard John King of Wcymouth seaman 
 undertake unto Thomas Applegate l of Wcymouth planter to 
 goc in his boate as Master thereof if an other man could be 
 gotten by either of them to goe w th him the said John King 
 to help manage the said boate and they agreed together that 
 the said John King should have his ownc parte of the iishe 
 taken by himsclfe in the s d boate freight free & that the said 
 Thomas Applcgatc should have the 4 th penny of freight of 
 goods carrycd in the said boate and that if the boate or any 
 goods therein should be miscarryed cast away or hurt by the 
 ill ordering or laying of the said boate the said John King 
 should beare the dammage thereof and their words & agreement 
 were to this purpose. 
 
 George Allen of Wcymouth in New England planter aged 
 about twenty one yeares sworne saith upon his oath that about 
 the beginning of November last one day late w th in night he 
 was present in the house of John King of Weymouth seaman 
 Master of Thomas Applegates boate & there heard the said 
 John King say to William Newland that he would not stand 
 to the adventure of the goods of the said William Newland 
 laden in the said boate if that one hogshead of salt more of 
 his were put into the same boate, whereto the said Newland 
 answered that noth withstanding he would have the said hogs 
 head put into the said boate that night and if the boate were 
 overladen in the morning some of the said goods might be 
 againe taken out thcrof or words to that purpose and here- 
 
 the Shermans, though lie may not have next year he was discharged therefrom, 
 
 been intimate with them. This men- it seems from later entries, where inqui- 
 
 tion and that above, (p. 175) scern to ries are made as to certain ]iersons 
 
 ine to refer to Mr. Sherman and his drowned from a canoe, that he continued 
 
 wife. Savage, however, thinks that the business in 1638, though possibly 
 
 the woman s name was Elizabeth. one William Blunter was the regular 
 
 1 Thomas Ap]>legut<-, of Weymouth, ferryman at the time (Mas*. Col. Rcc. y 
 
 is spoken of once or twice in the Colo- i. 156, 165, 246, 249). George Allen, 
 
 nial Record. In 16155 he was licensed John King, and Thomas Bawling were 
 
 to keep a ferry between Wcssaguscus all inhabitants of Weymouth at this 
 
 and Mount Wollaston ; and though the time, as may be seen in Savage. 
 
LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 393 
 
 upon this Deponent w th others did help put in the said ho<rs- 
 head that night into the said h;nite & in the next morning the 
 hoatc did not rise but sunke to that side where the said hogs 
 head lay and this deponent knoweth that the said boatc did 
 rise well enough one tyde when the rest of the said goods 
 besides the said hogshead were in it. 
 
 George Carre of Salisbury in N E shipwright releascth 
 Thomas Coccrey * his apprentice of the remaining time of his 
 service <fc upon legall & reasonable demand to deliver up his 
 Indenture, <fc give him his wearing coate an old p of bootes of 
 his 2 pairc of drawers ct his two paire of old stoekins <t a 
 wearing shirt. 
 
 Thomas Coecrey is to be bound unto G C in 40* Condiconed 
 that T C shall not intermcdle in ferry on Merrimacko river 
 w u out the consent of G C at any time hereafter and save him 
 liarmlesse of all charges <fc dammages w ch may arise & come 
 upon G C. his executors etc by reason of the said Apprcntiship 
 except those for phisickc & surgery at Ipswich Newberry <fc 
 Salisbury. [2*.] 
 
 And a release by Thomas Coecrey to G Carre of all accons 
 demands whatsoever. 
 
 2 Elizabeth Blackborne wife of Walter Blackbornc late of 
 Boston in N E shopkeeper for <fc in the name of her said hus 
 band by vertue of a letter of Attorney to her made by him 
 dated <fcc selles unto Francis Lisle 3 of Boston aforesaid 
 
 1 Thomas Coccrey is the nearest to Blackborne, about to sot otit for Eng- 
 the MS. that I have been able to get land in the " Desire," as well as a 
 for this man s name, hut no name with mention of the deeds in the Note-book. 
 any resemblance thereto is to be found 3 Francis Lisle was a barber and sur- 
 in Savage. George Carr was an Ips- peon of Boston. The lot of land here 
 wich man originally, but moved to spoken of was on Washington Street, 
 Salisbury with the first settlers of the very nearly opposite the spot where the 
 town. He was then a person of some Old South now stands. He had also 
 esteem, married, and having children. a lot in the new Held. A\ ith several 
 
 2 This transaction is noticed in AV/r. other New Knglanders lie went to Old 
 7>rrf.<? (vol. i. p. 20\ where may be found England during the Civil War, wh To he 
 the letter of attorney and will of Walter served as surgeon in the Karl of Man- 
 
894 LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 barber the dwelling house <t shopp with outhouses garden & 
 2 acres & halfe of land in Gentry field of the said Walters 
 forever in fee simple for 401 by Articles of agreement to he 
 payd 101 a ycare upon or before every tenth of December first 
 payment to be 10 10 bri3 1641 at or in the dwelling house of 
 Richard Ilutchinson situate in Cheapside London knowne by 
 the name of the signe of the Angell <fc Starre provided that if 
 30 or 40 1 the portion of Elizabeth Sutton daughter of [blank-] 
 can in the inoane time be recovered the same shall be paid in 
 discharge of the p r mises. 
 
 The hangings of the parlor to goe w th the house. The house 
 to be bound <fc the money to be payd in commodities merchant 
 able in England if money fayle. [5s.] 
 
 This Indenture made the eighteenth day of the third moneth 
 Anno Dili 1641 betweene Elizabeth Blackborne wife of Walter 
 Blackbovne late of Boston in New England shopkeeper for and 
 on the behalfe of her said husband of the one parte and Francis 
 Lisle of the same barber of the other partc witnesseth that 
 wheras the said Walter Blackborne by his deed under his 
 hand & scale dated the two & twentieth day of the first moneth 
 last past sealed in the presence of Thomas Miller & Thomas 
 Fowlc give unto the said Elizabeth Blackborne full power & 
 authority to sell & dispose as she should think fitt all such 
 houses & lands among other things as did belong unto the said 
 Walter Blackborne as more at large by the said deed recorded 
 [216] by the Recorder of Boston aforesaid it doth <fc may ap- 
 peare Now witnesseth these presents that the said Elizabeth 
 Blackborne doth hereby for & in the bchalfc of her said hus 
 band give grant enfcoft e & confirmc unto the said Francis 
 Lisle all that the late dwelling house & shop new built of the 
 said Walter Blackborne & the garden thereunto adioyning & 
 two acres halfe of land thereunto belonging lying in Gentry 
 field with the appurtenances and the hangings of the parlor 
 
 Chester s life-guard. He returned to his Dictionary, and Lioll in his edition 
 
 New England, however, in 1646. See of Winthrop. It is Lisle in the printed 
 
 Winthrop (vol. ii. p. 245) and Savage. Suffolk Deeds, and very clearly Lisle in 
 
 The name is spelled by Savage, Lyall in the Lechford MS. 
 
LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-HOOK. 395 
 
 of the said dwelling house To have and to hold the said dwell 
 ing house & shop garden & land and all <t singularc the 
 premises w tb the appurtenances unto the said Francis Lisle 
 his heires & assignes for ever Upon condition that the said 
 Francis Lisle his heires executors administrators or assignes 
 shall & will well & truly pay or cause to be payd unto the said 
 Walter Blackborne his executors administrators or assignes 
 the suminc of forty pounds of lawfull money of England or els 
 the full value thereof in goods <fc commodities merchantable 
 in England at or in the now dwelling house or shoppe of Rich 
 ard Hutchinson lincndraper situate in cheapside london called 
 by the name of the signc of the Angell & Starre in manner & 
 forme following that it is to say ten pounds on or before the 
 first day of the third moneth next ensuing the date hereof ten 
 pounds on or before the tenth day of the tenth moneth w ch 
 shall be in the yeare of our Lord 1642. ten pounds on or 
 before the tenth day of the tenth moneth w ch shall be in the 
 yeare of our Lord 1643. And ten pounds on or before the tenth 
 day of the tenth moneth w ch shall be in the yeare of our Lord 
 1644. Ncverthelesse the said Francis Lisle doth hereby grant 
 unto the said Walter Blackborne that if 30 or 40 1 the portion 
 of Elizabeth Sutton can be in the mean time recovered that the 
 same or so much therof as will suffice shall be payd over unto 
 the said Walter Blackborne his executors adm rs or assignes in 
 full & present discharge of the premises or so much thereof as 
 shall remaine unpaid at the time of such recovery In witnesse 
 &c sealed before M* Edward Hutchinson myselfe <t John Biggs. 
 Foure billes of 101 a peece to be sealed unto the use of the 
 said Walter Blackborne to be payd as abovesaid dated & sealed 
 before the same witnesses. 
 
 3. 20. 1641. A medicine for the whites & immoderate flux of 
 the courses by IK Morlcy Scabies one handfull raysons of the 
 sun stoned one handfull wood sorrell one handfull white wine 
 halfe a pinte a nutmeg grated one parsley roote sliced straw 
 berry leaves halfe an handfull hartshornc filed boylcd together 
 softly in a quarte of running water one houre strayned & sweet 
 ened w tb sugar to be taken betweene meales as a julip wanne. 
 
39G LECUFOUD S MAXLfSClilPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 The Case of Barnabas Davies viz* betwecnc John Woodcocke 
 by his Attorney M r . Edward Holliokc plaintiffe against y said 
 Barnabas Davies in a matter of the nature of an accon of 
 aecount as the bayliffe servant & Attorney of the said John 
 Woodcocke it bctwecne the said Barnabas Davies plaintiffe 
 against y e s d M 1 : Holyokc Attorney for the said John Woodcocke 
 gent for the reasonable expenses & dammages of the said Bar 
 nabas upon the Statute of West mr 2. 10 th or 11 th \v ch enactetli 
 that as all bayliffes & servants ought to account before Audi 
 tors make speedy agreement so that the Auditors allow the 
 accountants their reasonable expense <fe costs <fcc. The causes 
 came to tryall & hearing as a crosse suit one party against 
 the other in the Court at Boston the second day of the first 
 moncth 1640 or 41. [os.] 
 
 Edward Hall 1 of Duxbury in New England Carpenter & 
 late of Henborough in the County of Glouc r bonnd in 30 1 to 
 John Pollard to pay him IGl 4 7 d upon the 9th day of 
 October next ensuing dated 3. 21. 1641. the paym* to be made 
 at the Tolsey in Bristoll. scaled coram me. [Is.] 
 
 [217] 2 The said John Woodcocke by his Attorney the said 
 M* Holliockc demands an account of the said Barnabas Davies 
 for 150 1 received by him for certaine cattell w cb belonged to 
 William Woodcocke brother of the said John and forthehalfe 
 of the profitts of two carpenters service the joynt servants of 
 the said John Woodcocke & Barnabas Davies & for some other 
 moneys received by the said Barnabas to the use of the said 
 John Woodcocke. 
 
 The said Barnabas accounted shewing that w th the said 
 1501 ho bought other cattell & afterwards exchanged them 
 for six oxen fc a carlo w ch he was <fc is ready to deliver unto 
 the pl ts said Attorn 7 whereof and of the profits gained by 
 
 1 Edward Hall, of Duxbury, is noted * This written opinion of Lcclifonl 
 
 in Savage and in NVinsor. Ho was on the Barnabas Davis case does not 
 
 later of Tannton, then of Bridgewater, throw any additional light on the state- 
 
 and left the Colony a debtor in 1652, ments and affidavits of pp. 204, 210, 
 
 says Win.sor. and 211, though it is a good summing np. 
 
LECHFOUD S MANUSCRIPT XOTK-KOOK. 397 
 
 them ct liis charges about all the said cat tell ct moneys re 
 ceived the said Barnabas makes his reasonable account, tt for 
 the said carpenters service it the profits thereof In; saith lie is 
 rcdy to allowe hali e the profits thereof to the said John Wnod- 
 cocke provided that he beare halfe charges concerning them 
 according to equity, as appcareth by the account of the said 
 Barnabas exhibited into the Court. Barnabas Davies in his 
 suit demands allowance of his reasonable charges and payment 
 of his sallary or wages for his services voyages ct travailes 
 undergone as well for the said William as for the said John 
 together w th recompense for certainc dammages as appeareth 
 in the said account and alleadgeth that (>4 i 10 9 10 d or ther- 
 abouts is due unto the said Barnabas for his said charges & 
 sallary besides the said dammages. 
 
 The Court was clearc in this that the said Barnabas was in 
 equity to be payd for his service ct travailes undergone as well 
 for the said William as for the said John <t all dammages 
 chargeable upon either in as much as the same estate was first 
 Williams ct by him conveyed to his said brother John and that 
 the said Barnabas was imployed by both of them. 
 
 The Jury gave a speciall verdit w ch is entered to this effect 
 that the said Ml Edward Holliockc for the said M* John 
 Woodcocke shall have all such money goods ct cattell as shall 
 be found M* Woodcocks ct halfe the carpenters & 10 s costs & 
 
 what \ti ftvo words of untranslated cipher hereA 
 
 and M* Holliockc is to give the said Barnabas Davies what 
 shall appcare due upon a hist account and he to have dammage 
 for his money since demanded & M* William Tynge & MF 
 Thomas Lechford were appointed Auditors. Whereupon M* 
 Ilolyoke demands ct Barnabe Davis delivers the said six 
 oxen ct carte to the said M* Ilolyoke according to the said ver 
 dict ct order. At the day appointed for the audit the said M* 
 Ilolyoke demanded the account to be examined oncly about 
 Barnaby Davis his agency for John Woodcocke ct saith that 
 was the meaning of the Court Jury verdict ct order and 
 allcageth that he the said M! Holyokc thinks any accompts 
 for William Woodcocke deceased were not to be agitated till 
 
398 LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 he heard from England about William Woodcocks dealings 
 w" 1 Barnabe Davies or to this effect. 
 
 Barnabas Davies alleadgeth that he conceives the Court 
 intended that his account should be heard both for William 
 Woodcockes & John Woodcockes occasions & services done 
 by the said Barnabas Davies and is unwilling the Auditors 
 should proceed unlesse M r . llolyoke will yeeld thcrto which he 
 denying ut supra the said Auditors certify that they con 
 ceive thereupon (<fc not finding Will m Woodcocke mentioned 
 in the said order of Court or verdit) that the service expected 
 from them could not be effectually accomplisht. 
 
 Questions hereupon. 
 
 1. Whether or no the Court & Jury by the said words in the 
 verdict that M* Ilolliocke should give Barnabas Davies what 
 shall appeare due upon a just account did not intend the said 
 Barnabas Davis his account touching both the said brothers 
 William <t John Woodcock ? 
 
 2. Whether or no it be equall that Barnabas Davies being 
 now out of possession of any parte of the estate equall in any 
 measure to his demands be stayed from his remedy till infor 
 mation be had from England from 1 knowe not whome nor 
 when nor by whome. 
 
 [218] Having perused the case of Barnabas Davies and his 
 account & all things thcrto belonging w ch he hath shewed me 
 I conceive opinion that the verdit might have bin made by the 
 Jury or at least entered more certaine & plaine than it is yet 
 doc not doubt but the Court will adjudge it to be just & equall 
 1hat the account ought to be heard and allowed as well for 
 William as John Woodcocks services & that Barnabas Davis 
 shall have his speedy reasonable allowances <fc remedy accord 
 ing to the equity of Ihc Statute of Wcstm r 2. 10 or 11 th and 
 so had Joseph Bachellorhis present allowances against James 
 Brocke Attorney for M r Paramor 1 of the Isle of Thanet allowed 
 here in New England, upon the account, and divers actions 
 have bin brought here against the Attorneys & Agents of 
 others in England & recovered without stay to heare the par- 
 
 1 See ante, pp. 75, 76, 79. 
 
LECIIFORD S MAM SCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 300 
 
 tyes ownc answcrc out of England. Ncvcrtliclcssc I thinkc it 
 equall that if hereafter M* Ilolyoke can shcwe any discharge 
 or acquittance which will cutt off any partc of Barnabas Davis 
 demands that then he should repay the same & give security 
 so to doc. Furthermore to give what light I may to the Audi 
 tors or Jurors that shall hereafter deale in this businesse <fe 
 for the better & more speedy ending of the same I thinke good 
 to deliver my opinion in some other particularcs incident to 
 the cause. And first I doe conceive that Barnabas Davis being 
 a servant bayliffe & Attorney for M? Williaan <fc M* John Wood- 
 cocke is to be believed in his account for all voyages travailes 
 services costs & charges receipts & disbursements by him 
 made for them unlcssc they or their Attorney M^ Ilolyoke can 
 disprove the same, especially if the said Barnabas Davis de 
 liver his said account upon his oath & so was the said Joseph 
 Bachellor believed in his account for it would be an infinite & 
 allmost impossible worke to prove every particulare by wit 
 nesses remaining both heerc <fe in England dispersedly besides 
 servants are by their masters trusted from the beginning of 
 their imployment & if they doe deceive their masters they are 
 in fault to trust such servants <t therefore it must be presumed 
 the servants are faithfull els their masters would not trust 
 them : Neverthelesse Barnabas Davis should doe well to make 
 as good proofe as he can. 
 
 Secondly I conceive that. if Barnabas Davis cannot prove 
 what in particulare his sallary should be that the same ought 
 to be assessed by the Auditors or by a Jury so it be not above 
 his demands. 
 
 Thirdly that if Barnabas Davis canne prove that besides his 
 said sallary he was to live upon M* William & Mr John Wood 
 cocks plantation to improve the same for them as their bayliffe 
 or Lessee for such other consideration as should be thought 
 equall, then because he hath bin hereby hindered five ycares 
 from planting for himselfe in this Country T conceive his 
 (laminates herein also are to be assessed by the Auditors or a 
 Jury so it be not above his demands for no man can thinke it 
 reasonable that Barnabas Davis should mannagc a ffarme of 400 
 acres w th stocke thereon oncly for 4 9 a wceke sallary accord- 
 
400 LECIIFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 ing to w ch rate onely lie hath demanded for his sallary being 
 as it seems the originall agreement \v th M^ Will m Woodcocke 
 that 4 s a wccke was to he Barnabas Davis his wages till the 
 ffarmc should be recovered & that was to be upon the second 
 voyage at latest & ullthough then it were not recovered nor is 
 yet notwithstanding now M r . John Woodcocke hath recovered 
 dammagcs for the same and thcrfore Barnabas Davis is to 
 have his dammagcs also. Nevertheless because M? John 
 Woodcocke is not yet in possession of all that he hath re 
 covered & the estate is much impaired by the fall of cattle <fcc 
 the Court will no doubt have consideration hereof in mitigat 
 ing the dammages & so direct the Jurors or Auditors that shall 
 have to deale herein. 
 
 Fourthly that if Barnabas Davis can prove that before Mf 
 Holyokes accon brought he offered to agree w th him on reason 
 able terms & to deliver him the oxen & carte iHie would pay 
 & allowe unto the said Barnabas what should be found his due 
 then I conceive the said 10 s costs given against him are to be 
 discharged. 
 
 Fifthly upon the same ground I conceive he is to be dis 
 charged of any pretence of dammages for any supposed im- 
 paire of the estate since M? Holyokes letter of Attorney 
 shewed to Barnabas Davis : for that it is both law & equity 
 & so declared by the said Law of Westm r the second that 
 Accountants in w ch number are Bayliffs receivers chamberlains 
 servants &c are to be allowed their reasonable expences & 
 costs & therefore that this case differeth from crosse debts & 
 accons at Lawe betweene party & party where stoppage is no 
 payment, yet by course of equity such stoppages are often made 
 [and may bo [219] levyed in the Sheriffs hands redy to be 
 delivered to the party yet if the defend 1 shcwe the King in 
 Chancery that the plaintifc is departing the Kingdome and 
 that the defend 1 hath no means to recover his debt of the pltiff 
 when he is gone : the Court will in some cases award a ne 
 exeat regnum & cause the Sheriffe to bring in the money into 
 Court all w ch is but cquall & oftentimes in practise. all 
 between these bracket* crossed out.] Sly all dammages for and 
 about these businesses of Will & John Woodcocke are of 
 
LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 401 
 
 the nature of expcnces unto Barnabas Davis if not expense 
 of his money yet of his time & other losses as precious as 
 money and therfore M* Holyoke could not say to Barnabas 
 Davis render me an account for John Woodcocke & recover 
 your owne as you can. 
 
 Sixtly I conceive that although the verdit be that M r Holy 
 oke shall give Barnabas Davis what shall appeare due upon a 
 just account yet that M r . llolyoke is not chargeable herewith 
 out of his owne estate but out of Mr John Woodcocks & such 
 as are or shall come to the hands of the said Mr Holyoke. 
 
 Seventhly that if any of the cattell dye or be dead in M? 
 Holyokes hands w th out his default he is neither to answere 
 them to John Woodcocke nor Barnabas Davis. 
 
 BOSTON 3. 26. 1641. 
 
 All which at the request of the said Barnabas Davis I have 
 made bould to deliver as my opinion in the premises the rather 
 because I desire not to be further interested in this matter 
 which neverthelesse I humbly submitt to the Judgment of the 
 Court. 
 
 THO : LECHFORD. 
 
 Robert Saltonstall 1 gent bound to Beniamin Keayne gent 
 to pay him as much money as two stecres w ch he is to have of 
 Captaine Edward Gibones by appointment of the said Robert 
 Saltonstall shall come shorte of twenty pounds in value w th in 
 three weckcs after the date hereof dated 3. 28. 1G41. 
 
 Thomas Purches 2 of Pagiscot gent makes a letter of At 
 
 torney unto M? John Olliver g Thomas Lechford g George 
 
 1 Robert Saltonstall was at this time own and his brother s, in which he was 
 
 at "Windsor, Conn. This agreement assisted by Francis Stylos, who appears 
 
 probably has some connection with the in the Barnabas Davis case, and by him 
 
 letter of attorney on p. 189 from led into such expenditure as inconve- 
 
 Robcrt Keayne to one Tinker, of Wind- nienccd the whole family in later years. 
 
 sor, to collect several debts, and among 2 Thomas Purchos, of Pagiscot, was 
 
 others 501 from Robert Saltonstall. one of the many adventurers who 
 
 Robert was a younger son of the baro- crowded the shores of Maine in the 
 
 net, and was engaged at Windsor in early times of the Colony, and of more 
 
 looking out for some property of his ability and discretion, apparently, than 
 
 26 
 
402 
 
 LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 Pier of dorchester pi : & John Gallop of Boston mariner 
 ioyntly or severally to sue Robert Morgan of Pemmaquid 
 James Smith of Wayquait Robert Slmte & Arthur Browne of 
 Winniganset for trespasse on the case in wrongfully taking 
 away 44 moose skins of the value of 501 out of the house of the 
 said M Purchcs & converting the same to their owne use w ch 
 skins were left there by Abacodusset an Indian Saggamore of 
 Kennebecke in trust with the said Thomas Purches so that 
 afterwards the said Indian repaired to the said Mr Purches for 
 satisfaction for the said skinnes & hath received some satis 
 faction & relyeth upon him for full satisfaccon for the same & 
 was not in a little danger of his life & the lives of his wife 
 & family therabout & further hath lost divers advantages of 
 trade w th the said Saggamore all his company <fc undergone 
 scandall among the English before the truth was knowne w ch 
 lay hid a yearc <fc halfe from the fact done to his dammage 
 500 . [3 4] 
 
 Knowe all men by these presents that I Thomas Purches 
 of Pagiscot in New England gent doe hereby in my place put 
 John Oliver gent Thomas Lechford gent George Dier 1 planter 
 & John Gallop 2 marriner my Attorneys joyntly or severally 
 against Robert Morgan of Pemmaquid James Smith of Way- 
 
 most of his kind. Ho c.imc over in 
 1628 ; afterwards was one of the chief 
 men at the settlement of Pagiscot or 
 Pegypscott, at the mouth of the Andro- 
 fccoggin River. A deed of this land to 
 Governor Winthrop and the re>,t of the 
 Massachusetts Colony may be seen in 
 the M<tns. Co/, lice., i. 272, signed hy 
 Thomas Purches. Towards the end 
 of his life he lived in Lynn, having 
 been troubled by the Indian wars which 
 ravaged the region of his former home. 
 He died in 1678. 
 
 1 George Dyer, of Dorchester, where 
 he was a man of some prominence, 
 is often mentioned in the Dorchester 
 Records. 
 
 2 John Gallop, of Boston, mariner, 
 
 is known to posterity from the name 
 Gallop s Point, which was given to the 
 first point of land on the peninsula 
 north of the Town Cove. The next 
 was called Merry s Point, after Walter 
 Merry, and the next Hudson s Point, 
 after Francis Hudson the fisherman. 
 Gallop was a fisherman and pilot, and 
 lived partly in Boston, where he had a 
 house on the road running by the sea 
 side, just south of Gallop s Point. The 
 other names here are hardly worth in 
 quiring about. They may all be found in 
 Savage as inhabitants of some one of the 
 towns along the coast of Maine. Robert 
 Shute and Arthur Brown have appeared 
 in the Note-book before (pp. 137 and 
 209), but neither is of consequence. 
 
LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 403 
 
 quait Robert Shute & Arthur Browne of Winniganset in an 
 accon of trespasse on tlie case scilicet ffor that they the said 
 Robert James Robert & Arthur upon the [blank] day of [blank] 
 in the fifteenth yeare of the raignc of the Kings Mat lc that now 
 is my [220] house at [blank] did break and enter and there did 
 fcake <fe carry away & convert to their owne use forty foure 
 moose skinnes of the value of fifty pounds \v ch were there 
 before that time left in trust w th me by Abacodusset an Indian 
 Saggambre of Kennebecke so that afterwards the said Sagga- 
 niore with his company repayred to me for satisfaction for the 
 said moose skinnes & I was necessitated to give him satisfac 
 tion in parte and to promise him full satisfaction for the same 
 for \v ch he relyeth upon me and hereby I was not in a little 
 danger of my life and the lives of my wife & family & further 
 I have thereby lost divers goods profits & advantages of trade 
 with the said Saggamore & all his company <fc have undergone 
 great scandall among both the English and Indians to my 
 dammage five hundred pounds starling, the same of them to 
 recover. And to that end them to sue arrest impleadc im 
 prison for me <fc in my name Witnesso my hand & scale the 
 last day of May Anno Dai 1641. 
 
 IN THE COURT OF 4. 2. 1641. 
 
 in an accon of 
 
 trespasse 
 on the case. 
 
 RICHARD CH A DWELL l shipwright plaintiff^ 
 
 JOHN SAMPSON SAMUELL BENNET defend \ e *? a 
 
 v t\ 11 T n /> y/r 
 
 The said Richard Shadwell complaineth against the defend 18 
 for that wheras Francis Toby of Rotherhith in the County of 
 Surrey shipwright in or about June 1635 placed the said John 
 Sampson & the said John Sampson placed himselfc apprentice 
 w th the plaintiffe for the terme of five yeares then next ensu 
 ing the said Sampsons Indenture of Apprenticeship notwith 
 standing w ch were not [nirgibl?] or assigned to the plaintiffe 
 
 1 The spelling of Chadwell s name This case may be remembered ; see 
 
 is doubtful in this entry, where it looks p. 206, ante. Samuel Bennet was a 
 
 as though it began with an S. Chad- carpenter of Lynn. 
 wi-11 is, I think, the more correct. 
 
404 LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 and the plaintiffe refused to receive him for lesse than five 
 yeares and the said Sampson consented to serve the plaintiffe 
 five yeares rather than to serve John Tucker an house carpen 
 ter 3 yeares in consideration the said Plaintiffe was a ship 
 wright <fe in that art promised to instruct the said Sampson 
 and whereas the said John Sampson served the plaintiffe three 
 yeares of the said five yeares but in an ill & undutifull man 
 ner, in which time the plaintiffe by himselfe & his brother 
 endcvoured to instruct the said Sampson in the art of a ship 
 wright but he was most times either incapable therof or un 
 willing to it, so that when the pl tlffe had procured Richard 
 Hollingworth of Salem Shipwright to teach the said Sampson 
 the said trade he refused to goe dwell with the said Holling 
 worth but chose rather to goe dwell with the said Samuell 
 Bennet an House carpenter the said Bennet having before un 
 lawfully slocked [or flocked ?] & enticed the said Sampson to 
 come away from the plaintiffe to serve him the said Bennet 
 Whereupon the said Sampson being an ill servant before & 
 through the said slocking [or flocking?] & enticeing made worse 
 & more unwilling the said plaintiffe assigned the said Sampson 
 & he put himselfe apprentice unto the said Bennet for the said 
 last two yeares of the said five yeares for w ch service the said 
 Bennet was to pay the p u 111. And the said Sampson in re 
 compense of his said undutiful service & other things was to pay 
 the plaintiffe five pounds. And the plaintiffe further sheweth 
 that wheras He came to demand the said 11* of the said Ben- 
 net at the last quarter Court in Boston & was then unprovided 
 for his defence in other the premises Now the said Richard 
 Shad well complaineth that the said defend 18 then ioyned to 
 gether not onely to deceive the plaintiffe of the said 111 and 
 5* but to damnify him further than they had formerly the one 
 by ill & undutifull service & the other by slocking & enticeing 
 him away as aforesaid and upon this ioyning together con 
 trived that the said John Sampson should bring an accon 
 against the said plaintiffe upon an Indenture to w ch the said 
 plaintife was neither party nor privy and first [221] for not 
 teaching the said Sampson the said trade of a shipwright 
 according to the said indenture and secondly for deteyning 
 
LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 405 
 
 the said Sampson in service longer time than was expressed 
 in the said indenture <fe make some other false allegations 
 against the pl tlffe vf^ said complotment accordingly the said 
 John Sampson fnllfilled and unduly recovered dammages 
 against the plaintiffe viz* 201 f or a supposed not teaching the 
 said Sampson the said trade of a shipwright wheras the pi* 
 did by all rneanes duly endcvor it as aforcs d and 7* 10* for a 
 supposed overreckoning in his time of service, wheras he vol 
 untarily consented to serve 5 ycarcs as aforesaid : and obteyned 
 the cancelling of the said five pounds upon pretence that it was 
 wrested from him onely for dammage done the said plaintiffe 
 about the not moaving of a barke whereas it was for divers 
 other ill services and dammages. And hereby the plaintiffe 
 saith he hath suffered in his good name & estate and hath bin 
 damnified 501 and therupon he brings his suit. [8 4 
 Thomas Nicholls testis,] 
 
 The peticon of some of the Inhabitants of Hingham that 
 wheras the Cort heretofore gave the Towne certaine lands for 
 enlargement at Conihasset 1 to be sett out by certaine com 
 mittees of Dorchester & Rocksbury in the order therof named 
 the said lands are not yet sett out by them but divided by 
 certaine men t>f the said towne of Hingham contrary to the 
 said order & contrary to the liking of many in the said towne 
 & the peticoners therefore beseech the Court to take the same 
 into their consideration & to give direction that the said order 
 be pursued as it was first intended. [Is.] 
 
 The peticon of Anthony Eames 2 that wheras he hath bin 
 here inhabitant seven yeares or therabouts & his charge hath 
 
 1 The meadows at Conihasset (be- interference by the General Court in a 
 tween Scituate and Hingham) had been quarrel among the people of Hingham 
 given to the townspeople of Hingham as to whether Allen or Eames should be 
 by the General Court, May 13, 1640 the captain of their trainband. Eames 
 (Mass. Col. Rec.i i. 290). was naturally a person of some conse- 
 
 2 Anthony Earnes will be remem- quence in the town, having been rep- 
 bered by any one who took the trouble resentative many times, commissioner 
 to investigate the case of Bozoum Allen to decide small cases, and lieutenant, 
 (ante, p. 172) in Winthrop (vol. ii. before he was chosen captain. 
 
 p. 221). The trouble arose from the 
 
406 LECHFORVS MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 bin great & done some service for the Country in laying out 
 the lyne hetweene this Patent <fe Pliinmouth he was also 
 promised accommodation in Conihasset when it should be con 
 ferred on Hingham, and having [illegible] & a teame & wants 
 imploymcnt for them desires the Court to consider hereof 
 that he may have a proportionable accommodation in Conni- 
 hasset as the Court shall please to appoint; his accommoda 
 tion already being but small & except it be enlarged he shall 
 be constrayned to looke out for himself e els where. [0 ] 
 
 M* Cuttou saith that there is due 424* or therabouts w eb 
 should have ben payed 22 April last. Charter party dated 
 9 Jan: 39. [2] 
 
 The petition of certaine of the Freemen & Inhabitants of 
 Hingham l that they intending God willing a ffishing planta 
 tion at Nantascct may be instituted into a company according 
 to the wisdome of the Court & that they may have granted 
 them all the said necke of land called Nantascet from sea to 
 sea unto the head of straits pond w tb all y e appurtenances and 
 that yo r peticoners may for the same good end & purpose be 
 instituted into a Company with such power & limitations as 
 to this Court shall seerae meet. [Is.] 
 
 Joseph Armitage of Lynne lets a shallop of 3 tunnes or 
 therabouts unto Abraham Robinson Thomas Ashley & Will 
 Browne of Cape Anne fishermen 2 till 29. 7. <px with the tack 
 ling & appurtenences & they are to pay 3 l in money or good 
 
 1 I do not think that this petition tations thither, shall have land and 
 
 was granted in precisely the fona meadows upon Nanta.sket Neck," etc. 
 
 wherein it here appears. But under There is no patent for a company to be 
 
 date 2d June, 1(541, the Court ordered found, however, in the Records. 
 
 "that a plantation for the furthering of 2 We cannot easily identify these 
 
 fishing shall fourth with bee set up at fishermen, and perhaps it is hardly 
 
 Nantascot, that all the neck to the necessary to do so. Abraham Robin - 
 
 end of the furthest beach towards son is found at Gloucester some years 
 
 Hingham, where the tide over Moweth, after this mention, and Thomas Ashley 
 
 shall belong to it ; and that such of the may be the man of that name who was 
 
 present inhabitants of Hingham as will in Maine 1654 ; but even if this be the 
 
 follow fishing & will remove their habi- case, not much is gained. 
 
LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 407 
 
 & merchantable dry fish to the said Joseph at the end of the 
 said tcnue therefore & redeliver the said shallop w tb the same 
 appurtenences at Lynne. 
 
 A petieori for Timothy Hawkins 4. 4, 1641. 
 
 The humble peticon of BARNABAS DAVIS 
 
 Shcwcth that wheras the Court hath ordered me to account 
 to John Woodcocke & to attach the cattle that was Will m 
 Woodcocks as in a new accou I humbly conceive that the 
 vcrdit of the Jury was given as upon a crosso suit ioyntly 
 comming to hearing together w ch in effect one of the Jury 
 testified in Court for he said that their meaning was that I 
 should be allowed what should appeare due to me upon a just 
 account as well for W m as John Woodcocke and [222] with 
 all due submission to yo r wor ps for I thinke yo r worships have 
 bin fully informed through my wcaknesse in my cause & that 
 your worships doe not yet so clearely understand my cause & 
 it so ncarcly conccrncs me that the greatest parte of my estate 
 lyeth in it, the cattle arre taken out of my possession I being 
 a servant accountant am not allowed my charges & reason 
 able expences I demand 64 l 10 8 10 d besides dammages halfe of 
 the said moneys is my meerc expences & the cattle will not 
 satisfie me I verily believe. In tender consideration wherof 
 I beseech yo r worships in yo r grave wisdomes & pittyfull com 
 passion towards me to be pleased but to let my account the 
 auditors joynt certificat, the case thereupon & the opinion of 
 one of the Auditors on the whole matter be read either in pub- 
 licke or private before yo r wor p8 and thereupon to consider 
 whether it be not fitt & equal! that seeing I am putt off from 
 hearing at this Court that the cattle be attached from M 
 Holyokc & delivered upon security to me till the cause be 
 heard And so I leave myselfe & my matters at yo r wor ps feet 
 to be at God s dispose. 
 
408 LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK, 
 
 The petition of RALFE WoRY 1 White tanner of Leather 
 dwelling at Charlestowne. 
 
 1. He prayeth the Court that no goates might be killed 
 under two yeares old except kids by the butchers. 
 
 2. That the butchers & others that take off skinns might 
 be enioyned not to slawter cut or rent the skinnes under 
 some paine of forfeiture. 
 
 3. That Tanners may tanne no goat buck doe nor moose 
 skinnes nor white tanners tane no cowe nor oxe hide under 
 paine of some forfeiture. 
 
 4. That some Officers be appointed to view all leather made 
 in the Country before it be sold or put to use. 
 
 5. That none may buy skinnes killed in the Country but 
 those that dresse them heere. 
 
 M* William Hooke 2 of Accamenticus. 
 My John Underbill a peticon. 
 
 Wheras we understand that Mf William Hooke of Accamen 
 ticus intcndeth shortly a voyage into England we have thought 
 good to accompany him w tb this our testimoniall that he hath 
 borne himselfe in this Countrey in all things we knowe of hon 
 estly soberly fairely & therefore with us he hath this esteeme 
 to be a sober discreat & religious man & for such we recom 
 mend him to those whome it may concerne. [1 ] 
 
 The peticon of CAPTAINE JOHN UNDERBILL 3 
 
 Shewcth that he humbly acknowledged himselfe to have 
 ben a very greivous offender against God & this Common- 
 
 1 Ralph Woorey, leather-dresser, is shortly, for he was representative in 
 noted in Wyman, but nothing to speak 1643 as well ns in 1637, and died in 
 of is known of him. No mention of this country in 1654. 
 
 the petition is to be found in the 8 The sentence of banishment for 
 
 Record, Captain John Underbill was repealed 
 
 2 Mr. William Hooke was not the June 2, 1641, the session of the Court, 
 minister of that name, but the brother I suppose, at which this petition was 
 of Francis Hooke, of Kittcry. He must presented. 
 
 have returned from England very 
 
LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 409 
 
 wealth and thereby hath received severe censures past upon 
 him both by the Church <fc this Court Notwithstanding as he 
 hopeth the God of heaven will give him more true repentance 
 & thereupon some more comfortable forgiveness in his due 
 time <fe the Church of God hath bin pleased upon his humble 
 & hearty contrition & confession of his abominations to loose 
 him from his deserved bonds so though unworthy of the least 
 favor from you he humbly beseecheth this hono ble Court to be 
 pleased to remit his civill censure by him rashly foolishly & 
 unadvisedly incurd And that you would be pleased to restore 
 this Distressed petitioner to his former libertys ffor w cb humble 
 request he should have in person awayted this hono bl Court 
 but that he is now called asyde upon other lawfull occasions 
 at Aqucdney as it is well knowne <fec. 
 
 [223] The humble pet icon of RICHARD PARKER 1 of Boston 
 
 merchant, 
 
 Sheweth that wheras some powder being found heretofore 
 in the hands of certaine Indians yo r pcticoner was examined 
 whether he had sold any powder to any Indian, <fe if lie had 
 how much, he answered and confessed he had, once before 
 that time sold,. about 4 ounces of powder to the Saggamore 
 Aggawam. Now forasmuch as this sale of powder to the said 
 Aggawam was above two yeares since when yo r peticoner was 
 but a new commer & not knoweing the orders of the Country 
 [& one to whome as this peticoner hath heard the Country 
 had some confidence in & who was in the service against 
 the Pequids and continually converseth w th us as a friend & 
 to whome some liberty of fowling with his peece hath bin 
 granted by the Court as this peticoner hath heard, all be 
 tween these brackets crossed out.] and that was yo r peticoners 
 onely offence in this kinde & in so smale a quantity. 
 
 In tender consideration of the premises yo r pcticoner hum 
 bly prayeth this hono hl Cort to be pleased to remit the said 
 
 1 Exactly when this sentence was General Court, and at that meeting (at 
 
 pronounced I do not know. In De- which I suppose this petition was pre- 
 
 cember, 1640, Richard Parker was sented) his fine was lowered from 101 to 
 
 respited until the next meeting of the 10s. 
 
410 LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 offence unto him promising to be henceforth so careful that 
 neither he nor any of his shall at any time sell any powder or 
 ammunition to the Indians without direction & command So 
 restes yo r obliged Richard Parker. [1 6. 4. 9-41] 
 
 The humble peticon of SERGEANT EDWARD MELLOWES a of 
 Charlestowne, 
 
 Sheweth that wheras about 10 or 11 yeares since his father 
 Aft Abraham Mellowes at the motion of the hono ble M* Hum- 
 frey did put into the Common Stocke fifty pounds of lawfull 
 money of England he promising that the peticoners said father 
 or his heires or assignes should have a valuable proportion of 
 land in this Jurisdiction to at least 500 acres of land for the 
 same. 
 
 And whereas yo r peticoncr is heirc & assignee of his said 
 ffather deceased, <fc hath yet obteyned towards* satisfaction of 
 the premises onely 200 acres in one place where no more 
 can be had & which is no valuable proportion for the said 501. 
 In tender consideration of the premises yo r peticoner humbly 
 praycth the Court to be pleased to grant him the other 800 
 acres together in some other place So restes yo r obliged Ed 
 Mellowes. [1 ; 4. 9. 41] 
 
 The peticon of WILL" SAVILL 2 of Cambridge joy ner 
 
 Sheweth that wheras he did worke heretofore at Cambridge 
 for M r . Nathaniell Eaton and for parte of this peticoners pay 
 he received by apprizement one cowe & a steere calfe for 251 
 w ch then was 51 overvalued at least & out of w ch he payd 91 
 to workmen in money besides then presently cattle fell more 
 & so have done ever since and now they are not worth above 
 
 1 T\vo hundred acres were granted to ham s statement that he was a partner 
 the heirs of Abraham Mellows by the in the Company for 501. Edward Mel- 
 Court to which the petition was pre- lows was freeman before his father 
 seated. Abraham Mellows, with his (March 4, 1634), and was afterwards 
 wife and child, were admitted to the constable, town clerk, selectman, etc. 
 church in 1633; he was freeman May He died in 1650. 
 
 14, 1634, and died, Savage says, before 2 William Savill cannot be found in 
 
 1639. This passage confirms Frothing- Savage. 
 
LECH FORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 411 
 
 121 \y ch another bull calfe increased having bin kept about a 
 yeare so that yo r peticoner is damnifyed 13 besides 2* 10 s for 
 the keeping of them since w ch amounts to in all to 151 10 s . 
 In tender consideration whcrof yo r peticoner humbly prayeth 
 he may be relieved in the premises according to equity against 
 the said M r . Eaton & his estate hcere by the order of this Court 
 and that especially because the apprisement aforesaid was 
 made not to this peticoner, but halfe a ycare before for pay 
 ments to other men & he was faigne to take these though so 
 much too deere because he apprehended not any other way to 
 be satisfyed. So rcstes. [Is.] 
 
 Edwards of Charlestowne makes a peticon against 
 Harmn.n Garret & the two apprizcrs Steven Fozdike <fc Robert 
 Nash for prizing the house too deere 401 a t least & bound 
 in 200* to pay 120* for a house & an acre of ground or 
 therabouts. 
 
 The peticon of WILL M BUCKNUM of Charlestowne carpenter, 
 
 Sheweth that wheras his mother in Law the widdow Wil 
 kinson kcepes away from him his sonne John Biicknum 
 against the good will of this peticoner w ch is like to be a breach 
 of peace betwecne us, Yo r peticoner humbly prayeth the wid 
 dow Wilkinson may be ordered to rcdelivcr to this peticoner 
 his said child. 2 
 
 [224] The peticon* of the Freemen of Cambridge 
 
 Sheweth that wheras there are some differences betwcene 
 some neighbor towncs & ourselves about wood & timber & 
 
 1 For this matter see pp. 176, ante, eighteen years. William Bueknam, in 
 & 225, pnst. his will, gave a smaller fortune to his 
 
 2 That William Bueknam married son John than to his children hy his 
 (first wife) a daughter of Prudence second wife, partly on account of his 
 Wilkinson may be seen in Wyman s infirmity, and partly because he was 
 Charlc.st.mni. Savage goes on to say taken hy his grandmother, as appears 
 (partly hy conjecture) that hy this wife hy this passage in the Note-book. 
 
 he had a son John, whom (or else his 8 It was in consequence of this peti- 
 son) he thinks is the one spoken of tion that the Court appointed (June 2, 
 by Sewall as havipg been dumb for 1641) Mr. Thomas Mayhew and John 
 
412 LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 about ccrtaine lands on the south of Charles river w ch we con 
 ceive belong to our bounds for want of explanation of the 
 order of Court therof, and by reason of certaine lands claymed 
 from us unequally as we conceive by the running of a lyne 
 betweenc us & Watertowne We humbly crave of this hon 
 oured Court that for the settlement of peece & quiet among 
 us you would be pleased to heare our deputyes to the particu- 
 lares aforesaid <fc therupon to take such good order as to *yo r 
 wol . P s s i ia n scenic to stand w tb equity. [1 ] 
 
 The peticon of ROGER TOLL servant to M* HENRY WEBB 1 
 
 of Boston 
 
 Sheweth that wheras about two yeares since yo r peticoner 
 being a new commer not knowing the Orders of the Country 
 sould certaine powder to the quantity of but about 2* unto 
 some of Cusshannequins his master not knowing of the said 
 sale till afterwards The peticoner humbly prayeth this 
 hono ble Court to be pleased for this his first offence in this 
 kinde to remit the same unto him promising hereafter to be 
 so carefull that neither for himselfe nor any other he will sell 
 or deliver powder or munition to any Indian w tb out order or 
 command I reste yo r obliged. [1 rec in corn] 
 
 TJie peticon of THOMAS MAKEPEACE 2 of Dorchester gent 
 
 Sheweth that wheras he bought a ccrtaine house & farme 
 of 200 acres of land wherof some is inclosed lying on the east 
 parte of M? Haynes his farme neare dedham of Mf Crowe 
 
 Bridge to adjust the differences hero Toll was his apprentice, as Savage 
 
 spoken of; "and if they cannot agree, thinks. 
 
 they are to choose a third man to 2 Thomas Makepeace came to Dor- 
 settle things." chester with his family in 1036. He 
 1 Henry Webb was a merchant who was there a person of consideration 
 had his house and shop, I suppose, one (although I do not find that he ever 
 or two doors bt-low Captain Keayne s, on held office), being almost invariably 
 what is now State Street. He came referred to by the title of Mr. In 
 to Boston 1G37, and died September response to this petition, the Court 
 7, 1660, leaving much to Harvard appointed a committee of three to view 
 College in the way of land that is and settle "Mr. Makepeace his farme of 
 now of the greatest value. Roger two hundred acres." 
 
LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 413 
 
 sometime of Charlestowne as it is layd out. Yo r petitioner 
 desireth this hono bl Cort to be pleased to coniirmo the same 
 unto him by order of this Court, [ik?.] 
 
 The humble peticon of ROBERT CooKE 1 of Charlestowne 
 
 Sheweth that wheras the Country was indebted to his 
 iTathcr 401 im( l f or satisfaccon thcrof this peticoncr was 
 ordered to goc to the Treasurer for payment M? Treasurer 
 assigned this peticoncr a bill to be payd by Lynne and they 
 would pny him no otherwise but in corne at 4 s p b. & he hath 
 received in parte 120 bushells at 4 s p b. and the rest he must 
 aecept from them at the same rate. The peticoner humbly 
 prcyeth allowance of the Court such as you shall thinkc fitt 
 corne having passed at 3 3 p b. & much to be bought under. 
 [0,?.] 
 
 John Pollard 2 of Boston in New England merchant makes 
 a letter of Attorney unto Josuah Hughes of Roxbury ironmon 
 ger and George Pollard of Duxbury in N England miller to 
 receive all debts etc. 4. 19. 41. 
 
 A Commission to John Wcbbe ais [Wa?ifc] 3 of Boston and 
 his company to trade & doe their businesse at the Isle of 
 Sables & to passe in the burke Endevor of Salem wherof is 
 Master Joseph Grafton. 4. 21. 41. [34] 
 
 1 There is some little doubt in tho 3 "John "Webb als \]il /] " must he 
 pages of Savage as to whether the name "John Kvered als "Webb" (nntc, p. 138). 
 of this man were Richard or Robert, one I know nothing more of his ocwipatiau 
 name being found in the list of freemen, than is contained in the note on that 
 and the other in that of church-mem- page. The Colonial Record has no 
 hers. In the Mass. Col. Rec., however, notice of this commission. The ketch 
 is record of an order that 12(i. in a "Endeavour," it may be remembered, 
 bushel should be paid to Mr. Robert was hired of Joseph Grafton by John 
 Cooke to make up for the depreciation of Cogan and Thomas Owen until April, 
 corn, amounting to 40*. 1641 (see p. 202, antr). This commis- 
 
 2 It would seem as if George Pollard sion is in June of the same year, by 
 were related to John, though the fact which time the voynge to Virginia and 
 is not noted by Savage, who says little back there spoken of was, we may hope, 
 of either George or John ; for whom see successfully accomplished. 
 
 p. 175, ante. 
 
414 LECH FORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 John Sampson of London merchant makes a generall letter 
 of Attorney unto David Yale l merchant now resident in 
 Boston in N E. 4. 21. 41. [2s.] 
 
 Know all men by these presents that wheras I Elizabeth 
 Glover of Cambridge in N E widdowe & trustee of the last will 
 & testament of M* Josse Glover deceased doc hereby for good 
 considerations me thereunto moving for and in parte perform 
 ance of the said last will & testament grant assigne and sett 
 over unto William Stibbins of Boston in N E gent and [Want] 
 of [WA-] in N E aforesaid all that my reversion after the de 
 cease of M ra . Anne Glover of London widdow of and in all those 
 lands & tenements lying in Ratcliff within the mannor of Steb- 
 bonheath in the County of Midd with the appurtenances settled 
 upon me by my said late husband To have & to hold the said 
 Reversion <fc premises and all <fc singulare the premises w th 
 the appurtenances unto the said W S & [Waw] and [ends 
 thus ; the whole paragraph is crossed out.~\ 
 
 [225] To the right ivor 11 the Governor $ Assistants 
 
 The bill of Complaint of JOHN EDWARDS of Charlestowne 
 
 (/unsmith 
 
 Shewcth that wheras by agreement betweene Harman 
 Garret of Charlestowne aforesaid Gunsmith & this Complain 
 ant 2 in writing made upon the 17th day of the seventh 
 moneth Anno Dili 1G40 the said Harman was to sell unto 
 this Complainant his house in Charlestowne aforesaid for such 
 reasonable price as should be agreed on by foure men indiffer 
 ently to be chosen betweene them the said Harman taking 
 
 i David Yale (thought by some to Boston Town Record or the Book of 
 
 be the father of Elihu Yah-) "came to Possessions; and from the mention in 
 
 New England with his father-in-law, Massachusetts Colonial Record (vol. ii.) 
 
 Governor Eaton, in 1637." He lived he might have lived anywhere, 
 
 at Boston chiefly, I should imagine, 2 The agreement here referred to be- 
 
 although he owned land at New Haven, tween Garret and Edwards may be found 
 
 and quitted the country in 1652. set down at length earlier in the Note- 
 
 There is no mention of him in the book (ante, p. 176). 
 
LECIIFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 415 
 
 advantage of this Complaynants unexperiencednesse in build 
 ings pressed him to buy the same house before the said terme 
 in the said agreement mentioned was ended and for the ap- 
 prizcmcnt therof pcrs waded this Complainant that two men 
 were sufficient to performc the same, and when this Complain 
 ant had named for him two men to wit Stephen Fossedike and 
 Barnabas Davis of Charlcstowne the said llarnian Garret said 
 that Barnabas Davis was not skilled in matters of building but 
 much commended the said Steven Fossedike saying that he 
 was an honest man and a member of the Church and one that 
 helped build the said house <fe one whome he might well put 
 this matter unto & to him onely & that the said Harman Gar 
 ret thought to make choice of him for himselfe & so in effect 
 he made choice of him the said Steven Fossedike as well as of 
 the other arbitrator Robert Nash and this was no indifferent 
 choice & but of two men wheras by the said agreement the 
 same was to be referred to foure men indifferently to be chosen 
 To w* 11 two Arbitrators the price of the said house being re 
 ferred they the said Arbitrators were to sett downe what they 
 esteemed the said house <fc some other things to be worth at 
 that present to be sold to any person one or other & neither 
 this Complainant nor the said Harman Garret was to give any 
 private informacon unto the said Arbitrators or either of them 
 aparte till the said Arbitration made notwithstanding the said 
 Harman Garret did give one of the said Arbitrators private 
 information of something touching the premises wherof this 
 CompP had no notice to answer the same before the said 
 arbitration delivered up. And this Complaynant sheweth that 
 upon the said undue proceedings the said Arbitrators prized 
 the said house <fe an acre of ground or therabouts at 120* or 
 thereabouts w ch was to deere almost by halfe as the state of 
 things stood at the time of the said arbitration made & yet 
 doe stand Notwithstanding the said Harman Garret presently 
 upon the said arbitration g)tt this Complainant with a suerty 
 to enter into bond of a great penalty to pay the said 1201 to 
 him the said Garret in some shorte time to come In tender 
 consideration wherof the said Complaynant prayeth that the 
 said Harman Garret mav be called to answere the premises & 
 
416 LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 to bring in the said bond into the Court and either to take the 
 said house & premises againe or els that an indifferent ap- 
 prizement may be made therof anew by order of the Court & 
 finally to stand to such order in the premises as to yo r wor 
 ships shall seeme to stand w th equity & good Conscience &c. 
 [5-0] 
 
 [226] 1 Mathew Allen of Hartford upon the river of Con- 
 necticot in America merchant otherwise called Matherum 
 Allen nup de Bramtom in Com Devon infra Regn Angli 6 
 ac mine de Hartford sup Conectacott River infra Nova Anglia 
 m r cator was summoned to answere Thomas Harwood and 
 James Gamon of Barnstable in the County of Devon aforesaid 
 merchants in a plea of debt Wherupon the said Thomas & 
 James say that the said Mathew by his writing obligatorie 
 under his hand and scale dated the fourth day of June in the 
 sixteenthe yeare of the raigne of our Soveraigne Lord King 
 Charles Anno Dni 1640 did acknowledge himself e to owe 
 unto the said Thomas and James the summe of two thousand 
 pounds of good and lawfull money of England to be payd unto 
 them when he should be therunto required, wherof the said 
 Thomas & James acknowledge they are satisfied of the summe 
 of five hundred seven pounds fifteen shillings & nine pence, 
 Notwithstanding the said Mathew hath not payd the residue of 
 the said two thousand pounds that is to say 1492 4 3 d 
 unto the said Thomas & James or cither of them although he 
 hath bin thereunto required at Hartford and Windsore upon 
 the river of Connecticot aforesaid. And they say that the 
 said debt groweth thus that the said Mathew bound himsclfe 
 in the said obligation of the summe of two thousand pounds 
 dated as abovesaid w th condicon that if the said Mathew Allen 
 his executors administrators and assignes should well and 
 truly pay observe performe fulfill & keepe all & singulars the 
 payments grants Covn 18 condicons & agreements conteyned 
 
 1 It \vas in regard to this matter the rest of the ma 11 * * at Coneetacot, to 
 
 that two or three days later (Oct. 7, send hack the prisoner Mathew Allen 
 
 1641) the General f ourt ordered "that or satisfy the debt and damage" (cf. p. 
 
 a letter shall bee sent to Mr. Ilaynes & 200, ante). 
 
LECHFORD S MANUSC1UPT NOTE-BOOK. 417 
 
 specifyed & declared in certaine Articles & Covenants of agree 
 ment indented made by & betwcenc the abovenamed Thomas & 
 James of the one partc <fc the said Mathcw of the other parte 
 and bearing the same date w th the said obligation w ch on the 
 partc of him the said Mathcw his exec trs adm r9 or assignes were 
 to be observed performed fulKilled & kept according to the 
 tenor forme effect of the said Articles and Covenants of 
 agreem* then the said obligation was to be voyd ct of none 
 effect or els to be & remaine in full power strength force effect 
 & vertne And the said Thomas & James doe indeed say that 
 the said Mathcw did break one of the Covenants or Articles 
 in the said Articles & Covenants of Agreement specifyed in that 
 the said Mathcw upon the day of delivery of the cattle in the 
 said Articles mentioned did not for security of payment further 
 give and deliver unto Philip Gibbe the factor or assignee of 
 the said Thomas & James a good <fc lawfull bond or obliga 
 tion whcrin the said Mathcw with two such sufficient sucrties 
 as the said factor or assignee should accept of should be bound 
 in the summo of 20001 that the said Mathew his [227] ex 
 ecutors or assigncs should pay or satisfic the full summo and 
 so much money reckoned as the said cattle should amount 
 unto, w ch according to the said articles & covenants of agreem 1 
 was the summc of 994 1 5 s viz* for 97 head of cattle within 
 tvro moneths next after the day of arrivall of the ship in 
 the said articles mentioned at Boston in New England or 
 within 2 moneths after the arrivall aforesaid to drawc good 
 bills of exchange for payment thereof and the same to be payd 
 upon 40 daycs sight as in the said articles is expressed accord 
 ing as the said Mathew was bound by the said articles & bound 
 thereupon to doe Wherupon the said Thomas & James bring 
 their suit aforesaid for the said 1492 4 8 3 d . [5111 10s. - 
 31 14*. 3^. = 507i 15s. 3d. 5111 10s. Qd. + 4921 4s. 3d. = 
 10001 Os. Or?. G 8.] 
 
 Boston Lynne Salem Ipswich Rowley Newberry Salisbury 
 Hampton Charlestowne Cambridge Waterton Concorde Sud- 
 bury Dedham Roxbury Dorchester Wey mouth & Hingham. 
 [17 warr to about cotton. 5. 8. 41 @ Is. 5ti] 
 
 27 
 
418 LECIIFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 Thomas Allen of Barnstablc in N E y agreeth w th John 
 Eells l of Dorchester in N E planter for 70* in hand payd to 
 convey unto the said John Eells & his heires & assignes for 
 ever one house & garden w th the appurtenances in Earnstablc 
 in the County of Devon lying in Bowport streete in the occu 
 pation of Phillip Cole & Lewis Grove or their assignes all rents 
 & revenues rcvertions thcrof after the lives of the said Phillip 
 & Lewis & all Writings Leases & counterparts, and to he in 
 possession of the rent presently And to make any assurance 
 w th in 7 yearcs And to be bound to these articles in 1501, and 
 that he shall receive 20i due to me at the decease of my ffather- 
 in law John Markc of Bramton in Devon y. of his heires exe 
 cutors &c or of Edward Langdon of Branton in the County 
 aforesaid y & he is to receive the bond of my brother Richard 
 Allen of Branton aforesaid yeoman And a letter of Attorney 
 for the same. 
 
 JOHN MOSES 2 of Duxbury shipwright p lt "j in an action 
 
 THOMAS KEYSER & JOHN GUY of Lynne ! trespasse 
 
 defend 1 * J upon the ca 
 
 JOHN MOSES 2 of Duxbury shipwright p u "} in an action of 
 
 trespasse 
 upon the case. 
 
 The said John Moses Complayncth against the said defend 
 ants for y* wheras in or about the third moncth Anno Dni 
 1640 they did retcyne the said Complaynant to make for them 
 a pinnace in forme as followeth that is to say thirty two footc 
 by the keele and live foote and halfe in the hould deepe to be 
 made proportionable according to the same with a decke and 
 to be seeled throughout the said pinnace and to be finished 
 
 1 It might seem from this as if John attorney, etc., may be found at great 
 Eells was about to return to England, length post, p. 229 el seqq. 
 This may possibly have been the case. 2 Of John Moses and John Guy I 
 He is, however, heard of by Savage can find no mention at all in Savage, 
 at Newbury in 1645 as a "beehive- Thomas Keyser has obtained a species 
 maker," and his death is by him set of fame through his mention by Win- 
 down for 1653. The name of Thomas throp (vol. ii. p. 231), where are related 
 Allyn, of Barnstable, may be found in certain operations of one Smith and his 
 the church register, though not else- mate Thomas Keyser in a voyage under- 
 where to my knowledge. An inden- taken by them to the coast of Guinea 
 ture to the .same effect as the above, after negroes. Keyser was a seafaring 
 together with articles of agreement man of whom little other remembrance 
 between the same parties and a letter of was preserved. 
 
LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 419 
 
 the last of August then next following for which they the said 
 defend* 9 promised to pay the said plain tiffe 40* and such 
 other charges as are mentioned in the writing: of agreement 
 therof at the finishing of the said pinnace under the hands of 
 both the said defendants and the said pi* And the said plaint i tie 
 indeed saith that the said defend* 9 were by agreement also 
 bctwocno them the said def* <t pi 4 to deliver to the said pi 
 divers materialls towards the finishing the said pinnace hy the 
 day aforesaid appointed in the said agreement but they the said 
 dofen* 8 fay led therein so that- the same pinnace could not be 
 finished by the said day appointed through the default of the 
 said defendants neither were they ready to satislie the said 
 plaintiffe for the said pinnace when it should be finished as 
 was agreed as aforesaid But [228] the said plaintiffe was 
 forced to sell the said pinnace away to Captainc Edward 
 Gibons in the third moneth last and to finish the same for 
 him whereby the said pinnace lay upon the plaintiffes hands 
 in building from the said last of August Anno Dili 1640 till 
 the midst of the said third moucth last being 9 moneths To 
 the Dammagc of the said pl l W 19 s ll d . 
 
 The said p !t received in pitch okhum & nayles . . 5* 3s. 
 
 And in rnorrey or moneys worth 10 
 
 And in pitch & okhum more 
 
 And in nayles more 10 
 
 And in redy money at sight 3 
 
 [3-4] 
 
 1 Richard Bcllingham Esq r Governor of the Jurisdiccon 
 or Societie of the Mattachusetts Bay in New England unto 
 John Humfrey Esq r Simon Bradstreete gent Thomas Wiggon 
 gent and [Samuel] Symmons gent greeting By vertue of his 
 Ma ts Letters Patents under the great scale of England and by 
 the Advise of the [&/an] Counsell of the said Jurisdiccon or 
 
 1 Most probably this commission did Stongliton, Mr. Samuel Symoiuls, Mr. 
 
 not go into effect, for there is in the William Tynge, Mr. Francis Williams, 
 
 Colonial Record an entry wherein the and Mr. F.ihvanl Hilton, under date 
 
 same powers, here specified, are given of Oct. 7, 1641, or three months later 
 
 to Mr. Simon Bradstreet, Mr. Israel than the present commission. 
 
420 LECUFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 Society I authorize and appoint you to goe to Dover heretofore 
 called Pascattaquay by whatsoever name it be called and there 
 to summon call and keepe a Court and Courts and to heare & 
 determine all causes civill & criminal & to cause executions to 
 be made & done according to the Lawcs of England as neare 
 as in yo r discrcation you shall be able to doe ft or which this 
 Commission shall be yo r sufficient warrant In testimony whcr- 
 of I have caused the publicke sealc of our Colony to be here 
 unto affixed the eight day of the fift moneth Anno Dili 1641. 
 
 Phillip DC Lanoc 1 of Duxbury planter aged about thirty six 
 yeares sworne saith that John Moses of Duxbury aforesaid 
 shipwright having a pinnace in hand to build for one Thomas 
 Keyser and his partner as this deponent hath heard he was 
 intreated by the said John Moses to inquire at some house in 
 Boston for pitch & oakum that should be left there by the said 
 Thomas Keyser and his partner for the use of the said pinnace 
 and this deponent did inquire two severall times for the said 
 pitch & oakum about the latter end of the lift moneth last or 
 the beginning of the sixt moneth last but could not find where 
 the same was left though he inquired at divers houses but two 
 or three who said they knew Keyser & his p tr then told this 
 dcpon that the said Keyser intended not to have the said 
 pinnace for that he was not able to pay for it nor his partner 
 neither. Wherof this deponent tould the said John Moses 
 w r ho thereupon borrowed this deponents boate <fc went therin 
 w th another man to seekc the said Keyser & his partner about 
 the said pitch & oakum and pinnace & they were waiting 
 w th his said boate three wcekes in the cheife mackrell time 
 in September w ch was above 4t dammage to this deponent 
 [1-0] 
 
 1 Philip Delano, or De la Noy, as it bility," according to Winsor. William 
 
 was formerly written, was said to have Latham was a more obscure inhabitant 
 
 been a Frenchman, member of the of Duxbury, whither he moved from 
 
 church at Leydcn. He came over in Plymouth. He had come over in the 
 
 1621, was freeman in 1032, and was one " Mayflower" as servant to Governor 
 
 of the early settlers of Duxbury, where Carver. (See Bradford, pp. 447 and 
 
 he became a man of "much respecta- 450.) 
 
LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 421 
 
 [229] Will m Latham of Duxbury planter aged about 32 
 yeares sworne saith upon his oath that in the seventh moneth 
 last he went in a boate from Duxbury aforesaid w th John 
 Moses to seeke Thomas Keiscr <fe his partner about a pinnace 
 that the said John Moses had in hand for them and that this 
 deponent <fe the said Moses were out about the said businesse 
 above three weekes. [ 8] 
 
 Articles of Covenant <f Agreement indented made the eight day of 
 July Anno Dni 1641. Betweene THOMAS ALLEN of Barn- 
 stable in New England yeoman of the one parte And JOHN 
 EELS of Dorchester in New England planter of the other 
 parte as follow eth. 
 
 Imprimis the said Thomas Allen doth hereby covenant agree 
 promise and grant to and with the said John Eells that for and 
 in consideration of the summe of seventy pounds of lawfull 
 money of England. [These paragraphs erased, and their place 
 taken by the following one.] 
 
 This Indenture made the eight day of July in the seventeenth 
 yeare of the raigne of our Soveraigne Lord Charles by the 
 grace of God of England Scotland France & Ireland King 
 Defender of the faith &c Annoqr Dili 1641 Betweene Thomcs 
 Allen of Barnstable in New England yeoman of the one parte 
 and John Eells of Dorchester in New England planter of the 
 other parte Witnesseth that the said Thomas Allen for and in 
 consideration of the summe of seventy pounds of lawfull money 
 of England to him in hand payd by the said John Eells before 
 the sealing & delivery hereof wherof and wherewith the said 
 Thomas Allen doth acknowledge himselfe truly satisfied con 
 tented and payd & thereof and of every parte therof doth hereby 
 remise release and forever quittclayme the said John Eells his 
 heires executors and administrators Doth by these presents 
 grant bargaine sell enfeoffe and confirme unto the said John 
 Eells all that y e house and houses tenement and tenements gar 
 den and gardens thereunto belonging sett lying & being in Bow- 
 porte streete in Barnstable in the County of Devon now or late 
 in the severall occupations of Philip Cole and Lewis Grove their 
 assignee or assignes and all rents revercons services wages 
 
422 LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 lights easements commodities and hereditaments thereunto be 
 longing And all writings leases counterparts of leases deeds 
 excerpts records <fe miniments concerning the same w cb are in 
 the custody of the said Thomas Allen or any pcrsjii or persons 
 to his use And all standing tables bedsteads wainscott ceding 
 & other goods demised with the premises unto the said P C & 
 L G To have and to hold the said house and houses tenement 
 and tenements garden and gardens rents re vert ions services 
 and hereditaments and all and singular the premises with the 
 appurtenances unto the said John Eells his heires and assignes 
 for ever To the onely use and proper behoofe of the said John 
 Eells his heires and assignes for ever To be holden of the chcii e 
 Lord or Lords of the see or sees of the premises by the rents 
 and services therefore hereafter to be of right due & accustomed 
 And the said Thomas Allen doth hereby for himselfe his heires 
 executors & administrators Covenant promise and grant to and 
 with the said John Eells his heires administrators and assignes 
 by these presents that he & they shall or lawfully may from 
 time to time and at all times hereafter quietly & peaceably have 
 hold and enjoy the premises and every parte therof freed and 
 discharged of and from all other grants bargaines sales feoff- 
 mcnts ioyntures dowers & title of dower Judgments executions 
 [illegible] Statutes merchant and of the Staple titles troubles 
 charges & incumbrances Whatsoever except the severall Leases 
 made of the promises unto the said Philip Cole <fc Lewes [230] 
 Growe each lease being now in being for three lives a peece as 
 by the Counterparts therof it doth and may more plainely 
 appeare and except the rents & services therefore hereafter to 
 become due & of right accustomed for or notwithstanding any 
 thing done or suffered or to be done or suffered by the said 
 Thomas Allen his heires executors or administrators or by his 
 or their meanes assent or procurement And the said Thomas 
 Allen doth hereby for himselfe his heires executors & adminis 
 trators Covenant promise and grant to and with the said John 
 Eells his heires and assignes by these presents that he the said 
 Thomas Allen and his heires and his and their wife or wifes 
 shall and will at any time or times hereafter within the space 
 of seven yeares next ensuing the date hereof make scale & 
 
LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 423 
 
 deliver acknowledge execute and suffer or cause to be made 
 done acknowledged executed and suffered all and all manner 
 of further and other conveyances & assurances in the la\vc 
 whatsoever for the more sure making & conveying of the 
 premises <fc every parte therof unto the said John Eells his 
 heires assignes according to the true intent <fc meaning of 
 these presents be it by grant bargaine sale feofl ment livery & 
 seisin fines recovery or any other way whatsoever as shall 
 be devised advised or required by the said John Eells his 
 heires or assignes or his or their Counsell learned in the La\vc 
 and at his or their reasonable request and cost & charges in 
 the Lawe so that for the doing or suffering therof the said 
 Thomas Allen <fe his heires and his or their wife or wifes be 
 not compelled too travell fourth of the Jurisdiecon of the 
 Mattachusetts Bay in N E and New Plymouth in New England. 
 Provided allways that if the said John Eells dye at sea w th out 
 heires of his body that then the premises shall be & rcmaine 
 to the said Thomas Allen his heires and assignes as in his and 
 their former estate as if these presents had never bin made. 
 In witncsse &c. [10s.] 
 
 Articles of Agreement indented made the 15th day of July 
 Anno Dili 1641 Betweenc Thomas Allen of Barnstablc in 
 New England yeoman of the one parte and John Eells of 
 Dorchester in New England Planter of the other parte as 
 followeth. 
 
 1 Imprimis that the said Thomas Allen his executors <fe 
 adm rs shall enjoy the twenty pounds w ch he the said Thomas 
 Allen oweth unto the said John Eells without rendering to 
 him his executors or administrators any account. 
 
 2 I tin that whereas John Mark of Branton in the County of 
 Devon yeoman and Edward Langdon of the same yeoman [231] 
 stand bound unto the said Thomas Allen in and by one obliga 
 tion of 40* condiconed for the payment of the summe of 201 
 unto the said Thomas Allen his executors administrators or 
 assignes upon the decease of the said John Mark as in and by 
 the said obligation and condicon therof it doth & may more 
 at large appeare It is agreed betweene the said partycs to these 
 
424 LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 presents that the said John Eells his executors administrators 
 or assignes shall be payd the said twenty pounds according to 
 the forme & effect of the said obligation <fc condicon thcrof 
 and shall have & cnioy the same without rendering any account 
 to him the said Thomas Allen his executors or administrators 
 or assignes. 
 
 3 Item that Richard Allen of Branton afores d yeoman shall 
 deliver the bond or obligation aforesaid or the money aforesaid 
 if he hath received the same unto the said J E or his assignes 
 upon lawfull demand. In witncs &c. 
 
 Knowe all men by these presents that I Thomas Allen of 
 Barnstable in New England yeoman doe hereby constitute & 
 in my place & stead put my trusty & beloved friend John Eells 
 yeoman my true & lawful Attorney for me and in my name to 
 aske demand receive and recover of and frqin the heires 
 executors and administrators of John Marke of Branton in 
 the County of Devon yeoman and Edward Langdon of the 
 same yeoman the summe of twenty pounds of lawfull money 
 of England due or to be due unto me at or upon the decease of 
 the said John Marke as in and by the obligation & condicon 
 therof it doth & may more at large appeare And the obligation 
 therof to demand receive & recover of & from my brother 
 Richard Allen of Branton aforesaid yeoman or the said money 
 if he hath the same received Giving & granting unto my said 
 Attorney my full power & lawfull Authority for me and in my 
 name in execution of the premises to sue arrest impleade 
 prosecute & recover And upon receipt or recovery in that 
 behalfe to make scale <fc deliver sufficient & legall acquittance 
 & release or releases and one or more Attorney or Attorneys 
 under him to substitute & from time to time to revoke and 
 all other matters & things therabout requisite to be done 
 for me and in my name to doe or cause to be done as 
 fully & effectually as I my self e in person might or could doe 
 Hereby ratifying confirming & allowing all and whatsoever my 
 said Attorney shall lawfully doe or cause to be done in the 
 premises In witnesse &c 15 Julii 41. 
 
LECIIFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 425 
 
 Me Thomam Allen de Barnstaple in Nova Anglia yeoman 
 tencr Join Eells do Dorchester in Nova Anglia pl tr in 
 Centum et Octoginta libris &c Dat 15 Julii 41. 
 
 The Condicon of this obligation is such that if the above 
 bounden Thomas Allen his heires executors administrators 
 and assignes shall from time to time & at all times hereafter 
 fullfill observe performc & kccpc all such articles coven 19 and 
 agreements conteyned & expressed in one deed indenture or 
 grant and one other writing inituled articles of agreement 
 indented made the day of the date of these presents betwecnc 
 the said T A of the one parte & the said J E on the other 
 parte which on y e p* and behalf c of the said T A his heires <fce 
 are to be fulfilled c Then <fcc. 
 
 [232] Knowe all men by these presents that I "\Vinifrid 
 Woolcot of Waterton in New England widdowc and adminis 
 tratrix of the goods <fc chattels rights & credits of John Wool- 
 cott l late of Waterton aforesaid planter deceased for and 
 in consideration of the summc of three hundred eighty and 
 eight pounds due & owing by my said late husband unto Ed 
 mund White of London merchant and for and in full pay 
 ment and discharge thereof according to the award a true 
 copy wherof Is hereunto annexed and another recorded by 
 the Recorder 2 of Boston made by Richard Bellingham Esq r 
 Deputy Governor & Increase Nowell Secretary of the Matta- 
 chusctts Bay in New England by vertue of an order of Cort 
 formerly made touching the premises doe hereby grant bargaine 
 and sell unto the said Edmund White All that dwelling house 
 set lying & being in Waterton aforesaid now or late in the 
 occupation of the said Winniired Woolcott and one garden and 
 seven or eight acres and all barncs stables stalls cowhouses 
 & outhouses gatwayes easements therto belonging And all that 
 dwelling house set lying & being in Waterton aforesaid now 
 or late in the occupation of [Wan&] and one garden and seven 
 
 1 John Wolcott, of Watertown, died 2 Stephen "VVinthrop, one of the sons 
 
 in 1639. He had been freeman March of Governor John Winthrop, was at this 
 
 4, 1635, and representative the May of time the recorder of Boston, 
 the same year. 
 
426 LECIIFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 acres of land broken up and all outhouses therto belonging 
 And one Lott of seven acres of land broken up lying in 
 Waterton aforesaid And one other lott of seven acres of land 
 broken up lying in Waterton aforesaid And three acres and 
 halfe of meadow lying in Waterton aforesaid And seventy 
 acres of land meadow or pasture in a dividend lying in Water- 
 ton aforesaid beyond the mill there And twenty live acres of 
 land meadow or pasture in another dividend lying in Waterton 
 aforesaid and thirty acres of land meadow or pasture in another 
 dividend lying in Waterton aforesaid And six acres of the 
 Township lying in Waterton aforesaid And all waves lights 
 easements commodities & appurtenances to the said scverall 
 houses lotts dividents <fe premises belonging To have and to 
 hould the said houses lands tenements hereditaments and all 
 & singulare the premises with the appurtenances whatsoever 
 unto the said Edmund White his heires and Assigncs for ever 
 And the said Winifrid Woolcott doth hereby for & in the con 
 sideration aforesaid give & grant unto the said Edmund White 
 foure working oxen two three yeare old stecres one heyfer w th 
 a calfe one other heyfer two cowes wherof one is lame one 
 yeareling [wfc] foure swine and one carte w th the appurte 
 nances To have & to hold the said goods & chattels unto the 
 said Edmund White his executors administrators and assignes 
 for ever. In witncsse &c A true coppy wherof is hereunto 
 annexed Dated last day of May Anno 1041. [4s. 6.] 
 
 Knowe all men by these presents that I David Yale of Lon 
 don merchant by vcrtuc of one letter of Attorney to me made 
 scaled & delivered by Edmund White of London merchant 
 bearing date the thirtieth day of January Anno Dili 1039 
 recorded this day by the Recorder of Boston in New England 
 have this day received of Winifrid Woolcott of Watcrtowne 
 widdow and administratrix of the goods and chattells rights 
 and creditts of John Woolcott late of Waterton aforesaid 
 deceased one deed of grant bargaine <t sale & gift and right 
 & possession of divers houses lands tenements & heredita 
 ments lyinir in Waterton afores d and divers goods & chattells 
 as the same is also recorded bv the said Recorder of Boston 
 
LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 427 
 
 for and in full [233] satisfaction of the suniinc of three hun 
 dred eighty and eight pounds found this day to be reniayning 
 due from the said John Wooleott unto the said Edmund 
 White And therefore I doc hereby for and in the name of the 
 said Edmund White remise release and for ever quit claime 
 unto the said Winifrid Wooleott all and all manner of actions 
 suits and demands which the said Edmund White hath or may 
 have against the said Winifrid Wooleott her heires executors 
 or administrators for or by reason of the said debt of 388* or 
 any other debt matter cause or thing whatsoever from the 
 beginning of the world unto this present day In witnesse 
 <fe c . [1 _ G] 
 
 A letter of Attorney by Tho : Allen to John Eells. [Is.] 
 
 Anne Stratton of Salem in New England widdowe John 
 Stratton of the same gent John Thorndike of the same gent 
 and Elizabeth his wife and Dorothy Stratton of the same spin 
 ster make a letter of Attorney to Captaine Edward Gibons of 
 Boston in N E and Robert Stileinan of London merchant to 
 demand receive and recover of and from John Tlmrston of 
 Hockstou in the County of Suff Esq r Executor of the last will 
 & testament of M ri . 9 Alary Dearhaugh late of Barringhain in 
 the County of Suffolke widdowe deceased mother of the said 
 Anne Stratton and grandmother of the said John Elizabeth 
 and Dorothy All such Legacyes as are now due unto them by 
 the said last will & Testament. 19 Julii 1641. 
 
 And a testification that the Legatees are all living under 
 seale of the Country. [2 6] 
 
 EDWARD JONES 1 of Boston in N England carpenter p lt 
 WILLIAM LEEKE of Mcnnuicketucke gent defend 1 . 
 
 The said Edward Jones complayneth against the said Will 
 Leeke for the wheras the said William Lecke heretofore in or 
 
 1 No trace of Edward Jones nor of mentioned in Savage. Anthony Stanyou 
 William Leeke is to be found, for I fear is, however, noted by Savage, who adds 
 that this Edward Jones is not the one but little to our knowledge. He was 
 
428 LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 about May 1G39 undcrtooke the care and charge of a conductor 
 
 to conduct the said Edward as the Apprentice or servant of 
 
 Anthony Stanyon from the hands of John Kirke of Tichmersh 
 
 in the County of Northampton in England gent unto the hands 
 
 of Anthony Stanyon sometime of Boston and now of Exeter 
 
 in New E planter with the Indentures therof and tkcrupon 
 
 afterwards the said William Leekc for his owne security as he 
 
 said procured the said plaintiffe to become bounden by another 
 
 indenture to the said defend* as his Apprentice or servant And 
 
 thereupon the said PlaintiiTe and his fi ather Edward Jones of 
 
 Wellingborow in the County of Northampton [blank ] did on 
 
 or about the first day of May Anno 1639 aforesaid deliver 
 
 unto the said defend 1 on London bridge one box full of cloathes 
 
 and commodities of the said Plaintiffes that is to say one box 
 
 worth 12 s wherin was one cloath suit worth 31 10 8 seven buck 
 
 ram shirts worth 42" one dozen and halfe of bands worth 35 9 
 
 six handkerchiefs worth 6 s 8 d three paire of yarne stockins worth 
 
 40 s one pairc of new shoocs worth 4 8 divers parcells of white 
 
 bone lace sent for tokens which were of 12 yards in a peece 
 
 w th other tokens of money to the value of 40 8 one flaxen sheete 
 
 worth 7 8 one broade axe worth [w<<&] one narrowe axe worth 
 
 [&//<&] one adds worth [Wan*] one twyebill worth [Wuwfc] one 
 
 dozen of awgcrs from two inches and halfe to halfe an inch and 
 
 an inch worth [Want] two paire of chissells worth [wjt] one 
 
 gouge worth [wfc] two paire of smoothing plane Irons worth 
 
 [Mi*fc] And t\vo joynt irons worth [W<ifc] one hollowing iron 
 
 worth [blank] one halfe round worth [Wunfc] one rabbetting iron 
 
 worth [i/wJt] All which were then worth the summe of [w<m&] 
 
 which said box and commodities the defend 1 then <t there 
 
 took into his charge and custody to be brought over into New 
 
 England for & with the said plaintiffe & there to be deliv 
 
 ered to him But the said defend 1 either lost or converted the 
 
 same to his owne use and hithcrunto detcyneth the said box 
 
 and commodities from the said plaintiffe To the dammage 
 
 of the said plaintiffe [fc/afc] and thereupon he brings his suit. 
 
 sometimes of Exeter, and sometimes of where he was town clerk in 1647, nn<l in 
 Uostou ; but latterly he lived in Exeter, 1654 was representative for Hampton. 
 
LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 429 
 
 [234] Elizabeth Sutton l of Charles Townc in Now England 
 Spinster daughter of John Sutton late Citizen & Draper of 
 London deceased & of Elizabeth sometimes his wife makes a 
 Letter of Attorney unto Francis Lisle of B in N E b. and 
 Walter Blackborne of London haberdasher to receive & recover 
 all moneys due to her by law or equity whatsoever c dat 
 23. 5. 41. 
 
 Elizabeth Blackborne 2 wife of Walter Blackborne late of 
 Boston in N E g makes a letter of Attorney unto Joseph Welldc 
 of Roxbury in N England gent <fc John Johnson of the same 
 yeoman to receive & recover all debts dueties and demands 
 belonging to her said husband inNEand having received them 
 to pay the same over unto Mf Thomas Fowle of Boston afore 
 said to be conveyed to the said Walter Blackborne. 5. 24. 41. 
 
 * 
 Elizabeth Blackborne wife <tc makes a letter of Attorney 
 
 unto Thomas Fowlc of Boston gent to receive of <t from Joseph 
 Weld of Roxbury &c & John Johnson &c all debts duties 
 summes of money they shall hereafter receive & recover for the 
 said Walter Blackborne <fc to rcturne the same unto him by 
 such waves ,<fe meanes as to her said Attorney shall seeine 
 convenient 5. 24. 41. 
 
 T L 3 of Boston in N E g makes a letter of Attorney unto 
 Ensigne Thomas Savage of the same to receive all debts dutyes 
 sum me & summes of money & letters that arc due or shall be 
 due & sent to the said T L and the same letters to peruse & 
 send & returne them & the said moneys & debts to him in 
 money or good commodities as shall seeme good to my said 
 Attorney 5. 24. 41. 
 
 1 Elizabeth Sutton, spinster, can whither he had gone a year or KO before, 
 hardly be identified. She may have (See p. 215, ante.) 
 
 been sister of Lambert Sutton, of 3 Lechford went back to England in 
 
 Charlestown, who had wife Elizabeth, August, 1641, in the same ship in 
 
 and died in 1649. which his favorite preacher, Hugh Peter, 
 
 2 This seems as if Elizabeth Black- left the country, as well as Thomas 
 borne followed her husband to England, Welde and John Winthrop, jr. 
 
430 LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 Samucll Nash ] of Weymouth in New England shoemaker 
 late of Burrough greene in the County of Cambridge makes a 
 letter of Attorney to Enoch Lunt of Weymouth in N E black 
 smith to rec 40* of Thomas Stevens of Comberton in the County 
 of Cambridge aforesaid yeoman due from John Dontree of 
 Papworth in the said County y. Stevens hath the bond 5. 
 25. 41. [1 6] 
 
 Forasmuch as M? George Story 2 & Gooddy Sherman seeme 
 to lay divers imputations on me for some advise that I have in 
 the simplicitie of my heart given them or one of them or her 
 husband now being purposed God willing to visit my friends in 
 England 1 thinke good being thereto requested to declare my- 
 selfe hereby in the said matter w ch I would have done sooner 
 if I had bin sooner requested of cither syde but on the contrary 
 I was intreated by Mf Keayne to forbcarc because as he said he 
 thought they would have brought the things in publick them 
 selves before this. And first I doe say that having heretofore 
 heard some probable things on gooddy Shermans parte I was 
 of opinion if things were so & so that she should have had 
 satisfaction for her sowe. Yet hearing of M* Keaynes confi 
 dence on the other side before the action tryed I was in sus 
 pense & advised goodman Sherman to goe by the way of the 
 Elders first and afterwards when so it could not be agreed yet 
 1 againc perswadcd goodman Sherman in my owne chamber if 
 it were possible to compound it upon reasonable terms [235] 
 before the tryall for I feared that Mr Keayne had proof es 
 unknown to gooddy Sherman. 
 
 Secondly when the verdict & Judgment was past I advised 
 them to beare themselves silently at least if they could not be 
 
 1 Samuel Nash is noted in Savage, insert in this note. It was a most 
 ns Plymouth 1632, an<l Duxbury 1643. trivial dispute at first in regard to the 
 It may be this man, but I should think ownership of a certain pig, claimed by 
 it unlikely. Knoch Lunt, one would Mistress Sherman, which had been 
 think, was about to return, if he had killed by Captain Keayne. But it 
 not already returned to England. was carried on with such vigor that 
 
 2 I fear that the whole tale of Mr. it finally embroiled the whole Colony. 
 George Story and Goody Sherman and It may be seen at large in Winthrop 
 Captain Keayne s sow is too long to (vol. ii. pp. 69, 116). 
 
LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 431 
 
 satisfied for fearc of some corporall punishm* and I advised 
 them to submitt as farre as they could w th a good conscience 
 <t I would help them to draw it up in writing if they would but 
 they refused. After the executions a good while for \v ch the 
 Lord is witncssc I was heartily grieved hearing our Reverend 
 teacher M r . Cotton presse that point of Zacheus repentence for 
 using too severe exactions w ch pcradvcnturc yet he had Law for 
 I resolved 1 would sometime or other remember M r Kcayne of 
 it (whomever I tooke to be a conscientious & upright man in 
 the gcnerall & so hold him still to be) if that I should have a 
 faire occasion, whereupon one Lordsday when the Sacram* was 
 at Boston beinix the next day as I remember after the newcs 
 
 O 
 
 that it was supposed Mf Prynne had sent me money for my 
 passage I comming home was very ill in my stomach <fc went 
 to M 1 : Story for a little strong water [and having drank my 
 spirit a little revived, crossed out^ and then remembering 
 my purpose aforcs d I pcrswaded M. r Story to thinke of some 
 yeilding to Mr Keayne as farre as he & goocldy Sherman could 
 doc w th a good conscience promising that 1 would use all my 
 interest in Mr Keayne for to get restored all their dammages 
 to them or in words to that effect & no otherwise other words 
 I might speak w ch I doe not remember & herein cannot be 
 more particular because George Story refused yesterday to let 
 me then sec or have a coppy of the writing he hath behind 
 my backc [*%//>/e] & divulged concerning these things. 
 
 Fourthly all these motions and advises to them was of my 
 owne good will to them without any by respect as farrc as 
 I knowe my ownc heart <fc without the privity consent or setting 
 on of M. r Keayne or any of his or for him except God onely. 
 
 Lastly I never advised Mr Keayne in his actions or any of 
 them against the said partycs either before or since the exe 
 cutions or anything therabout All these to the best of my 
 remembrance I tender on my oath to be recorded that both 
 parties may have coppies therof if they please and I desire it 
 may be satisfactory as well in my ownc defence as if need 
 be bctweenc the said party es for peace sake w th out favor feare 
 or assertion of cither sydc. 5. 24. 41. 
 
 THO : LECHFORD. 
 
432 LECIIFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 John Bartoll of Marblehead in Ncw r England planter for 
 payd by Henry Ilazzard of Bristoll mariner makes a letter of 
 Attorney unto the said II. II. All that house <fc garden lying 
 in Crewkerne in the County of Somcrsett & ground thereunto 
 belonging given me by my father John Bartoll late of Crew- 
 kerne aforesaid glover deceased his last will & testament 
 proved either at Taunton or Welles to pay himselfe 8 1 & returne 
 me the rest in such commodities as I direct him by word or 
 writing, [-s.] 
 
 Robert Wing l of Boston prayes me to speake or send to 
 his Cosin Wing of Lomford dwelling in the Ladyes place, by 
 Dedham for to send him something. 26 Julii 1641. 
 
 [236] Elizabeth Thorpe 2 of Boston in New England [blank] 
 makes a Release to M* George Thomson of London merch* 
 & Rob 1 Thomson of the same merchant of all demands for 15 1 
 legacy given her by Elizabeth Thomson late wife of the said 
 George Thompson. 
 
 Winifrid Wolcott of Watcrton grants a house in Water- 
 townc late in poss on of John Lawrence 3 a garden six acres of 
 ground broken up 30 acres in a dividend & 4 acr & halfe by 
 itself e broken up in discharge of 88 1 in parte of payment of 
 the debt of 8731 7 d due to M? Edmund White by M* John 
 Woolcot her late husband by vertue of an order of Cort. 
 
 John Seberry 4 against Walter Merry for 151 w cb he over 
 valued the house he bought of him for 1701 by the valuation 
 
 1 Robert Wing came to New Eng- 2 Elizabeth Thorpe was, I suppose, 
 
 land at sixty years of age in the year some relation to Henry Thorpe of 
 
 1634. He grew old very fast, however, Watertown, but what I cannot say. 
 
 as Savage justly observes, having em- 8 John Lawrence was for a long time 
 
 ployed his time to such advantage that a resident at Watertown, where he had 
 
 in 1647 lie was over eighty ; and having many children, but finally moved to 
 
 nothing to live upon, he prayed the Groton, and died 1667. 
 
 General Court for relief, whereupon * John Seabury bought, in 1639, 
 
 he was respited from a fine he had with leave of the town, Walter Merry s 
 
 incurred. house, and half an acre under it, in the 
 
LECUFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 433 
 
 of John Button <fe Thomas Joy witnesses Thomas Marshall 
 <fc Benjamin Gilham. 
 
 Anne Norton of Ilingham widowe of William Norton her 
 late husband deceased complaines against Mf .Samuel] Warde 1 
 of Ilingham in an accon of the case. She saith that her hus 
 band being heretofore indebted in 19 s unto the sold Samuell 
 for eloath her husband told her that the said Samucll requested 
 him to sellc him a peecc of his medowc which her husband 
 could not well spare & she now much wantcth and she con- 
 fcsseth her husband told her he did sell the said Samucll 
 some mcdowe but what or how much she knoweth not & that 
 about 20 s more besides the said 10 3 was payd by the said 
 Samuel for the same being in all but 30 s whcras the meddowe 
 that the said Samucll claymcth by the said sale is & was much 
 more worth at the time of the said sale than the said 30 s that 
 is to say foure pounds or thereabouts as the said plaintiffe hath 
 heard & verily belicveth & hopeth she shall be able to prove 
 And further the said Anne Norton complayneth that the said 
 Samuel! hath falsely said before divers witnesses that she did 
 remove a land mark 2 & place another stake in another place in 
 the said ground which is to her great discredit. And she fur 
 ther complaiiieth that since her said husbands death she mowed 
 her owne ground as she conceived w th out any question by the 
 said Samucll made but the last yearc he claymed partc of that 
 she mowed Therefore the said plaintiffe saith she is damnifved 
 by the said slanderous words forty shillings and further craveth 
 of this honoured Court that according unto equity cither she 
 may be satisfied for the full value of the said meddowe or that 
 
 Mill Field, and so was allowed an in- this ease, was not in keeping with his 
 
 habitant. The land is entered in the general reputation. He was repivsen- 
 
 Jiook of Possrssions as about half an tative in 1637 and in March, 1(538. He 
 
 acre, next to Merry s own house, near was made town clerk in ]646. Savage 
 
 Merry s Point. Thomas Marshall and thinks him to have been th> man who 
 
 Benjamin Gilham were, the one a ferry- gave his name to Ward s Island and 
 
 man, and the other a ship-carpenter, of the island itself to Harvard College. 
 whom we have already heard, as well as 2 "Cursed be he that removeth his 
 
 of John Button and Thomas Joy. neighbour s landmark " (Deuteronomy 
 
 1 Samuel Ward s alleged conduct in xxvii. 17). 
 
 28 
 
434 LECIIFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 she may be admitted to redeeme the same as being at the most 
 but in the nature of a mortgage but if the Court be pleased to 
 adjudge that the said Samucll shall hold his bargaine then 
 that the said Samucll may prove what the said bargaine was 
 where the metes & bounds therof doe lye. 
 
 [237] Richard Bellingham Esq r Governor of the Jurisdiction 
 or Societie of the Mattachusetts Bay in New England unto 
 Lieutenant Symon Willard of Concorde Ensigne John Holman 
 of Dorchester & Sergeant Richard Callacott of the same and 
 all others their Associats whoinc these presents may concerne 
 greeting. By vertue of his Ma tie3 letters Patents under the 
 great Scale of England and according to an order of the Gcn- 
 erall Court held at Boston in New England on the second day 
 of the fourth moneth last past I, not only in my owne name 
 but in the name of the Deputy Governor & Assistants of the 
 said Societie of the said Generall Cort doe hereby license 
 authorize and appoint you or any one of you to trade in 
 furres <fc wampam with the Indians for all manner of com 
 modities except gunncs powder shott & weapons And further 
 I grant power unto you or any one of you for us and in our 
 names to prohibitt all other persons within this Jurisdic 
 tion to trade with any Indians for Wampam or Furres under 
 the penalty of forfeiting the same or the value of it to you 
 & yo r associats Also for us and in our names to demand & 
 receive all wampam due to his Ma tle or this Companic of the 
 Mattachusetts for any tribute due from Block Hand Long Hand 
 Pequats or any other Indians and to give particulare discharges 
 releases and acquittances for the same And further for us 
 and in our names to treate with the Pequatts or any of them to 
 become Tributaries unto our said Soveraigne Lord the King 
 seeing they posscssc their land againe which was conquered by 
 the English And also for us and in our names to demand all 
 Pequoats that were servants or slaves to the English that have 
 runnc away wherever they find them All which to doc and 
 accomplish I grant unto you sufficient power and authority as 
 aforesaid by these presents for which this Commission shall be 
 vo r sufficient warrant in force to remaine from the said last 
 
LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK, 435 
 
 Wensday in Easter termc last past unto the end <t terme of 
 three yearcs thenceforth fully to be coinpleat & ended accord 
 ing to the forme & effect of the said Order of the Gene rail 
 Cort In testimony wherof I have caused the publicke scale of 
 our Colony to be hereunto aflixed the [M/H] day of the [i-lank] 
 moncth Anno Dili 1041 And the seventeenth yeare of the 
 Raignc of our Soveraignc Lord Charles King of England etc. 1 
 
 M r ! 3 Blackborncs letter of Attorney to M! Tho : Fowle dated 
 25. 5. to be testified & acknowledged under his hand. 29. 5. 41. 
 
 Mr Collins I have no leisure to dispute nor any great abili 
 ties thereunto but for my love and obligement to you and yours 
 I shall make bold to advise you according to the best under 
 standing I have both in matters of God and the King touching 
 which tilings you are now unhappily \_indedi>hemUi\ I myself 
 have had opinion that Apostles, Prophets and Evangelists 
 ought to [continue] as well as pastors or teachers until the 
 coming of Christ. Wherein if I have prophesied and still 
 must my [desire is to be] informed by the learned in England, 
 to which purpose partly I am goeing thither. You would 
 wonder how many things may be said for it out of Gods word. 
 Much also riiay be said against it. It is a great controversy. 
 The Parliament and divines in England and elsewhere seem 
 to be divided upon it. [238] But you have [reasoned] upon this 
 [rock] to deny all Churches because you cannot see the [con 
 tinuance, or consequence ?] of either of these two as I conceive. 
 You seem not to be w r ell [versed] in government things. You 
 come but newly to [consider]. My advice is suspend a while 
 your judgment, confess your [ignorance] retract all [peremp 
 tory] speeches and so return unto your brethren in this 
 [Church?]. Mark this I pray you, you must not unchurch 
 churches for small nay great defects, nor unbrothcr brethren 
 neither for some slips. [Again] you seem to deny Christian 
 [Ministration] a most dangerous thing, yea so dangerous as 
 that I think you little think or know of the danger thereof. 
 
 1 This monopoly was granted by the General Court June 2, 1G41, for three 
 years. 
 
436 LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 All the [scriptures] that I hear you urge for yourself on this 
 point are most grievously mistaken by you [and perhaps de 
 ceive others] for the most part. I say the main [scriptures] 
 used by any [antagonist] against civil government are to be 
 understood as far as I can judge of [times and things] future 
 in the great day of the [indecipherable] and not literally. Also 
 secondly what some doe blindly deny, but I say I dispute not 
 but advise, and that is that you readily submit yourself to our 
 sovereign Lord the King s Majesty and all his lawful Sub 
 stitutes whatsoever whomsoever and wheresoever, and herein 
 also confess your [ignorance]. He that nath no need of law 
 and none of God no need of repentance let him say he hath 
 no need of ministry. 
 
 Lastly for your [refuge ?] if you should fear any hard use 
 upon your person [by corporal punishment] stand upon your 
 ministry received in England be in possession of the [hands?] 
 of the (ministry 1 ) [presbyterie ?] there and then by the great 
 Charter of England and other good laws and customs of our 
 English nation you are freed of such punishment, for no [man] 
 will degrade you here. And 1 hope [and am assured] the 
 magistrates will be so wise as not to touch you in that way. 
 If you have not your [orders] to show yet allege [that you] can 
 prove it to be so that you are a Minister [ordained] in England. 
 Do not fail herein nor think this [frivolous]. I shall pray 
 for you and do the best I can to sweeten some of the Chief 
 towards you before I go, God willing. 
 
 Yours while [indecipherable] 
 
 THOMAS LECHFORD. 
 
 And for you, Francis Hutchinson I am very sorry for your 
 sins and calamity. For Gods sake be wise and yet return to 
 your [wo off]. Consider the things I say to your brother 
 [what is written concerneth yourself mightily]. For your 
 [fabulous] letters and speeches, lay it on your zeal or ignor 
 ance and misinformation. Crave the pity of the ministers. 
 First get them to intercede for you to the magistrates. Use 
 all speed and diligence herein, and as I have not been uumind- 
 
 1 Cancelled in the original. 
 
LECHFORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 437 
 
 ful of you so will I not forget you [again] to the chicfest I 
 can meet with conveniently before I go. Take this in good 
 part and if you [doe refuse] say [hereafter] you once had such 
 advice. So I yet pray for your return and expediting out of 
 this evil net wherein you are taken. (Thomas Lechford. 
 There must he some yielding in this and other things else you 
 and all will break. 1 ) 
 
 THOMAS LECHFORD. 
 
 Written in the margin at iwo several places. 
 
 Touching the eternal sonship of Christ 1 hope you are so 
 wise as to receive these good and satisfactory reasons out of 
 [scripture] produced to you by those more learned than me 
 and not to [withstand] any longer in denial thereof but 
 profess your faith therein. 
 
 And if they stand upon proof let them be interested to give 
 you time so to doe [bear it humbly strictly etc.]. 
 
 Ralfe Allestree 2 of Boston in New England planter puts his 
 Sonne Paul Allestree Apprentice unto Valentine Hill of Boston 
 aforesaid merchant with him to dwell & serve by the space 
 of 8 yeares from the first day of Aprill next ensuing the date 
 hereof to be accomplish! <fe in the meane while to rcmaine in 
 his house as a servant till the said first of Aprill for meatc 
 drinkc & cloathcs and at the end of the terme double apparell. 
 dated 5. 29. 1641. 
 
 I am to pay M? Josuah Footc 3 at the Cockc in Grace 
 church streete eight pounds before Christinas next for which 
 Mf David Oflley is bound with me to Mr Josuah Ilewes of 
 Roxbury in New England or els to be there payd to him <fec 
 by note or bill dated 27 July 1641. 
 
 1 Cancelled in the original. ness with New Englanders. He came to 
 
 2 I can find no mention in Savage this country in 1653, but died shortly 
 or in the Boston Touni Record of any afterwards. Joshua Howes, a prominent 
 Ralfe or Paul Allestree or of any others Koxbury man, of whom \ve have heard 
 of that name. before, was administrator to his will, 
 
 8 Joshua Foot, an ironmonger of Lon- and therefore I doubt not that they had 
 don, was in many ways connected by busi- frequent dealings with each other. 
 
438 LECH FORD S MANUSCRIPT NOTE-BOOK. 
 
 [239] Post Mich : 17. Car. 1641. 
 
 Layd out for Barnaby Davis for the carriage of a letter to 
 Mf Liggon l to the porter & carrier dec. 2. [0 6] 
 
 Layd out for Will m Swift 2 for a search in the Affid* office 
 for the affidavit w ch My Burton produced at New England as at 
 the suit of Andrew Coleman but could not finde the same 
 entered. [0 4d.] 
 
 1 This letter of Barnaby Davis is, I same letter is printed.] This entry and 
 suppose, the one in the Note-book, p. 210, the preceding one were of course made 
 ante. after Lechford found himself back again 
 
 2 For this matter see p. 174, ante, in England. Michaelmas falls on the 
 [And Mass. Col. Rec. y i. 298, where the 29th of September. 
 
APPENDIX. 
 
 [Translation of certain short-hand entries not inserted in their proper places.] 
 
 Page 150. 
 
 Money received upon my book as appeareth 381 8 s 5 d or there 
 about beside the debts owing were 81 18 s 10 d cost 2-5 1640. 
 
 Page 153. 
 
 April 21, 1640. It is resolved and concluded by the House of 
 Commons that the [select] committees shall confer with the Upper 
 House these three [generals]. 
 
 [First] General. Of matters of [perversion ?] of religion and to this 
 end they are (first) to consider of the [present confirmation] granted 
 to the convention touching making and altering of canons and other 
 matters in the Church. 
 
 (secondly) the complaints and [indecipherable] brought in by the 
 Bishops and the Clergy. 
 
 (third) the molesting and sentencing of many worthy and conformable 
 ministers because they will not obey the Bishops variable commands, 
 (fourth) The publishing of Popish books and printing of Popish 
 books and maintaining of Popish [doctrines] in eminent disputations. 
 
 [Second] General. The [several words indecipherable] and grievances 
 [first] patents monopolies and ship monies, 
 (second) the enlargements of forests beyond bounds, 
 (third) Military charges in billeting soldiers, 
 (fourth) Denying of justice in Courts of Justice in Westminster, 
 (fifth) The frequent punishing and imprisonment of such as would 
 not condescend to unlawful taxes and monopolies. 
 
 [Third] General The breach of the peace of Parliament and the 
 necessity of frequent Parliaments. 
 
 News (First) The Countess of Westmoreland is dead. 
 
440 APPENDIX. 
 
 (Secondly) [Dr. Baker?] is questioned for a [sermon? the words] 
 being these, that between subject and subject it is meum and tuum, 
 but between the King and his subjects it is omne meum and other 
 words against the Parliament. 
 
 Page 160. 
 
 Ignorant people. In the number of the ignorant I hold myself 
 and Mr. Burton Mr. Prynne and Dr. [Bastwick] and a [multi 
 tude] more. O mercy mercy from all the powers of mercy in heaven 
 and on earth to such as [sin] of ignorance : long live England and 
 English friends. Let them remember that wherever yet a man 
 travel from East to West England is a good land. Ireland also 
 (great almost incomprehensible are the wonders of new plantations 1 ) 
 Here are, it is true, some wise men but they want estates and main 
 tenance and this way they are never like to get them I fear. The 
 Patent they think bears them out to uphold these [electory] proceed 
 ings although I hear it be declared void and sent for. 
 
 The God of Heaven guide his Majesty and his counsels and give to 
 England and the United Kingdoms of our sovereign and all his 
 dominions everlasting truth and peace. 
 
 If I come [home] as I hope to doe I shall discourse to you more at 
 large. In the meanwhile I commend you and yours to God not for 
 getting my best respects unto your beloved mistress [B-k-m] and 
 your neighbors all whom I love and right heartily Mr. Alexander 
 Jett my [summer schoolfellow] and your kinswoman his wife. Rests 
 yours assuredly in all love service and thankfulness. 
 
 THOMAS LECIIFORD. 
 
 Page 193. 
 
 I am summoned to appear in Court to-morrow being the 1. of 10. 
 1640. The Lord God direct me &c. 
 
 May it please your Worship Mr. Governor and the rest of your 
 worships. The occasion of coming here this term before your 
 worships is [about] a certain warrant sent forth against mee which is 
 this to the [effect] of an information by the grand jury in Sept. last. 
 Since that time the General Court was pleased to say something to 
 nice when they brake up as for good counsel to me about tenets and 
 disputations which I have held, advising mee to bear myself in silence 
 and as became mee, I know not how to take that at the present be 
 cause of a presentment that I know was [on foot] against mee. Yet 
 
 1 Cancelled in the original. 
 
APPENDIX. 441 
 
 according to that advice I luivc been hitherto and shall God willing bo 
 ready to carry myself for hereafter, and for this matter and time 
 indeed I desire not to trouble your Worships with long speech to 
 divert or hinder your other occasions. I am no pleader by nature. 
 Oratory I have little, and if I had never so expert a faculty that way 
 I should not now use it to make any full defence of my matters ; [*yet 
 for that part of pleading according to the law of England which consists 
 in chirography 1 could,] and as for that other part of pleading which 
 consisted! in chirography wherein I had some little skill I do not de 
 sire neither to use any of that. Your Worships know that it concerns 
 every man in his answering matters laid to his charge, in pleading to 
 look first to the jurisdiction of the Court, next to the [person] then 
 to the right and so forth to the [plaint and action] of crime and then 
 to look to the challenging of the jury. To cut off all that I desire 
 your Worships to be pleased to accept of this my short acknowledge 
 ment that I have, I do confess, too far meddled in some matters of 
 church government and the like which I am not sufficient to under 
 stand or declare ; and although once I thought myself bound in con 
 science to say some of those things I have said, yet now I am ashamed 
 of many of them. 
 
 1 Cancelled in the original. 
 
INDEX. 
 
 In finishing this Index, the Editor does the last and probably the most important part 
 of his work in the preparation of this book. Tho Index has been constructed with much 
 care, and it is hoped that it will prove useful. The references have been made to the 
 manuscript pages, except iu cases where, a name occurring only in the notes, it was thought 
 best to use the book-page with the letter ?i attached. Such references, then, as 1(K), n., refer 
 to the book-page. It is hoped that this arrangement may prove as convenient to readers 
 on examination as it has proved to the Editor in preparation. 
 
 Not a few errors in the work have been detected in the course of making and verifying 
 this Index. It would be Idle, however, to imagine that by the correction of these the Note 
 book is given to the world without blemish ; and for such errors as may remain to aunoy the 
 reader the Editor presents herewith his most hearty regrets. 
 
 ABACODUSSET, Sagamore of Kennebec, 
 219. 
 
 Adams, Daniel, letter of attorney from 
 Thomas Purchas, 84. 
 
 Adams, Thomas, bills of exchange charged 
 on, 123, 124 
 
 Agawam, Sagamore, 223. 
 
 Alcoek, George, factorage for James Mar 
 shall, 148 ; bond from Richard Wright, 
 194; will of, 213. 
 
 Aldworth, Mr., the "White Angel" pur 
 chased of, 120. 
 
 Allen, liozoun, 172, 195. 
 
 Allen, George, petition for, 195. 
 
 Allen, Richard, 231. 
 
 Allen, Thomas, draws a bill of exchange 
 on Roger Delbridge, 119; suit of Philip 
 Gibb, 182; bond to Edward Michelson, 
 195 ; conveyance to John Eels, 227 ; arti 
 cles of agreement, 229, etc.; letter of 
 attorney, 232. 
 
 Allerton, Isaac, letter of attorney from 
 Peter Garland, 35 ; from Richard lies, 
 35; note on 01, n. ; defendant at suit of 
 Timothy Hatherly, 114; no visible es 
 tate, 120; deposition in regard to the 
 White Angel," 120; letter of attorney 
 from John Pickering, 151; from "one of 
 Plymouth," ib. ; mentioned, 197; warrant 
 against, 209; at New Amsterdam, 251), n. 
 
 Allestree, Paul, apprenticed to Valentine 
 Hill, 2:J8.> 
 
 Allestree, Ralph, apprentices his son Paul 
 to Valentine Hill, 238. 
 
 Allyn, Margaret, 55. 
 
 Allyn, Matthew, and Thomas Allyn, deed, 
 55; bond to Humphrey Hooke", 74; de 
 fendant at suit of John Cogan, 200 ; 
 summoned at suit of Harwood and Gam 
 mon, 22G. 
 
 Allyn, Thormis, and Matthew Allyn, deed, 
 
 55; desires a certificate of Governor Win. 
 
 throp, 120; procures a warrant against 
 
 Isaac Allerton, 209. 
 Ammidown, Roger, 101. 
 Anderson, David, 189. 
 Anderson, Robert and Nicholas, 207. 
 Andrewes, Henry, letter of attorney from 
 
 Nathaniel Patten, 177. 
 Andrewes, Richard, 94; and the "White 
 
 Angel," 120. 
 Andros, Edmund, and the Amlroscocrcrin 
 
 River, 123, n. 
 Angier, Edmund, 141. 
 Applegate, Thomas, 215. 
 Appleton. Isaac, letter of attorney from 
 
 Samuel Appleton, 99, 102. 
 Appleton, Samuel, letter of attorney to 
 
 Isaac Appleton, et n/., 99, 102. 
 Archbold, Mr., 211. 
 Armitage, Joseph, bond to John Pollard, 
 
 202; bond to Henry Symonds, ib. ; hires 
 
 a lighter of Robert " Thompson, 207 ; 
 
 leases his shallop to certain fishermen, 
 
 221. 
 
 Arnndel, William, bond, 151, 153. 
 Ashley, Thomas, aflidavit concerning 
 
 Thomas Rucke, 78; hires a shallop, 
 
 221. 
 Askew, John, at suit of Edward Winslow, 
 
 203. 
 
 Aswaw, deed to Lion Gardiner, 129. 
 Atkins, Chrisptoher, 24 ; letter of attorney 
 
 from David Otfley, 120. 
 Atkinson, Theodore , 10; bond from Robert 
 
 Mantell, 181. 
 Auger, Sampson et al., bond from Thomas 
 
 Fowle, 155. 
 
 A very, master of the " Hopewell," 180. 
 Avis alias Havye, 10, 11. 
 
444 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 DAMP., Mr., 204, 211; (incorrectly printed 
 
 tittble in the text). 
 Bacheller, Joseph, defendant at suit of 
 
 JaiiH-s Brooke, 75; nt suit of Henry Para- 
 
 inor, 70; other concerns, 7(i. vt &tq. ; let 
 ter of attorney to Thomas Lech ford, 100; 
 
 mentioned, 103; vs. James Brooke, 115; 
 
 quoted as precedent, 218. 
 Bacon, Nathaniel, 87. 
 Baker, Ann, her goods, 107. 
 Baker, Dr., appendix. 
 Baker, John, bond from David Sellecke, 
 
 133. 
 
 Baker, Mr., 4. 
 Baker, William, letter of attorney from John 
 
 Bent, 107; mentioned, 181. 
 Ball, Mr., answer to, 1; his book, 164. 
 Baiidon Bridge, 258, n. 
 Barker, Edward, letter of attorney from 
 
 Thomas May hew, 117. 
 Barker, John, 88; owes Thomas Watson, 122, 
 
 1*). 
 Barker,Thomas, 1, ., conveyance toThomas 
 
 Savage, 130; release to same, 145. 
 Barnardiston, Thomas, vs. Thomas \Vcston, 
 
 157. 
 
 Barnes, John, bond to John Parker, 181. 
 Barrel 1, George, and Thomas Pay liter; deed 
 
 and bond, 20. 
 Barrcll, William, 103. 
 Barrett, Stephen, assignment of, 65. 
 Harrington, Robert, letter of attorney to, 103. 
 Barriton, Katherine, receives a certain wine 
 
 license, 1 1(5. 
 Barrow. Giles, letter of attorney from 
 
 Abraham Harding. 168. 
 Bartoll, John, letter of attorney to Henry 
 
 Ha/zard. 235. 
 Bast IT, Mercy, 152. 
 Batitwiok, John, punishment of,-xi; held 
 
 ignorunt by Lechford, appendix. 
 Bateman, John, letter from Augustin Cle 
 ment, 4. 
 
 Bates, William, 21. 
 Batman, , places his daughter Margery, 
 
 etc., 51. 
 
 Batt, Anno, wife of Christopher, 116. 
 Batt. Christopher, gives up a wine license to 
 
 Katherine Barriton, 116. 
 Batte, Edward, 179. 
 Batter, Edmund, conveyance to George 
 
 Richardson. 48. 
 Baulston, William, 53, n. 
 Baven Notmhcha, John, Sagamore of Merri- 
 
 inack, 202. 
 Baylv, Kichard, assigned to Isaac Culli- 
 
 more, 99. 
 Beaplc, Mark, charter party with George 
 
 Story, 181. 
 Beard, John [Thomas], and his wife Anne, 
 
 5, (5. 
 Benuchamn. John, and the " White Angel," 
 
 120. 
 
 Beckwith, Thomas, 179. 
 Beech. Thomas, indebted to Peter Garland, 
 
 35; letter from said Garland, 36. 
 
 Bellinglmin, Uichard, 58, 60; deed to 
 
 George Minot, 6i>; witness, 8 J, 122, 123 ; 
 
 Thomas Lechford receives of, 143; deed 
 toThomas Joy, 102; Dover commission 
 to Humfrey tt al., 228, 232; trading 
 license to Simon Willard tt al., 237. 
 
 Bcllinghum, William, and Mr. Humfrey; 
 writings, 1. 
 
 Belsiue, Edmund, 112. 
 
 Ik-mis, Joseph, bond to George Drucll, 
 
 Kendall, Edward, et al., deed, 43; and Rich 
 ard Parker, indenture, 45; his lighter, 
 139, 228, n. ; mortgage to William Tyng, 
 142; and the "Mary Rose," 167. 
 
 Bendight, Thomas, 203. 
 
 Ben net, Samuel, defendant at suit of Richard 
 Chadw.-ll, 220. 
 
 Bent, John, letter of attorney to William 
 Baker, 167. 
 
 Bernard, Richard, answer to, 1; books of, 
 2, n. 
 
 Bernard, William, will, 138; bill of ex 
 change on Thomas Free, 175. 
 
 Berrv, Ambrose, 159. 
 
 Best," Mr., of Halifax, 182. 
 
 Betscombe, Mary and Martha, daughters of 
 Richard, 165.* 
 
 Betscombe, Richard, letter of attorney to his 
 brothers, 165. - * 
 
 Bevan, William, bond to Thomas Dudley, 
 154. 
 
 Bibble, John, letter of attorney to wife 
 Sybil, 181. 
 
 Biggs, John, defendant at suit of John 
 Cogan, 199, 216. 
 
 Birain, Nicholas, 182. 
 
 Bisco, Nathaniel, 197. 
 
 Bishop, John, 72. 
 
 Bishop, Thomas, assignment from Osmond 
 Douch, 71; lease, 72, 73. 
 
 Bittgood, Mrs., 74. 
 
 Blackallow, William, letter of attorney from 
 John Cogan, 174. 
 
 Blackburne, Elizabeth, sells her house to 
 Francis Lisle, 215; letter of attorney to 
 Joseph Weld and John Johnson, 234; 
 to Thomas Fowle, ib., 237. 
 
 Blackburne, Walter, deed from Nicholas 
 Parker, 35 ; indenture with William 
 Cheney, 127, 136 ; bonds for Samuel 
 Hagborne and Martin Stt-bbins, 130; 
 Lechford borrows from, 144; bond for 
 Richard Wright, 148; mortgage from 
 John Johnson, 150; sale of his house, 
 215; letter of attorney from Elizabeth 
 Sutton, 234. 
 
 Blackleath, John, receives Mathew Dove as 
 servant, 149. 
 
 Blackstone, John, 115. 
 
 Blackstone, Sara, wife of John, 115. 
 
 Blackwell, Jeremy, bond for George Bur- 
 chum, 213. 
 
 Blackwell, John, 213. 
 
 Bladen, William, letter of attorney from 
 Edmund Hubbard, etc., 94. 
 
 Blagge, Henry, turned over to Thomas 
 Watson, 107, 109. 
 
 Bolingbroke, John, 95. 
 
 Bonito (or Bonython), Captain, 82, a 
 
INDEX. 
 
 445 
 
 Boreman, William, bound apprentice to 
 Richard Gridley, 105; to William 
 Townshend, 130; turned over to Thomas 
 Wither! v, 142; notes on, 1(J2, n, 330, n. 
 
 Bosworth, Benjamin, deposition, 54; charges 
 bills on Joseph Boswortli, 172. 
 
 Bos worth, Jonathan, deposition, 54. 
 
 Bosworth, .Joseph, bills charged on, 172. 
 
 Bosworth, Nathaniel (see Benjamin Bos- 
 worth), 172. 
 
 Boswortli, Zacbeus, paid by Lcchford, 142 ; 
 even with him, 145. 
 
 Bourne, John, vs. Hawkins and Nicholas 
 Hewctt, 70", bound to Nehcniiah Bourne, 
 127. 
 
 Bourne, Nehetniah, 122, 123; letter of attor 
 ney from Katherinc Earwiug, J23; to 
 Samuel Slicplierd, 123, 124; John Bourne 
 bound to, 127; letter to Hannah his wife, 
 ih. ; letter of attorney to Captain Wil- 
 ImtKhby, 107. 
 
 Bowcn, Gi iHith, bond, 151; indenture, 153. 
 
 Bowen, Robert, bond to David Offlcy, 143. 
 
 Bowes, Sir Thomas, letter of attorney from 
 Edmund Browne, 86. 
 
 Boycat, Anthony, letter of attorney from 
 Thomas Foster, 8!). 
 
 Brackenbury, William, deed to Edward 
 Wood, 133. 
 
 Brade, Allen, arbitrator, 100. 
 
 Bradish, Hannah, 202. 
 
 Bradish, Robert, apprentices his daughter 
 Hannah to Thomas Hawkins, 202. 
 
 Bradley, John, 94. 
 
 Bradshaw, John, letter of attorney to 
 Zacheus Gould, 182. 
 
 Bradstreet, Simon, perhaps student at law, 
 xv ; commission to Dover, 139, 228. 
 
 Brampton, William, grant from Sir Harry 
 Vane, 60. 
 
 Brathwayte, Miles, letter of attorney to 
 James Oliver, 149. 
 
 Bridge, John, 356, n., 412, n. 
 
 Bridges, Edward, letter of attorney to 
 William Hudson, 177. 
 
 Bridges Elisha, released to Mary Fisher, 
 115. 
 
 Bridges, Robert, 205. 
 
 Bright, Thomas, mortgage to William 
 llaynsborough, 164. 
 
 Brisco. See Bisco. 
 
 Brocke, James, attorney for Henry Paramor 
 vs. Joseph Bacheller, 75, et seq. ; letter of 
 attorney from Thomas Foster, 80; con 
 cerning provisions used in the Pequot 
 wars, 99; ltter of attorney to Thomas 
 Lechford, 100, 102; letter to, 103; peti 
 tion about the Pequot wars, 109; defend 
 ant at suit of Joseph Bacheller, 115 ; 
 quoted as precedent, 218. 
 
 Brooke, Lord, 08,210. 
 
 Brooke, Thomas, dies at sea, 113. 
 
 Brooking, Nicholas, bond from John 
 Downcs, 151, 158. 
 
 Brooks, Richard, to pay John Fuller, etc., 
 100. 
 
 Broomell, John, 107. 
 
 Browne, Anna, wife of Edmund, 86. 
 
 Browne, Arthur, letter of attorney drawn 
 on bv Jonathan Weymouth, 137; suit 
 against for theft, 219. * 
 
 Browne, Edmund, fellow-passenger with 
 Lechford, xiii ; letter from Lechford, 
 28; letters of attorney to Sir Thomas 
 Bowes tt n/., 80. 
 
 Browne, Jumes, 152. 
 
 Browne, John, letter of attorney from John 
 Cotton, 119. 
 
 I Browne, William, bound apprentice to 
 
 Thomas Joy, 119; hires a shallop, 221. 
 Brownell, Thomas, sells land to Deodatus 
 
 Hopkins, 149. 
 Browning, Henry, 189. 
 Bnckland, William, bond, 172. 
 Buckley, James, 181. 
 Bucknam, John, 223. 
 Bucknam, William, petition. 223. 
 Bndd, John, servant assigned to, 176. 
 IJulgar, Richard, sale to Richard Parker, 
 
 00, 92 n., 161. 
 Burchurn, George, bond to Jercinv Black- 
 
 well, 213. 
 Burton, Henry, punishment of, xi; held 
 
 ignorant by* Thomas Lechford, appendix. 
 Burton, Mr., paid for malt, 142; his aflida- 
 
 vit, 239. 
 Bustced, Thomas, bond from John El ford, 
 
 126. 
 Butler, Daniel, bond from John Humfrev, 
 
 130. 
 Butler, Nicholas, conveyance from Thomas 
 
 Richards, 144. 
 Buttle, Buttal, Buttol, Buttolf, Buttels or 
 
 Bowtle. See Buttol ph. 
 Buttolph, Goodman, glover, 174. 
 Buttolpli, Leonard, Thomas Cooper as 
 
 signed apprentice to, 112; defendant at 
 
 suit of Israel Stoughton, 133; mortgage 
 
 to Atherton Hough, 212. 
 Buttolpli, Thomas, lands of, 98. 
 Button, John. vs. William Colbron, 168; at 
 
 torney for Anne Floyd, 167; valuer, 236. 
 
 CADE, CHIUSTOPHER, 42, n. 
 
 Cade, James, deed to George Strange, 26. 
 
 Cade, John, 26. 
 
 Callicot(orCollacot), Richard, owes William 
 Coddington, etc., 41; letter of attorney 
 to Robert Harding, 58; suit of Philip 
 Gibb, 182; defendant at suit of Edward 
 Griffith, 194; bond to Edward Michelson. 
 195; mortgage to Philip Eliot and 
 William Parke, 213; trading license, 237, 
 
 Calton, Silvester, letter of attorney from 
 John Cogan, 147. 
 
 Campc, Nicholas, letter of attorney to, 23. 
 
 Canonicus, 42. 
 
 Canying, Richard, letter of attorney from 
 William Talmage et (?/., 167. 
 
 Carre, George, release to Thomas Coccrey, 
 215. 
 
 Carrington, James, 93. 
 
 Carter, Richard, cuts wood with Mailing 
 Knight, 139. 
 
 Carter, Thomas, petition of, in favor of the 
 blacksmiths, 117. 
 
446 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 Carwithye, Nicholas, letter of attorney from 
 John Cogan, 97. 
 
 Cato, otherwise Goodmanes, deed to George 
 Manning et /., 8G. 
 
 Chadwell, Kichard, petition of, 200; 1-5. John 
 Sampson and Samuel IJennet, 220. 
 
 Chadwell, Thomas, brother of Kichard 
 (q. t;.), 200. 
 
 Chambers, Mrs., letter of attorney from 
 Thomas Matson, 158; and a release, ib. 
 
 Chandler. John, apprentices his son to 
 William Webb, 202. 
 
 Chapman, Murmaduke, 90, 111. 
 
 Chauncy, Charles, 45, n. 
 
 Cheney, William, deed from Nicholas anil 
 Richard Parker, 70; deed from Walter 
 Blackburne, 127; indenture, 130. 
 
 Chesebrongh, William, and John Jolliffe ; 
 mortgage, 1 ; conveyance, cum aliis, to 
 Thomas Savage, 130*. 
 
 Chibatuwese [Prudence], the island of, 42. 
 
 Chickley, John, 175. 
 
 Clap, Thomas, defendant at suit of William 
 Snrague, 51. 
 
 Clarke. Daniel, misdemeanor in drinking, 
 115. 
 
 Clarke, John, letter of attorney to Edmund 
 Sherman, 174. 
 
 Clarke, John Daw, attorney for William 
 Kix, 171. 
 
 Clarke, Thomas, conveyance from Thomas 
 Paynter, 144. 
 
 Clarke, William, 155. 
 
 Clay, Kobert, ot the " Susan and Ellen," 
 100. 
 
 Clay, linger, factor, 147, 177. 
 
 Clement, Anne, letter from Augustin Cle 
 ment, 4. 
 
 Clement. Augustin, lease to William Sal- 
 ter, 1 ; grant, etc., to John Tinker, 1, 
 et sc<j. ; letters to Anne Clement, John 
 Uutcmati. William Kutkin, and Margaret 
 Rlathew. 4. 
 
 Clement, Eli/abeth, 1, 2. 
 
 Clement, Margaret (see Margaret Rla 
 thew), 4. 
 
 Clendan, Mr., letter from Lech ford, 5. 
 
 Clifford, George, to learn to drum, 91, n. 
 
 Coccrev, Thomas, release by George Carre, 
 215. 
 
 Cockerell, John, 130, 180. 
 
 Cockerell, William, w. William Cockerham, 
 50. 
 
 Cockerham, William, defendant at suit of 
 William Cockerell, 50. 
 
 Coddington, William, articles of agreement, 
 etc., with William Tyng, 30, tt sc</. ; debt 
 of Sergeant Callicot, 41, 01; the chamber 
 which he used to " lye " in, 04. 
 
 Cogan, Eleanor, mother of John Cogan, 95. 
 
 Cogan, Humphrey, 151, n. 
 
 Cogan, John, and others, deed, 43, 56, 59; 
 the rate of lloston written for, 92; letter 
 of attorney to Isaac Northcot,95; to John 
 Storing, 90; to Nicholas Carwithye, 97; 
 letter for, 103; petition of, with other 
 shopkeepers, 138; conveyance from Robert 
 Harding, 142; a writing against Timothy 
 
 Hawkins, ib. ; articles of agreement with 
 Thomas Stocker, 144; letter of attorney to 
 Silvester Calton, 147 ; factorage for James 
 Marshall, 148; in an affidavit, 150; letter 
 of attorney to James Love, 159; letter to 
 William Blackallow, 174; and Nathaniel 
 Eaton, 177; orders of the last court, 
 190; and the estate of Nathaniel Eaton, 
 198 ; answer to complaint of Kichard 
 Eoxwell, ib.; rs. Thomas Symonds tt a/., 
 199; vs. Mathcw Allen, 200; bond to 
 Philip Gibb, 201; hires a ketch of Joseph 
 Graf ton. 
 
 Cogan, John, Jr., 95, 90, 98, 99. 
 
 Cogan, Kobert, 155. 
 
 Coggeshall, John, and others, deed, 43, 
 07, n. ; house bought of, 1U2. 
 
 Colbron, William, arbitrator, 04, note on, 
 99, n.; bond, 151; indenture, 153; letter 
 of attorney from Anne Floyd, 108. 
 
 Colcord, Edward, tt al, bond to Stephen 
 Greensmith, 137. 
 
 Cole, , letter of attorney from Edmund 
 
 Urowiic, 80. 
 
 Cole, Eli/abeth, wife of William, 88, 89, 90, 
 91, 110; answer and complaint of, 150. 
 
 Cole, .John, letter of attorney from William 
 Cole, 88; affidavit, 89; letter of attorney 
 from Daniel Paul, 107. 
 
 Cole, Philip, 227, 229. 
 
 Cole, Samuel, indenture and articles of agree 
 ment with Kobert Sedgewick. 31, 33; 
 places John Cole apprentice to John My- 
 lam, 1 13 ; lands of, 119, 105 ; bond to John 
 Jorden, 100. 
 
 Cole, William, letter of attorney to John 
 Cole, 88, 90, 91; petition concerning the 
 will of Francis Doughty, 110; bond to 
 Timothy Thornhill, 150. 
 
 Coleman, Andrew, and William Swift, 174 ; 
 suit of, 239. 
 
 Coleman, Anne, letter of attorney to Jeffrey 
 Coleman and James Wade, 99; letter of 
 attorney for, 107. 
 
 Coleman, .Jeffrey, letter of attorney to, 99. 
 
 Coleman, William, 99. 
 
 Collacot, see Callicot. 
 
 Collins, Mr., letter from Lechford, 237. 
 
 Coltman, John, letter of attorney to his 
 father, 100. 
 
 Coltman, Thomas, 100. 
 
 Conant, Koger, letter of attorney to Thomas 
 We.ston, 130. 
 
 Coney, Thomas, 103. 
 
 Conihasset, lands at, 221. 
 
 Cooke, John, letterof attorney from Thomas 
 Mayhew, 117. 
 
 Cookc, John, and his grandfather, 182. 
 
 Cooke, Joseph, letter of attorney to his 
 brothers and Kichard Harlackenden, 135; 
 quitclaim to his brother Thomas, 171. 
 
 Cooke, Kichard, articles of agreement with 
 Arthur Perry, 59; bond to Timothy Thorn- 
 hill, 157. 
 
 Cooke, Kobert, petition, 224. 
 
 Cooke, Thomas, letter of attorney from his 
 brother Joseph, 135; quitclaim", 171. 
 
 Cooper, Henry, 112. 
 
INDEX. 
 
 447 
 
 Cooper, Thomas, assigned apprentice to 
 Leonard Buttolph, 1J2. 
 
 Corbin, Robert, 271, w. 
 
 Cornelius, Daniel, letter of attorney drawn 
 on, by Richard Morris, 137. 
 
 Cornell, Th"inas, petition, 55; articles of 
 agreement with Edward Tyng, 142. 
 
 Cornish, Gabriel, appoints Israel Stoughton 
 attornev, 103. 
 
 Cornish, Thomas, and others, indenture, 49. 
 
 Cotton, John, states the errors of Lechford, 
 xxi; his answer to Ball, 3, .; note on, 
 32, . ; letter of attornev to John Brown, 
 19, 30; presses the point of Zachens re 
 pentance, 235. 
 
 Cotton warrants for the various towns, 227. 
 
 Courtney, Hugh, and others, bond, 72; in 
 denture with Thomas Dexter, JG3; rs. 
 William Elliot, 174. 
 
 Coventry, 51 r., 210. 
 
 Cox, Moses, and Margaret Stubbin, 177. 
 
 Covtmore, Katherine, et nl., indenture, 15; 
 letter to William Wiseman et al,, 17; 
 bond, 18: letter of attorney from, 21. 
 
 Crabtree, John, receives Solomon Greene 
 apprentice, 100; agreement with Elizabeth 
 Leger, 103; his friend, 107; William 
 Huberts assigned to, 150; bond to George 
 Luxon, 151, 162: letter of attorney to 
 Isaac Ilayncs, 212; William Game as 
 signed servant to, 214. 
 
 Crndock, Mathow, his house at Mistie, 114; 
 mentioned, 130; articles drawn for, 143. 
 
 Crane, Jasper, attorney for Mr. Hoe, 104, 
 
 Craven, Morgan, sings by the lire, 207, 
 
 Crissal, George, 0. 
 
 Cripe, George, letter of attorney to his 
 brother Robert, 208. 
 
 Criope, Robert, S 08; bond from John Cut- 
 ten, father and son, 212. 
 
 Critchley, Richard, 11, n.; petition for, 143. 
 
 Cross, Anne, she thought, 115. 
 
 Crowe, Mr., 224. 
 
 Cullimore, Isaac, Christopher Stanley as 
 signs a boy to, 99. 
 
 Curtis, Deodatus, buys land of Thomas 
 Brownell, 149. 
 
 Cuthbert, Mary, 181. 
 
 Cuthbert, Nathaniel, 181. 
 
 Ctitten, John, father and son, bond to divers 
 men, 212. 
 
 Cutter, Mr., 204. 
 
 Cutton, Mr., 221. 
 
 DANNKT, Mr., of the "Mary Rose," ]G5, 
 108. 
 
 Dastin, Lydia, deposition of, 114. 
 
 Davenport, John, two manuscripts for, 1. 
 
 Davenport, Richard, lands of, 120. 
 
 Davis, Barnabas, bond to Hugh Courtney, 
 72; answer, petition and account, 204; 
 account with the Woodcocks, 206; let 
 ter to Richard Lygon, 210; to his father, 
 211; writings for, 212; suit of, 216; Lech- 
 ford s opinion in the case, 217; decision 
 of the court thereon, ib. ; petition of, 221 ; 
 mentioned, 225 ; letter carried for, 239. 
 
 Davis, captain of the "Marv Rose," 159. 
 
 Davison, Nicholas, arbitrator, 194. 
 
 Davys, John, bond to William llerrick, 153; 
 to build a bouse for William Hix, 171. 
 
 Daws, Joseph, letter of attornev for Eliza 
 beth Glover, 1-2-2} bond, 123. 
 
 Davvs, Richard, receipt from Elizabeth 
 G lover, 121. 
 
 Dawson, Henry, deed from Samuel Searle, 
 164. 
 
 Day, Richard, master of the "Desire," 172. 
 
 Dearhaugh, Marv, last will and testament 
 
 of, 2.;l. 
 
 Delano, 1 hilip, deposition, 228. 
 
 Dclbridge, Roger, 74; bill of exchange 
 drawn on, by Thomas Allen, 119. 
 
 Denison, George, and Bridget his wife, let 
 ter of attornev to Thomas Worlidge, 211. 
 
 Deordall, Hugh." See Durdall. 
 
 Derbv, William, letter of attorney from 
 Ralph Snrague, 22. 
 
 Herri ford, Barnabas, the lot of, 219. 
 
 De Sallenoba, Captain, and Mr. Waltham, ]. 
 
 Dexter, Thomas, deed to his son, 14; bond, 
 20; bond to William Hooke, 76; indenture 
 with Humphrey Hooke et rr/., 1G3; ac 
 count with his son-in-law John Friend. 
 213. 
 
 Higgle. Edmnnd, 19. 
 
 Dillingham. Edward, letter of attorney to, 
 31. 
 
 Dinely, Fnthergone. 11, ??., 240, n. 
 
 Dinely, William, lease from John Hood, 5- 
 from William Wilson, 10. 
 
 Dixon, Tobias, letter of attorney from Ben 
 jamin Keayne, 103; from Robert Feke 
 et al., 139; letter from William Palmer, 
 141. 
 
 Dock, Bendall s, note on, 70, n. 
 
 Dontrec. John, 234. 
 
 Dorryfnils, Barnabn* (.<re Derriford). 129. 
 
 Douch, Grace, 71, 72; letter from her hus 
 band, 73. 
 
 Douch, Osmund, assignment to Thomas 
 Bishop, 71; lease, 72: letter to his wife, 
 73; bond, etc., with Humphrey Hooke, 
 
 Douch, Robert, 71, 72. 
 
 Doughty, Bridget, mentioned, 150. 
 
 Doughty, Francis, 88. 
 
 Doughty, Francis, the youneer, 90; bond to 
 llenrv Webb, 91 ; petition concerning, 
 110: complaint of Elizabeth Cole, 150. 
 
 Doughty, Isaac, 1 10. 
 
 Doughty, Robert, 88. 
 
 Dove, Mathew, assigned as a servant, 149. 
 
 Dowlyntr, William, letter of attornev from 
 William Talmage <*/., 1(57. 
 
 Downes, John, bond to George Luxon c t nl., 
 151, 158. 
 
 Downes, William, bill of sale to Richard 
 Morris, 101, 177. 
 
 Downing, Emanuel, perhaps fellow-passen 
 ger with Lechford, xiii; student at law, 
 xv, 28, 45, n. 
 
 Draper, Arthur, letter of attorney, cum aliis, 
 from John Rogers, 119. 
 
 Drue!!, George, bond from William Pom- 
 fret, 181; mortgage from John Page, 182; 
 
448 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 bond from Joseph Bemis, ib. ; sells land 
 to William Phillips, 209. 
 
 Dudley, Thomas, student at law, xv; cer 
 tificates, 147, 154; bond from William 
 Bevan, 154; certiticates, 154, 156, 166, 
 179, 185, 196, 198. 
 
 Durdall, Hugh, bond to William Knap, 214. 
 
 Dyaper, Anthony, 21. 
 
 Dyer, George, letter of attorney from Thomas 
 Purchas, 219. 
 
 Dyer [William], and others, deed, 43. 
 
 EAGLESFIELP, SUSANNA and MAHV, 15. 
 Eames, Alice, 22; letter from Ralph Sprague, 
 
 23. 
 
 Eames, Anthony, petition, 221. 
 Earwing, Anthony, letter of attorney from 
 
 Katherine Earwing, 123. 
 Earwing, Katherine, letter of attorney to 
 Nehemiah Bourne and Anthony Earwing, 
 123. 
 
 Euton, Nathaniel, has received .100, 123; 
 to be sued, 124; in debt to John Cogan, 
 147; letter of attorney from John Hobson, 
 177; and protest, ib. estate of, 198; letter 
 of attorney drawn on, 201; his behavior 
 to his pupil Samuel Hough, 201; work 
 done for him by William Savill, 223. 
 Eaton, Mrs. Nathaniel, never heard of again, 
 
 248, n. 
 Eaton, Theophilus, brother of Nathaniel, 
 
 147. 
 Edwards, John, covenant with llarman 
 
 Garret, 170; petition, 223, 225. 
 Edwards, Simon, 172. 
 
 Edwards, William, bond to John Stone, 117. 
 Eells, John, conveyance, etc., from Thomas 
 
 Allen, 227, 229. 
 
 Elbridge. master of the " Charles," 180. 
 Elford, John, bond to John White, 126. 
 Eliot, Jacob, bond, 151 ; indenture, 153. 
 Eliot, John, friend of, 38, n. 
 Eliot, Philip, mortgage from Richard Calli 
 
 cot, 213. 
 Eliot, William, bond to Henry Woolcott and 
 
 Samuel Wakeman, 174. . 
 Endicott, John, certificate that, he is alive. 
 113; the court book for, 150; certificate 
 ^ of, 186. 
 Enflinij, Nathaniel, servant of John Cogan 
 
 96. 
 
 England, John, 25. 
 England, Steven, letter of attorney fron 
 
 Robert Gnmlyn, 168. 
 Errington, Thomas, bond to Hugh Court 
 
 nev, 72. 
 
 Evans, Agnes, wife of William. 191, 
 Evans, Elizabeth, and John Wheelwright 
 
 covenant for service. 70. 
 Evans, Richard, arbitrator, 191. 
 Evans, William, witness, 190, 191. 
 Eveivd, Richard, and Thomas Nelson, in 
 
 denture, 34. 
 
 Everet oh. Webb (<j, <.), John, 60, 65; sell 
 
 house to Christopher Stanley, 96,98; buv 
 
 one of him, 99; conveyance to Joh 
 
 Hansett, 138; commissioner for trade, 22J 
 
 Ewer, Thomas, decea^x], 21. 
 
 AHEU, JOSEPH, pells house to Christopher 
 Stanley, 96, 98; witness, 99. 
 
 arringtdn, Edward, arbitrator, 100. 
 
 ayreweather, John, deed from Mary Fayre- 
 weather, 60, 65. 
 
 ayreweather, Mary, 60, 65; wife of John 
 Everet, 96. 
 
 earne, master of the "Hector," 112, n. 
 
 eke, Robert, letter of attorney to Robert 
 Harding, 49, 99; letter of attorney to 
 Tobias Dixon, 139, 140, 164. 
 
 eke, Tobias, letter of attorney to Tobias 
 Dixon, 139. 
 
 elt, George, petition, 203. 
 
 inch, Thomas, 23. 
 
 irmor, John, 208. 
 
 Msh, Gabriel, letter of attorney to Edward 
 Rishworth, 93. 
 
 ishenden, Mr., 107. 
 
 isher, John, letter of attorney from Ed 
 mund Hubbard, 94. 
 
 r isher, Marv, release from Elisha Bridges, 
 115, 180, . 
 
 isher, Thomas, legacy from John Black- 
 stone, 115. 
 
 leele, Henry, 49; letter of attorney from 
 Roger Conant, 130. 
 
 leming, William, bor\d, 151, 152. 
 
 lint [Thomas], and others; deed, 43. 
 
 loyd, Anne, letter of attorney to William 
 Colbron and John Button, 168. 
 
 "lovd, John, and his wife Anne, 168. 
 
 < loyd, Thomas, 168. 
 
 "ogge, Ralph, deposition in regard to Mrs. 
 Stratton, 185. 
 
 Folsom, John, prosecuted for unrepaired 
 fences, 113. 
 
 oot, Joshua, 100; Lechford engaged to, 
 2:18. 
 
 h oote, Mr., 123. 
 
 b orrett, James, draws a bill of exchange, 
 56 ; deed to Thomas Robinson and Mathew 
 Sutherland, 170. 
 
 Fortescue, Mr., misinforms Thomas Cornell, 
 55. 
 
 Foster, Abigail, wife of Thomas, 209. 
 
 Foster, Richard, letter of attorney from 
 Thomas Foster, 89. 
 
 Foster, Thomas, letter of attorney to Rich 
 ard Foster et nl., 89; to George Strange, 
 209. 
 
 Foster, "William, and Vincent Potter, 65. 
 
 Fowle, Thomas, bond from Richard Parker, 
 153; from John Scpuire et /., 155; mort 
 gage from Allen Yewe, 1-08; leiter of 
 attornev from Elizabeth Blackburne, 284. 
 
 Foxwell, Uichard, 159; answer to his bill of 
 complaint r. John Cogan, 11)8. 
 
 Fozdike, Stephen, appraiser, 223, 225. 
 
 Free, Thomas, bill of exchange from Wil 
 liam Bernard, 175. 
 
 Freeman, , 109. 
 
 Freeman. Samuel, letter of attorney to An 
 drew Walker, 155. 
 
 Freestone, Elizabeth, letter of attorney to 
 John Hutchinson, 181. 
 
 Freestone, Richard, father, deceased, of 
 Eli/.abeth, 181. 
 
INDEX. 
 
 449 
 
 Freestone, Robert, his will, 181. 
 
 Friend, John, 212. 
 
 Frost, Nicholas, petition of, 12-3, 124. 
 
 Frost, William, letter to, 47; note on, 94, n. 
 
 Fuller, Edward, 100. 
 
 Fuller. John, house granted by Francis God- 
 
 sonu , 100; to receive of Richard Brooks, 
 
 etc., 100. 
 
 GABILLOK, MICIIA.KL, and Edmund James, 
 indenture, 48. 
 
 Gabor, Bethlen, 30. 
 
 Gallop s Point, shipyards at, 151, n. 
 
 Gallop, John, letter of attorney from Thomas 
 Purchas, 219. 
 
 Game, William, assigned servant to John 
 Crnbtree, 214. 
 
 Gamlyn, Robert, letter of attorney to Steven 
 England, 168. 
 
 Gammon, James. 195,200, 201; vs. Matthew 
 Allen, 226. 
 
 Gardiner, George, 37, 41. 
 
 Gardiner, Lion, Indian deed, 129. 
 
 Garford, Gervasio, 48. 
 
 Garland, Peter, letter of attorney to Isaac 
 Allerton, 35; to Thomas Beech, 36. 
 
 Garrett, Harman, covenant with John Ed 
 wards, 176, 2-23, 225. 
 
 Garrett, Richard, letter of attorney from 
 Thomas Pinny, 161. 
 
 Garrold, Anne, -oond from John Hill, 103. 
 
 Gaylard, William, acts for John Wilson, 83; 
 and John lies, bond, etc., 90. 
 
 Geere, Elizabeth, release from Michael Wil 
 liamson, 171. 
 
 Gerrard, Rev. George, to Earl of Strafford, 
 quoted, viii. 
 
 Gibb, Philip, 28; bond from William With- 
 ingtou and John Xowe, 176 ; suit vs, 
 Thomas Allen and Richard Calllcot, 182; 
 bond from Richard Parker, 201; from 
 John Cogan, ib. ; factor for Harwood and 
 Gammon, 226. 
 
 Gibbons, Edward, arbitrator with others, 
 79 ; letter of attorney from Thomas Pur 
 chas, 84; deed from the Squa Sachem, 
 143; arbitrator, 157, 170, 201; letter of 
 attorney from Thomas Owen, 202; pale 
 of his share of the "Planter," 213, 219; 
 sale of a pinnace to, 228; letter of at- 
 torncv from Anne Stratton et n/., 233; 
 and the fortifications at Castle Island, 
 303, n. 
 
 Gibbons, Jotham, land grant from the Squa 
 Sachem, 143. 
 
 Gill. John, and Morgan Graver, 207; valuer, 
 236. 
 
 Gillam, Benjamin, 160; fined for heating 
 pitch. 279, n. 
 
 Gillman, Edward, 172. 
 
 Gilson, Thomas, letter of attorney from 
 Isaac Sterne, 166. 
 
 Gittings, Maurice, 170. 
 
 Glover, Anne. 224. 
 
 Glover, Elizabeth, 58; sells land to John 
 Newgate, 119: receipt to John Harris 
 and Richard Davys, etc., 121, et seq.; 
 sale of her share of the "Planter, 213; 
 
 grants reversion to William Stibbins, 
 224. 
 
 Glover, Josse or Joas, late husband of Eliz 
 abeth, 119, 121; his executors. 120. 
 
 Godfrey, Edward, and Thomas Dexter, in 
 denture, 163. 
 
 Grodsome, Francis, grants house, etc., to 
 John Fuller, 100. 
 
 Goffe, Jonathan, letter of attorney from Ed 
 mund Browne. 86. 
 
 Goffe, Samuel, petition of, 48. 
 
 Goffe, Thomas, petition in behalf of, 49. 
 
 Golston, Goodman, 125. 
 
 Goodman, Thomas, owes Thomas Watson, 
 122, 125. 
 
 Gooclmanes, otherwise Cato, deed to George 
 Munning et al., 86. 
 
 Goodyer, Stephen, 176. 
 
 Goose, William, shipping papers granted, 
 29 ; bond from Thomas Taylor, 172. 
 
 Gore, John, 102. 
 
 Gorges, Sir Ferdinando, 356, n. 
 
 Gorges, Thomas, Commissioner for the 
 Province of Maine, 199. 
 
 Gorton, Samuel, 16, n., 188, n. 
 
 (iostlin, Stephen, 125. 
 
 Gould, Jeremv, bond to Henry Waltham, 
 207. 
 
 Gould, Zachens, lease from John Humfrey, 
 147; petition of, 179; letter of attorney 
 from John Bradshaw, 182; lease from 
 John Humfrey, 179. 
 
 Gover, John, 180. 
 
 Graf ton, Joseph, his ketch the "Endeav 
 our," 202, 234. 
 
 Gransden, Alice, 124, 125. 
 
 Gransden, Henry, father of Joan, Alice, 
 Anne, Marv. Frances. Sarah, and Mar 
 tha, 124. 
 
 Graves, John, letter of attorney from, 23. 
 
 Graves, Mary, 15. 
 
 Graves, Thomas, indenture, 15. 
 
 Greene, Man , bound to William Hudson, 
 100. 
 
 Greene, Solomon, bound to John Crabtree, 
 100, 103. 
 
 Greenland, John, petitions, 178, 203. 
 
 Greensmith, Stephen, 33, 123; bond to Ed 
 ward Colcord and Richard Morris, 137. 
 
 Grenville, Richard, 179. 
 
 Grey, Elizabeth, wife of John, 92, 122, 125. 
 
 Ore} , Henry, 1.0, n., 47; letter of attorney 
 to James Young, 125, .141; grant to Lech- 
 ford, 176. 
 
 Grey, John, Rolls to Valentine Hill, etc., 
 92, 122, 125. 
 
 Grey, 1 bonus, petition of, 149. 
 
 Grcv, William, letter of attorney to Philip 
 White, 141. 
 
 Gridley, Richard, receives William Bore- 
 man apprentice, 105; gets rid of him, 
 120, 205. 
 
 Griffin, John, bond to the Earl of Warwick, 
 146. 
 
 Griffin, Thomas, and others, deed, 43. 
 
 Griffith, Edward, w. Richard Callicott, 194. 
 
 Groome, John, partner of John Rogers, 109; 
 owes Thomas Watson, 122, 125. 
 
 29 
 
450 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 Grove, Lewis, 227, 229. 
 
 Grubb, Thomas, bill of exchange on Jef- 
 frev Salter, 172; letter of attorney from 
 Thomas Lund, 181. 
 
 Grymes, Samuel, 169. 
 
 GuVden, John, letter of attorney from Sam 
 uel Apple ton, 101. 
 
 Guv, John, defendant at suit of John 
 Moses, 227. 
 
 HAGBOKNE, SAMUEL, land of, 35; bond 
 to Walter Blackburne, 130. 
 
 Hales, William, stands security, 156. 
 
 Haltin, Henry, 16, 17; letter from Katherine 
 Coy t more et al., ib. 
 
 Hall, "Edward, in good health, 154; letter to 
 Edward Stokes, ib. ; bond to John Pol 
 lard, 216. 
 
 Hull, Edward, information respecting Mar- 
 maduke Pierce, 139. 
 
 Hall, Francis, 154. 
 
 Hallet, Richard, 72, 73. 
 
 Hammond, Thomas, vs. Edmund Ilubbard, 
 113; vs. David Phippen et nl., ib. 
 
 Hancock, Martha, letter to William Leigh, 
 125. 
 
 Hansett, John, conveyance from John Ev- 
 eret, 138; sells a house to Thomas Payn- 
 ter, 144. 
 
 Harding, Abraham, letter of attorney to 
 Giles Burrow, 108. 
 
 Harding, John, 168. 
 
 Harding, Robert, letter of attorney from 
 Robert Feke, 49 ; from Richard Callicott, 
 58; conveyance to Thomas Savage, 129; 
 to Robert "Keayne et al., 142; articles of 
 agreement with William Withington,183. 
 
 Hardy, Christopher, 158. 
 
 Harlackenden, Richard, letter of attorney 
 from Joseph Cooke, 135. 
 
 Harlackenden, Roger, last will and testa 
 ment, 140. 
 
 Harlowe, Mr, letter from Josiah Stan- 
 borough, 126. 
 
 Harris, John, receipt from Elizabeth 
 Glover, etc., 121, 122. 
 
 Harrison, John, sued for debt, 96; certain 
 wares delivered to, 99, 103; Richard 
 Hutchinson to collect from, 121, 122, 127. 
 
 Harrison, Mr., 84. 
 
 Harvard College, condition of students, 201. 
 
 Harvey, Sir John, 79, n. 
 
 Harwood, Henry, 207. 
 
 Harwood, Thomas, 195, 200, 201; suit rs. 
 Mathew Allen, 226. 
 
 Haskell, Samuel, bond to John Hill, 181 ; 
 to William Vicars, 182. 
 
 Hassard, Mr., 150. 
 
 Hatch, William, undertaker in the "Castle 
 of London." 92; defendant at suit of 
 Thomas Rucke, 105; reckons with Jo 
 seph Merriam, 107, 112. 
 
 Hatherly, Timothy, vs. Joseph Young, 103, 
 108; ?*. Isaac Allerton, 114; and the 
 "White Angel," 120. 
 
 Ilaugh. See Hough. 
 
 Hawkins, Abraham, affidavit concerning 
 Thomas Rucke, 78. 
 
 Hawkins, Thomas (the shipwright), de 
 fendant at suit of John Bourne, 76; let 
 ter of attorney from Elizabeth Glover, 
 122, 123; articles of agreement with Wil 
 liam Robinson, 131 ; mentioned, 213. 
 
 Hawkins, Thomas (the baker), bond to 
 George Luxon, 151; to John Pollard, 
 175; Hannah BradLsh apprenticed to, 
 202. 
 
 Hawkins, Timothy, 115; a writing for John 
 Cogan rs., 142; account for, 160; petition 
 of. 171 ; indenture with Henry Smith, 176; 
 defendant at suit of Henry Smith, 172; 
 221. 
 
 Hawkins [William?], 169. 
 
 Hawthorne, William, 47; lands of, 126; to 
 make an inventory, 148, 202, n. 
 
 Hayman, James. 84. 
 
 Haynes, Isaac, 212. 
 
 Haynes, John, 174, 184; his farm, 224, 
 416, n. 
 
 Haynes, Richard, assigned to John Budd, 
 176. 
 
 Hazzard, Henry, letter of attorney from 
 John Bart oil," 235. 
 
 Hazzard, Lawrence, bond from John Cut- 
 ten, father and son, 212. 
 
 Hazzard, Mr., 74; letter of attorney from 
 Thomas Scudamore, 150. 
 
 Heale, Edward, defendant at suit of Thomas 
 Witherly, 132; of Jonathan Weymouth, 
 133; of Ralph Scott, 138; articles of 
 agreement with William Pester, 141 . 
 
 Ileaton, Nathaniel, Lechford pays in full, 
 142. 
 
 Hedger, Thomas, 46. 
 
 Hempenstall, Robert, release to William 
 \Voolncr, 207. 
 
 Hempenstall, Thomas, 207. 
 
 llerne, Mathew, 212. 
 
 Herrick, William, 138; bond from John 
 Daws, 158, 164. 
 
 Hett, Thomas, vs. Thomas Shave, 52; rs. 
 John Tose, 53; letter of attorney to Rich 
 ard Morris, 70. 
 
 HeWes, Joshua, account with Nicholas Tre- 
 rise, 133; conveyance from Walter 
 Blackburne, 150; bond from Richard 
 Morris, 187; [Josiah] arbitrator, 194; 
 letter of attorney to Richard Morris, ib.; 
 letter of attorney from John Pollard, 
 224; bond from Lechford and David 
 Oifley, 238. 
 
 Hewettj Nicholas, defendant at suit of John 
 Bourne, 76. 
 
 Hibbens, William, 60, 136. 
 
 Higginson, Mrs., 133. 
 
 Hill, Fabian, 88, 89. 
 
 Hill, John, bond to Anne Garrold, 103; 
 from Samuel Haskill, 181. 
 
 Hill, Mr., 175, 212. 
 
 Hill, Valentine, buys of John Grey, etc., 
 92; letter of attorney to Richard Har 
 rison, 122; deed from John Stratton, 
 126, 161; bond to Henry Woolcott and 
 Samuel \Vakeman, 174; arbitrament 
 with Thomas Mayhew, 194; Paul Alles- 
 tree apprenticed to, 238. 
 
INDEX. 
 
 451 
 
 Hills. See lies, 58, n. 
 
 Hills, Joseph, aflidavit, 01. 
 
 Hilton, Edward, 419, n. 
 
 Hobart, Edmund, 141, n. See Hubbard. 
 
 Hobson, John, letter of attorney from Na 
 thaniel Eaton, 177; and protest, ib. 
 
 Hogge, John, petition of, 194. 
 
 Hogge, Roger, 210. 
 
 Holgrave, John, bond to Edward Paiiie, 
 181. 
 
 Holland, Angell, assigns William Game 
 servant to John Crabtree, 214. 
 
 Holland, John, letter of attorney from 
 Ralph Sprague, 170; defendant at suit 
 of John Scobell, 190; bond to Edward 
 Michelson, 195; and a counterbond, ib.; 
 trading license. 237. 
 
 Hollingsworth, Richard, 320. 
 
 Hollway, Joseph, deposition concerning Mrs. 
 Richards, 178, 207. 
 
 Hollway, William, complainant, vs. John 
 Treworthy, 172; to be sued, 177. 
 
 Holyoke, Edward, his connection with Bar 
 nabas Davis, 205, 217. 
 
 Hood. John, lease to William Dinely, 5; 
 indenture, etc., with Thomas Parish, ib., 
 et seq. 
 
 Hooke, Humphrey, bond from Mathew 
 AllvQ, 74, 108, 110 ; indenture with 
 Thomas Dexter, 163. 
 
 Hooke, Mr., 175. 
 
 Hooke, William, and Osmund Douch, 
 bond, etc., 74; a testimonial for, 222. 
 
 Hooker, Thomas, his relations with Barna 
 bas Davis, 204. 
 
 Hopkins, Edward, 158, 205. 
 
 Hopkins, Jonathan, 181. 
 
 Hopper, Mary, 26. 
 
 Hosier, Samuel, letter .of attorney to Jeffrey 
 Coleman and James Wade, 99; agree 
 ment with David Offley, 104; letter of 
 attorney for, 167. 
 
 Hough, Atherton, letter of attorney to 
 Thomas Owen, 201; note on, 361, n. 
 
 Hough, Samuel, 196, n. ; deposition of, 201. 
 
 How", Edward, letter of attorney from Hen 
 ry Jackson, 121. 
 
 Howe, Daniel, petition of, 147. 
 
 Howell, Edward, letter of attorney to Roger 
 Stevens et al., 179. 
 
 Howes, , 31. 
 
 Rowland, Arthur, 169. 
 
 Hubbard, Edmund, chosen guardian by 
 Mordccai Lvford, 93; letter of attorney 
 to William Bladcn and John Fisher, 94; 
 defendant at suit of Thomas Hammond, 
 113; husband of Sarah, 154. 
 
 Hubbard, Sarah, 93 ; certificate on, 154. 
 
 Hubbard, William, 99, 101, 189. 
 
 Hudson, Francis, house of, 133. 
 
 Hudson, [Mary], and others, deed, 43. 
 
 Hudson William, and Thomas Cornish, in 
 denture, 4!) ; letter of attorney from Ed 
 ward Bridges, 177; from Lewis Kidby, 
 211. 
 
 Hudson, William, the younger, receives 
 Mary Greene apprentice, 100, 103; house 
 of, 16 i. 
 
 Ilughson, Thomas, 100. 
 
 Hull, Edmund, bond to Timothy Thornhill. 
 
 157. 
 
 Hull, John, Diary quoted, 19, n. 
 
 Hmnfrey, John, student-at-law, xv; writ 
 ings for, 1; and Mr. Swimmer, ib., 115; 
 bond to Elizabeth Glover, 122; bond to 
 Daniel Butler, 130; lease to Zacheus 
 Gould, 147, 197 ; account with John King, 
 173; commissioner to Dover, 228. 
 
 Himtridge, Alexander, 48. 
 
 Hard, John, makes Mrs. Lechford s gown, 
 142. 
 
 Hurden, Adam, 90. 
 
 H U rst, , 169. 
 
 Hussey, George, 158. 
 
 Hutchinson, note on the family, 156, n. 
 
 Hiitchinson, Anne, 210, n. 
 
 Hutchinson, Edward, and others, deed, 43 ; 
 and David Sellecke, agreement, etc., 65, 
 66, 68; witness, 93; joins to convey a 
 house to Richard Htitchinson, 102; deed 
 to William Tyng. 177; sale of land to 
 William Tvng, 212, 214, 216. 
 
 Hutchinson, Francis, advice from Thomas 
 Lechford, 238. 
 
 Hutchinson, John, 93 ; letter of attorney 
 from Elizabeth Freestone, 181. 
 
 Hutchinson, Richard, xiv; bill of exchange 
 in favor of, 56; house conveyed by his 
 brothers, William and Samuel, 102"; an 
 other conveyed by Edward Hutchinson 
 and Thomas Savage, t 6., 118; bill of 
 exchange, 119; .40 paid to, 120; letter 
 of attorney from John Stratton, 121, 127; 
 his shop, 215. 
 
 Hutchinwn. Samuel, xiv, 67, 68, 81 ; bond 
 from Richard Parker, 91, 93; house rent 
 paid to, 117 : bond from Richard Parker, 
 180; bill of sale to, 197; memorandum. 
 201. 
 
 Hutchinson, William, xiv; his house, 31; 
 deed, 43; and David Sellecke, agree 
 ment, etc., 65, 66, 68: joins to convey 
 house to Richard Hutchinson, 102; deed 
 to William Tyng, 177; sale of land to 
 William Tyng, 212, 214; bounds of his 
 land at Mount Wollaston, 214. 
 
 Iluxton, John, 211. 
 
 ILKS. See Hills, 58, n. 
 lies, John, and others, bond. 90. 
 lies. Richard, letter of attorney to Isaac 
 Allerton, 34. 
 
 JACKSON, HENRY, letter of attorney to Ed 
 ward How, 121. 
 
 Jackson, Richard, 177. 
 
 Jacob, Nicholas, 212. 
 
 James, Edmund, and others, indenture, 48. 
 
 James, Thomas, his congregation, 36, n. 
 
 James, Thomas (see Thomas Jones), blown 
 up in the " Mary Rose," 187. 
 
 James, William, bill of exchange drawn by 
 William Withington, 176; letter of at 
 torney to George Strange, 180. 
 
 Jeffreys, William, bond to Henry Wal- 
 tham, 207. 
 
452 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 Jennison, William, articles of agreement, 
 etc., wilh Hubert Scott, 70, 356, . 
 
 Jctt, Alexander, appendix. 
 
 John, Sagamore of Merrimack, 202. 
 
 Johnson, , deeds to Rosseter, 115. 
 
 Johnson, Fermin, 208. 
 
 Johnson, James, 171. 
 
 Johnson, Jane, 115. 
 
 Johnson, John, 1, n. ; letter to William 
 Pynchon, 120; conveyance to Thomas 
 Savage, 130; and release. 145; inventory, 
 145 ; mortgage to Walter Blackburne, 150; 
 bill of lading for, 1C"; letter of attorney 
 from Elizabeth Blaekburne, 234, 237. 
 
 Johnson, John, articles of apprenticeship, 60. 
 
 Johnson, William, bond to Timothy Thorn- 
 hill, 157. 
 
 Jollift e, John, and William Chesebrough; 
 mortgage, 1. 
 
 Jones, Edward, vs. William Leeke, 233. 
 
 Jones, John, brickmaker, 130. 
 
 Jones, Robert, 113. 
 
 Jones, Thomas (CK Thomas James), blown 
 up in the "Mary Rose," 187. 
 
 Jordan, Ignatius, 97, 174. 
 
 Jordan, John, 165, 160. 
 
 Joy, Thomas, receives William Browne ap 
 prentice, 119; deed from Richard Belling- 
 liain, 162 ; account against Robert Keayne, 
 202 ; gives Lcchford his fowling-piece, 
 203; valuer, 23G. 
 
 Judkin, Job, turns over William Boreman 
 to Thomas Witherley, 142; letter for, 183. 
 
 KEAYNK, BENJAMIN, 103 ; bond from Robert 
 Saltonstall, 219. 
 
 Keayne, Robert, his laced coat. 41; letter of 
 attorney to, 103 ; letter of attorney to 
 Tobias Dixon, 103; answer to Mr. Salton- 
 stall s letter, 142; conveyance from Robert 
 Harding, 142; writings for. 144; attorney 
 for John Stratton, 380, 189; letter of at 
 torney to John Tinker, ib. ; and John Strat 
 ton, 195; Thomas Joy s account with him, 
 202; the " Sow Case* 234; letter of at 
 torney to John Tinker^ 401, n. 
 
 Kenning, Henry, assignment of, 66. 
 
 Kevser, Thomas, defendant at suit of John 
 Moses, 227 ; deposition concerning, 228. 
 
 Kidby, Lewis, letter of attorney to William 
 Hudson, 211. 
 
 Kidd, Robert, and Katherine Coytmore, cum 
 al.; indenture, 15. 
 
 King, John, servant to John Humfrey, 173. 
 
 King, John, 215. 
 
 King, Mary, 173. 
 
 King, Mr.," 212. 
 
 King, Ralph, letter of attorney from John 
 and Daniel Prior, 168; from William 
 Tallmage et al.. 175. 
 
 Kingsmyle, Francis, bond, 151; indenture, 
 153. 
 
 Kirke, John. 233. 
 
 Kitcherell, Joseph, 107. 
 
 Knap, William, bond from Hugh Durdal! 
 and John Knight, 214. 
 
 Knight, Goodman, 114. 
 
 Knight, John, bond to William Knap, 214. 
 
 Knight, Mailing, cuts wood with Richard 
 
 Carter, 139. 
 
 Knight, William, arbitrator, 100. 
 Knowe, George, petition, 203. 
 Knowles, John, 09. 
 
 LAMBE, THOMAS, conveyance from Walter 
 Blackburne, 150. 
 
 Lambert, Francis, 1, n. ; et al., conveyance to 
 Thomas Savage, 130 ; release to same, 145. 
 
 Lamson, Barnabas, 5. 
 
 Lane, Mary, 214. 
 
 Lang, Richard, complaint against John Up- 
 ham and William Smith, 187. 
 
 Langdon, Edward, 227, 230. 
 
 Large, Widow, 212. 
 
 Lashford, Sir Thomas. See Lechford. 
 
 La Tour, Mons. de, and Samuel Maverick, 
 225, . 
 
 Latham, William, deposition, 229. 
 
 Laud, Archbishop, viii, x. 
 
 Lawrence, Henry, 51. 
 
 Lawrence, John," 51, 152, 236. 
 
 Lawrence, Walter, 28. 
 
 Lechford, Elizabeth, reference to, 63, ., 84, 
 142, 203, 215. 
 
 Lechford, the family, vii; arms, ix, n. 
 
 Lechford, Sir Thomas, sends his daughters 
 beyond seas, etc., viii; refuses the oath 
 of "allegiance, ix. 
 
 Lechford, Thomas, sketch of his life, vii. et 
 seq. ; witness, etc., 1, 5, 8, 9, 16, 22, 24, 25 ; 
 letter to Edmund Browne, 28 ? to Hugh 
 Peter, 30; to [William Frost], 47; cer 
 tain propositions to the General Court, 
 57, 58 ; letter of attorney from James 
 Brocke, 100; from Joseph Bacheller, 16., 
 101 ; attorney for James Brocke, 115; 
 petition for pardon, 117; borrows 5*. of 
 George Story, 119; pays Nathaniel Hea- 
 toii in full," 142; Sarah his maid, ib. ; 
 pays Thomas Marshall for wood, ib. ; 
 pays Mr. Burton for malt, ib. ; pays 
 Thomas Marshall in full, 145; even 
 with Zachie Bosworth, ib.; attorney for 
 
 Thomas Barnardiston, 167 ; letter to , 
 
 175; summoned to court, 176; grant from 
 Henry Grey, ib. ; Mrs. Richard s petition, 
 202; Thomas Jov gives him a fowling- 
 piece, 203; to write lor henbane, etc. ib. ; 
 opinion in the matter of Barnabas Davis, 
 217; auditor in the case, ib. ; letter of at 
 torney from Thomas Purchas, 219; letter 
 of attorney to Thomas Savage, 234; his 
 part in the " Sow Case," ib.; desired to 
 Dear a message, 235 ; letter to Mr. Collins, 
 237; sends advice to Francis Hutchinson, 
 238; considers himself ignorant, appen 
 dix; summoned to court, etc., appendix. 
 
 Leeds, , 192. 
 
 Leeke, William, defendant at suit of Ed 
 ward Jones, 233. 
 
 Leger, Elizabeth, agreement with John 
 Crabtree, 103. 
 
 Leigh, William, letter from Martha Han 
 cock, 125. 
 
 Leveret t. John, 4, n. ; his foot-company, 
 154, . 
 
INDEX. 
 
 453 
 
 Leverett, Thomas, 1; deed (with others), 
 43; arbitrator, 64; note on, 99, n. 
 
 Lewes, Robert, assigns William Huberts to 
 John Crnbtree, 160. 
 
 Lewys, Morgain, letter of attorney to John 
 Pickering, 158. 
 
 Ley, Lord, 52, n. 
 
 Lisle, Francis, buys a house of Elizabeth 
 Blackburne, 215; letter of attorney from 
 Elizabeth Sutton, 234. 
 
 Long, John, petition for Mr. Whitcomb s 
 land, 113; deposition, 214. 
 
 Longley, William, letter of attorney to 
 Thomas Meeke, 167. 
 
 Loomis, Joseph, 91. 
 
 Love, James, letter of attorney from John 
 Cogan, 159. 
 
 Loverun, George, 86, 87. 
 
 Loverun, John, ib. 
 
 Loverun, William, ib. 
 
 Lowe, John, 102; bond to Philip Gibb, 170. 
 
 Lucar, Robert, bond for John Griffin s ap 
 pearance, 146; bond from Thomas Page, 
 211. 
 
 Ludlow, George, 50, 58. 
 
 Ludlow, Roger, land of, 131. 
 
 Lulett, Lewis, petition, 203. 
 
 Lund, Thomas, 172; letter of attorney to 
 Thomas Grubb, 181. 
 
 Lunt, Enoch, letter of attorney from Samuel 
 Nash, 234. 
 
 Luxford. 34, 139; in Barnabas Davis ac 
 count, 205; relations with Winthrop, 
 229, n. 
 
 Luxon, George, assigns Mathew Dove to 
 John Blackleath, 149; bond from John 
 Crabtree and Thomas Hawkins, 151; in 
 denture, 153; bond from John Do \vnes, 
 158. 
 
 Lyford, John, 93. 
 
 Lvford, Mordecai, chooses Edmund Ilub- 
 bard guardian, 93, 95. 
 
 Lyford, Obadiah, 93. 
 
 Lygon, Richard, note on, 378, re. ; letter from 
 " Barnabas Davis, 210; mentioned bv Davis, 
 211; letter for, 239. 
 
 MADPOX, ELIZABETH, wife of William, 
 116. 
 
 Maddox, William, 116. 
 
 Major, German, letter of attorney from Ed 
 ward Howell, 179. 
 
 Makepeace, Thomas, petition, 224. 
 
 Manchonat, Island of, ceded to Lion Gardi 
 ner, 130. 
 
 Mansfield, Richard, 148. 
 
 Mantell, Robert, bond to Theodore Atkin 
 son, 181. 
 
 Marke, John, 227, 230. 
 
 Marret, Roger, 6. 
 
 Marriot, James, 13, n. 
 
 Marryot, Thomas, 32. 
 
 Marshall, Jatnes, and John Cogan, 148. 
 
 Marshall, Thomas, paid for wood, 142; in 
 full, 145; witness, 236. 
 
 Mftrshfield, Thomas, 1 ; bond to John Ties, 
 
 90; account with Nathaniel Patten, 180. 
 
 Martin, Isaac, 13. 
 
 Martin, Thomas, bond to Solomon Safferv, 
 13-2. 
 
 Mason, Ralph, 144. 
 
 Mather, llenvv, indenture with Thomas Cor 
 nish, 49. * 
 
 Mather, Newton, 125. 
 
 Mather, Richard, 198, n. 
 
 Mather, Robert., 16; letter from Katherine 
 Coytmore et nl., 17. 
 
 Mathew, John, arbitrator, 191: witness, 190, 
 191. 
 
 Mathew, Margaret, 2, 4. 
 
 Matson, Thonias, letter of attorney to Mrs. 
 Chambers, 158; release, etc., ib\ 
 
 Matthew, Dermont, complains of George 
 Strange, 148. 
 
 Matthew, Teg, 148. 
 
 Maverick, Elius, 152. 
 
 Maverick, Samuel, bond to William Hooke, 
 76; indenture with Nicholas Trerise, 137; 
 arbitrator, 157; mortgage from Allen 
 Yetve, 158; relations with La Tour, 225, n. 
 
 Mayhew, Jane, wife of Thomas, 117. 
 
 Mavhew, Thomas, letter of attorney to 
 Richard Payne el al., 117; letter of at- 
 tornev for, 144; arbitrament with Valen 
 tine Hill, 194; note, 411, n. 
 
 Mayne, George, of the Beaver," 69. 
 
 Mayo, John, and family, 168. 
 
 Meeke, Thomas, letter of attorne}- to Wil 
 liam Longlev, 167. 
 
 Mellows, Abraham, 223. 
 
 Mellows, Edward, petition, 223. 
 
 Merchant, Walter, bond to Robert Shufc, 
 209. 
 
 Merriam, Joseph, 105; deposition concern 
 ing, 107; rs. William Hatch, 107, 112. 
 
 Merriam, Robert, affidavit, 92; puts William 
 Boreman apprentice to Richard Gridlev. 
 105. 
 
 Merrimack, John, Sagamore of, 202. 
 
 Merry, Walter, hitter of attorney to Rich 
 ard Morris, 194; suit of John Seberrv, 
 236. 
 
 Mewtis, Thomas, clerk of the council, 3, n. 
 
 Miantinomie, 42. 
 
 Michelson, Edward, 115; letter of attorney 
 from Comfort Starr, 130; bond from 
 Thomas Allen ft /., 195. 
 
 Micklethwaite, Nathaniel, factor for the 
 Ilutchinsons, xiv, 95, 117 ; house rent 
 paid to, 118, 142, 144. 
 
 Miller, Isabel!, 165. 
 
 Miller, Thomas, bond from Thomas Tavlor, 
 165. 
 
 Milles, Samuel, deposition of, concerning 
 Morgan Craver, 207. 
 
 Millet, Thomas, 103. 
 
 Milhvard, 73, 74, 81; deposition, 165. 
 
 Minot, George, deed from Richard Belling- 
 ham. 69. 
 
 Minshal, William, 137. 
 
 Moody, My Lady, 41. 
 
 Moore, John, 8; owes Thomas Watson, 122, 
 1-25. 
 
 Morecraft, John, petition, 207. 
 
 Morgan, Robert, suit against, for theft, 219. 
 
 Morley, Dr., prescription by. 216. 
 
454 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 Morrill, Isaac, petition in behalf of the 
 blacksmiths, 117. 
 
 Morris, John, bond from John Downes, 151, 
 158. 
 
 Morris, Richard, articles with Richard Par 
 ker, 59; letter of attorney from Thuinas 
 Hett, 70; bond from Stephen Greensmith, 
 337; letter of attorney from William 
 Fierce, ib.; bill of sale from William 
 Downes, 102 ; letter from, 186 ; bond to 
 Joshua Hewes, 187; letter of attorney 
 from same, 194; from Walter Merry, ib. 
 
 Morris, Thomas, 195, 190. 
 
 Moses, John, vs. Thomas Keyser and John 
 Guy, 227 ; deposition concerning, 228. 
 
 Moulton, Jane, complaint of, 152. 
 
 Moulton, Thomas, deposition, 51; complaint 
 against William Stidson, 152, 178. 
 
 Munning, George, et al., deed from Cato, 
 otherwise Goodmanes, 80. 
 
 Mvlam, John, John Cole assigned appren 
 tice to, 113. 
 
 Myles, Robert, 17. 
 
 NANTASKKT, fishing plantation at, 221. 
 
 Nash, liobert, appraiser, 223, 225. 
 
 Nash, Samuel, letter of attorney to Enoch 
 
 Lunt, 234. 
 Nelson, Robert, 89. 
 Nelson, Thomas, indenture with Richard 
 
 Evered, 34. 
 
 Nowberry, Thomas, deceased, 83. 
 Ncweomen, Jonathan, 213. 
 Newgate, Anne, 9, 87. 
 Newgate, Hannah, 8. 
 Newgate, John, will. 8; deed (with others), 
 
 43; recognition, 87; buys land of Eliza 
 
 beth Glover, 11!); of "John Winthrop, 
 
 141; land at Rumncy Marsh, 142. 
 Newgate, John, the younger, 8, 9. 
 Newgate, Nathaniel*, 8; to learn to drum, 
 
 91, n. 
 
 Newgate, Sarah, 8. 
 Newland, William, 215. 
 Nit-hols, George, bill of exchange, 143. 
 Nichols, Thomas, bill of exchange, 104. 
 Nichols, Thomas, bond to John Cockerel!, 
 
 130; bill of exchange, 143; letter of at 
 
 torney to John Cockercll, 180. 
 Nichols, Walter, will of, 130. 
 Norman, Mat hew, bond to Robert Shute 
 
 209. 
 Northcot, Isaac, letter of attorney from John 
 
 Cogan, 95. 
 Norton, Anne, complaint against Samuel 
 
 Ward. 230. 
 Norton, John, 30. 
 Norton, William, late husband of Anne 
 
 236. 
 Nowell, Increase, indenture, 15; certificate 
 
 concerning Nathaniel Enlling, 97, 152, 
 
 193. 198. 
 Nowell, Parnell, indenture, 15. 
 
 170. 
 
 , JOHN, the father of Thomas 
 
 Odingselle, Thomas, letter of attorney tc his 
 father, 170. 
 
 )ffley, David Lechford borrows .3, 66; bill 
 of exchange drawn by, 104; agreement 
 with Samuel Hosier, ib. ; letter of attor 
 ney to Edward Wooleott it al., 120; bill 
 of exchai ge, 143; bond from Robert 
 Bowen, 143; articles of agreement with 
 Robert Sedge wick, 202; bond with Lech- 
 ford to Joshua llewes, 238. 
 
 Xliey, Elizabeth, wife of David, 120. 
 
 )tfley, Robert, bill of exchange, 104, 
 
 >tHey, Stephen, bill of exchange, 143. 
 
 Miver, Elizabeth [Newgate], 9. 
 
 Hiver, James, attorney for Miles Brath- 
 wayte, 149. 
 
 Oliver, John, 37, 41 ; and the "Marv Rose," 
 105, 107; letter of attorney from Thomas 
 Purchas; 219. 
 
 )liver, Peter, 89. 
 
 Ormsbee, Mrs., 98. 
 
 Owen, Thomas, attorney for John Stratton 
 and his mother, 186, 189, 195; bill of sale 
 to Samuel Hutchinson ft al., 197,201; 
 letter of attorney from Atherton Hough, 
 201; damages to, ib.; letter of attorney 
 to Edward Griffith, 202 ; hires a ketch o"f 
 Joseph Grafton, ib. 
 
 PAGE, JOHN, mortgage to George Druell, 
 182. 
 
 Page, Thomas, bond to Robert Lucar. 211. 
 
 Palfrey, Peter, conveyance to George Rich 
 ardson, 47. 
 aimer, Abraham, petition, 145. 
 
 Palmer, Edward, petition, 144. 
 
 Palmer, John, petition, 194; his father, ib. ; 
 deposition, 212. 
 
 Palmer, Judith, wife of William, 139. 
 
 Palmer, William, and others, make letter of 
 attorney to Tobias Dixon, 139; letter lo 
 the same, 141. 
 
 Panare, Robert, violence of, 114. 
 
 Pauckluirst, Anne, 129, 171. 
 
 Paramor, Henry, business with James 
 Brock e, etc., 75, et seq. ; case cited, 218. 
 
 Parish, Thomas, and John Hood, indenture, 
 5; bond, 0; articles of agreement, etc., 7. 
 
 Parke, Elias, 52. 
 
 Parke, Joseph, prosecuted for unrepaired 
 fences, 113. 
 
 Parke, William, indenture with Vincent 
 Potter, 60; mortgage from Richard Calli- 
 cott, 213. 
 
 Parker, John, articles of agreement with 
 Richard Parker, 145; bond from John 
 Barnes, 181. 
 
 Parker, Nicholas, 23; deed to Walter 
 Blackburne, 35; deed lo William Cheney, 
 70; his swamp, 139; his land at Rumney 
 Marsh, 141; buys land of James Pen, 
 142; conveyance from James Pen, 144; 
 to Edwnrd Tyng, ib. ; bond to Timothy 
 Thornhill, 150; to Henry Symonds, 167. 
 
 Parker, Richard, deed and indenture with 
 John Throckmorton, 43; deed, etc., ib. ; 
 indenture with Edward Bendall, 45; arti 
 cles with Richard Morris, 59; sale from 
 Richard Bulgar, 69; deed to William 
 Cheney, 76; bond to Samuel Hutchinson 
 
INDEX. 
 
 455 
 
 and Thomas Savage, 91; conveyance 
 from Robert Harding, 142; articles of 
 agreement with John Parker, 145; prom 
 ise to pay from John Throckmorton, 149; 
 bond to Thomas Fo\vle, 15-5; mentioned, 
 160: bond to Henry Symonds, 167; bond 
 to Samuel Hutchinson and Thomas Sav 
 age, 130; mortgage from Thomas Sy 
 monds, 195: bond to Philip Gibb, 201: 
 petition, 223. 
 
 Parker, Robert, 175. 
 
 Parker, Thomas, 30. 
 
 Partridge, William, -350, n. 
 
 Patten, Nathaniel, letter of attorney to 
 Henry Andrews, 177; account with 
 Henry Wolcott et /., 180. 
 
 Paul, Daniel, letter of attorney to John 
 Cole, 1G7. 
 
 Paul, Elizabeth, 16T. 
 
 Payne, Edward, master of the " Susan and 
 "Ellen," 91; bond from Robert Waggett, 
 95; from Richard Waldern, 1(55; from 
 John Holgrove, 181, 182; George Druell 
 acts for, 209. 
 
 Payne, Richard, letter of attorney from 
 Thomas Mayhcw, 117; from" David 
 OlHey, 120, 175. 
 
 Payne, Thomas, husband, deceased, of 
 Jane Mayhew, 117. 
 
 Pavne, Thomas, chooses Thomas and Jane 
 Mayhew, guardians, 118. 
 
 Payuter, Thomas, and George Barrel!, deed 
 and bond, 2i); witness, 79; buys a house 
 of John Hansel, and conveys it to Thomas 
 Clarke, 144. 
 
 Peakes, John, bond to Thomas Robinson. 
 102. 
 
 Pease, Joint, 103. 
 
 Peirsou. William, 95. 
 
 Pel ham. perhaps student at law, xv. 
 
 Pell, William, 10. 
 
 Pemberton, James, petition, 203. 
 
 Pemberton, John, the lot of, 121). 
 
 Pen, James, deed (with others), 43; dealing 
 in land at Riimney Marsh, 141, 142, 144. 
 
 Pendleton, Hrian, hi? house, 86. 
 
 Pequods, the expedition against, 110. 
 
 Perkins, William, mortgage to Walter 
 Black I HI rue, 150. 
 
 Perry, Arthur, articles of agreement with 
 Richard Cooke. 59; bond to Timothy 
 Thonihill, 157. 
 
 Pester, William, articles of agreement with 
 Edward Heale, 141; in an affidavit, 150; 
 letter of attorney to his uncle, 170. 
 
 Peters, Hu^h, lecturer at St. Sepulchre s, x; 
 letter from Lechford, 30; witness, 47; 
 letter of, 103, 115; conveyance from John 
 Stralton, 130, 42!. n. 
 
 Phellin, Christopher, 211. 
 
 Philips George, 21. 
 
 Phillips, George, ,30. 
 
 Phillips, William, bnvs land of George 
 Druell, 2:)!). 
 
 Phippen, David, defendant at suit of Ed 
 mund Hubbard, 113. 
 
 Pickering. John, letter of attorney to Isaac 
 Allerton, 151; from Morgain Lewys, 158. 
 
 Pickersgill, Robert, 179. 
 
 Pierce, Daniel, and Vincent Potter. 60. 
 
 Pierce, John, journeyman to Leonard But- 
 tolph. 133. 
 
 Pierce, Marmaduke, information of Edward 
 Hall respecting, 139; trial of, for murder, 
 22;), n. 
 
 Pierce, William, letter of attorney from 
 Richard Morris, 137, 174, 194, 384, n. 
 
 Pinne, Richard, assignment to Robert 
 Turner, 104; letter of attorney to Allen 
 Ye we, 159. 
 
 Pinny, Thomas, letter of attorney to Rich 
 ard Garrett, 161. 
 
 Plum, Thomas, letter of attorney from 
 Thomas Rucke, 91. 
 
 Pococke, John, 197. 
 
 Pole, Edward, desirous to marry, 214. 
 
 Pole, Elizabeth, cross action with John 
 Treworthy, 113, 1.15. 
 
 Pollard, George, letter of attorney from 
 John Pollard, 224. 
 
 Pollard, John, and Thomas Hawkins, 175; 
 acknowledgment, 195 ; bond from Joseph 
 Armitage, 202 ; to Henry .Symonds, ib. ; 
 John Sanford apprenticed to, ib. ; bond 
 from Edward Hall, 21(3 ; letter of attorney 
 to Joshua Hewesand George Pollard, 224. 
 
 Pomfret, Hosanna, wife of William, 181. 
 
 Pomfret, William, bond to George Druell, 
 181. 
 
 Pomroy, , 69. 
 
 I oole, John, 25. 
 
 Potter, Vincent, and Daniel Pierce, 60; and 
 William Foster, (J5; indenture with 
 William Parke, 66; apprentices William 
 Browne, 1 19. 
 
 Price, Richard, servant of John Pickering, 
 151. 
 
 Prigge, William, letter of attorney from 
 Thomas Scndamore, 150. 
 
 Prince, Mr., letter from Lechford, 5. 
 
 Prior, Daniel, 108. 
 
 Prior, John, letter of attorney to Ralph 
 
 ^ King. 168. 
 
 Prytine, William, Lechford solicits hiscaiisc, 
 Xl ? punishment of. xii; sends Lechford 
 money for his passage, 235; by him ac 
 counted among the ignorant, appendix. 
 
 Punderson, John, 2, n. ; conveyance to 
 Thomas Ravage, 130. 
 
 Purchas, Thomas, indenture with John Win- 
 throp. 82: letter of attorney to Daniel 
 Adams, 84; to Edward Gibbons, ib. ; his 
 boat, 153: letter of attorney to John 
 Oliver et nl.. 219. 
 
 Putnam, , 143. 
 
 Pynchon, William, 35, S3; letter from John 
 * Johnson, 129. 
 
 QlJICKE, "WlLUAM, 158. 182. 
 
 Qninsey, Edmund, land of. 62, n., 214. 
 Quinsey, Judith, land of, 62, n. 
 
 RAOOTSKI. GKOTU;I:. xiii, 30. 
 Rainsborough, William, letter of attorney 
 
 from Timothy Thornhill, 158; mortgage 
 
 from Thomas Bright, 164. 
 
456 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 Raynsford, Edward, 149. 
 Kawlins, Thomas, deposition of, 215. 
 Reade, John, lease from William Tyng, 61; 
 and bond, 66. 
 
 Redknap, Elizabeth, 182. 
 Redkuap, Joseph, letter of attorney to Rey 
 nold btevens tt al., 182. 
 
 Reese, John, letter of attorney from Edward 
 Howells, 179. 
 
 Rhode Island, note on the name, 315, n. 
 
 Richards, Mrs., 178; owes Lechford for a 
 petition, 202; the opinion of Henry 
 Waltham, 207. 
 
 Richards, Thomas, pays 100 to Israel 
 Stoughton, 103; conveyance to Nicholas 
 Butler, 144; his wife, *178; defendant at 
 suit ot Henry Waltham, 195. 
 
 Richardson, Amos, 8^. 
 
 Richardson, George, conveyance to Peter 
 Palfrey, 47; indenture with Edmund 
 James, 48; conveyance from Edmund 
 Batter, ib. 
 
 Richardson, Samuel, 178. 
 
 Richardson, William, 100. 
 
 Richmond, Isaac, 113. 
 
 Rishworth, Edward, letter of attorney from 
 Gabriel Fish, 93. 
 
 Rix, Henry, attorney for ^yilliam Rix, 171. 
 
 Rix, William, grant to Elizabeth Waters, 
 171 ; business with John Davys, t6. 
 
 Roberts, Ellen, wife of Thomas, *150. 
 
 Roberts, Thomas, lease executed by, 150. 
 
 Roberts, William, assigned servant to John 
 Crabtree, 150. 
 
 Robinson, Abraham, hires a shallop, 221. 
 
 Robinson, Thomas, sells the "Speedwell" 
 to Thomas Witherley, 158; account witli 
 John Swiuforth, 160; bond from John 
 Peakes, 162; deed from James Forrett, 
 170; suit against Alice Thompson, 173 
 
 Robinson. William, articles of agreement 
 with Thomas Hawkins, 131. 
 
 Rodbard, Thomas, 195. 
 
 Roe, Mr., 164. 
 
 Roe, Thomasin, wife of John Roe, 26. 
 
 Rogers, Daniel, letter of attorney fron 
 Samuel Appleton, 101; from John 
 Rogers, 119. 
 
 Rogers, Ey.ekiel, 1, n.. 34. 
 
 Rogers, John. deftMidnnt at suit of Thoma 
 Watson, 107, 109; letter of attorney to 
 Arthur Draper and Saul Rogers, 119; atfi 
 davit, 187. 
 
 Rogers, Robert, affidavit. 187. 
 
 Rogers, Thomas, drawn upon by John 
 Rogers, 119. 
 
 Rosseter, , deeds from Johnson, 1 1 5 
 
 Rosseter, Bray, house built by, 65; house 
 bought of, 102. 
 
 Rucke, Thomas, affidavit concerning divers 
 goods, 77; arbitrator, 79; affidavit of 
 82; four perches from, ib. ; letter of attor 
 ney to Thomas Rucke ami Thomas Plum 
 01; r*. William Hatch, 105; depositioi 
 of, 107, 112; freeman s oath to, 145. 
 
 Russell, Henry, certificate concerning, 179 
 his house, 209. 
 
 Russell, Jane, 179. 
 
 AFFERY, SOLOMON, bond from Thomas 
 Martin, 132. 
 
 Salter, Jeffrey, bill of exchange on, by 
 Thomas Grubb, 172. 
 
 Salter, >amson,.158. 
 
 Salter, William, lease from Augustin Cle 
 ment, 1. 
 
 Saltonstall, Sir Richard, the Connecticut 
 estate of, 367, n. 
 
 Saltonstall, Richard, witness. 100; convey 
 ance from John Stratton, 130; his ser 
 vant, 13J. 
 
 Saltonstall, Robert, ordnance bought of, 
 154; declaration and breviat for, 173; 
 debtor to Robert Keayne, 189; bond to 
 Benjamin Keavne, 219" 
 
 Sampson, John, letter of attorney to Philip 
 ^ hite, 182; endeavors to learn the trade 
 of a shipwright, 206; defendant at suit 
 of Richard Chadwell, 220; letter of attor 
 ney to David Yale, 224. 
 
 Sanford, Richard, apprentices his son John 
 to Joseph Armitage, 202. 
 
 Sanley, Mr., 171. 
 
 Savage, Thomas, perhaps a near neighbor of 
 Lechlord s, xiv; witness, etc., 8, 10, 24; 
 deed from him and others, 43; witness, 
 67, 68 ; bond from Rjchard Parker, 91 ; 
 
 S oins to convey a house to Richard 
 lutchinsou, 102, 106; bill of exchange, 
 119; pays 40 to John Wickes, iu. ; note 
 given by, 120; mentioned, 127, 129; con 
 veyance from Robert Harding, 129; from 
 William C hesbrough tt /., 130; bond 
 from Richard Parker, 180; bill of sale to, 
 197; memorandum, 201; letter of attor 
 ney from Thomas I.echford, 234. 
 
 Savcry, John, 194. See Seberry. 
 
 Savillj William, petition. 223. 
 
 Say and Scale, Lord, 68, 204, 210. 
 
 Scobell, John, vs. John Holland, 190, 191. 
 
 Scott, Ralph, v. Edward Heale, 133. 
 
 Scott, Robert, articles of agreement, etc., 
 with William Jennison, 70; mentioned, 
 158. 
 
 Scudamore, Thomas, letter of attorney to 
 Ha/zard tt al., 150. 
 
 Search, John, deed from Samuel Searle. 164. 
 
 Searchlield, John, rs. William Eliott, 174. 
 
 Searle, George, 24. 
 
 Searle, Samuel, deed to Henry Dawson and 
 John Search, 164. 
 
 Seavern, John, 149. 
 
 Sebborne, Richard, letter of attorney from 
 Samuel Appleton. 101. 
 
 Seberry, John, . Walter Merry, 236. See 
 Savery. 
 
 Sedgewick, Robert, and Samuel Cole, in 
 denture, 31; articles of agreement, ib. ; 
 witness, 36; bond to Edward Tyng, 65; 
 release from Samuel Pierce, 197; and 
 David Offley, articles of agreement, 202; 
 in Barnabas" Davis account. 205. 
 
 Sellioke, David, and the Hutchinsons, 
 agreement. 65; indentures, 66; bond 
 from Edward Ilutchinson, 68; bond to 
 Joseph Baker, 133. 
 
 Sergeant, Sarah, wife cf William, 137. 
 
INDEX. 
 
 457 
 
 Sergeant, William, his existence certified 
 to, 137. 
 
 Sewall s diary nuoted, 1, n. 
 
 Shnnvat, John, letter of attorney from Kuth- 
 erine .Voelden, GG, 
 
 Shapley. Mr., 172. 
 
 Shave,* Thomas, rs. Thomas Hett, 52, 54. 
 
 Shaw, Abraham, M ill, 182. 
 
 Shaw, Joseph, executor, 182. 
 
 Shepherd, John, letter of attorney from 
 Thomas Mayhew, 177. 
 
 Shepherd, Samuel, letter of attorney from 
 Nehemiuh Bourne, 123, 124. 
 
 Sherman, Edmund, letter of attorney from 
 John Clarke, 174. 
 
 Sherman, Mr., receipt for red wax, 175. 
 
 Sherman, Mrs., visits Mrs. Lcchford, 215; 
 her dealings with Lechford in tho " Sow 
 Ca*e," 2.J4. 
 
 Ships ; the "Beaver," 69; the "Castle of 
 London," 77, 92, 105; the "Charles, 
 108, 174, 180; the "Desire," 173, 212: 
 the "Endeavour," 202, 224 ; the " Friend 
 ship," 190, n. ; the "Green Lyon," 181, 
 182; the "Hopewell," 180; the "John 
 and Francis," 158; the "Mary and 
 Anne," 103, 108; the "Mary Amie," 5 ; 
 the " Mary Rose," 154, 187 ;" the " Parra- 
 inor," 185; the "Patience," 132; the 
 "Planter," 137, 213; the "Prospera," 
 170; the "Sparrow," 29, 172; the 
 "Speedwell," 158, 271, n. ; the "Susan 
 and Ellen," 91, 106; the "Warwick," 
 49; the "White Angel," 120, 190, n. 
 
 Shirley, 190, n., 120. 
 
 Shotton, Anthony, and Samson Shotton, 
 receipt. 8. 
 
 Shotton, Thomas, 8. 
 
 Sluite, Robert, bond from Walter Merchant 
 et <il., 209; suit against, for theft, 210. 
 
 Silk throwsting, 327, n. 
 
 Silvester, Richard, 1ST, 214. 
 
 Skipper, William, writings for his children, 
 145. 
 
 Smith, Christopher, 194. 
 
 Smith, Henry, letter of attorney from Sam 
 uel Appleton, 101. 
 
 Smith, Henry, prosecuted for unrepaired 
 fences, 113; and Timothy Hawkins, 172, 
 170. 
 
 Smith, James, referred to, 154; blown up 
 in the "Mary Rose," to.; bond to Tim 
 othy Thornhi H, 156. 
 
 Smith, James, suit against, for theft, 219. 
 
 Smith, John, witness, 190, 191, 192. 
 
 Smith, Mary, wife of John Palmer, 194. 
 
 Smith, Samuel, 31. 
 
 Smith, William, at complaint of Richard 
 Lang, 187. 
 
 Souther, Nathaniel, 107, 108. 
 
 Souther, Thomas, 197. 
 
 Sparhawke, Mr., 107. 
 
 Spencer, George, Joseph Yoang to receive 
 of, 125. 
 
 Spitty, Richard, of Grey s Inn, 70; release 
 to Captain Jennison, 71. 
 
 Spraguc, Joan, wife of Ralph (q. v.). 
 
 Sprngne, Ralph, letter of attorney to Wil 
 liam Derbv, 22; letter to Alice Eamcs, 
 
 ! 23; letter of attorney to John Holland, 
 170. 
 
 Sprague, William, rs. Thomas Clap, 51; 
 prosecuted for allowing his fences to be 
 down, 113. 
 
 Squa Sachem, wife of Webeowites, 143. 
 
 Squire, John, et a/., bond from Thomas 
 Fowle, 155. 
 
 Squire, Nicholas, ct al., bond from Thomas 
 Fowle, 155. 
 
 Stanborough, Frances, wife of Josiah, 124. 
 
 Stanborough, Josiah, to sue Alice Grans- 
 
 i den. 124; letter of attorney to Richard 
 
 Young, 125; letter to Mr. llarlow, 120. 
 
 Stanley, Christopher, buys a house of Jo 
 seph Faber : 90, D8; Sells it to John Ever- 
 et, 98; assigns a boy to Isaac Williams, 
 99; letter for, 183. 
 
 Stan shy, Richard, letter of attorney from 
 Samuel Appleton, 10J. 
 
 Stimton, Thomas, J60. 
 
 Stanvon, Anthony, 233. 
 
 Stapley, Anthony, letter of attorney from 
 Michael Williamson, 130, 171. 
 
 Starr, Comfort, letter of attorney to Ed 
 ward Michelson, 130, 203. 
 
 Starres, Thomas, 175. 
 
 Stedman, John, letter of attorney to Thomas 
 Hawkins, 126. 
 
 Stegge, Thomas, attorney for John Strat- 
 ton, 180, 189: noted, 195. 
 
 Sterne, Isaac, letter of attorney to Thomas 
 Gilsen, 100. 
 
 Sterne, Mary, 166. 
 
 Stevens, John, letter of attorney from Jo 
 seph Red knap, 182. 
 
 Stevens, Reynold, letter of attorney from 
 Joseph Red knap, 182. 
 
 Stevens, Roger, letter of attorney from Ed 
 ward IIowcll, 179. 
 
 Stevens, Thomas, 234. 
 
 Stihbens, Martin, and Walter Blackburne, 
 130. 
 
 Stibbens, William, Elizabeth Glover grants 
 reversion to, 224. 
 
 Stidson, William, with his wife, complained 
 against by Thomas Moulton, 152. 
 
 Stile man, Robert, letter of attorney from 
 Anne Stratton et nl, 2- >3. 
 
 Stiles, Francis;, his relations with Barnabas 
 Davis, 204. 
 
 Stirling, Earl of, bill of exchange on, 50. 
 
 Stockcr, Thomas, articles of agreement with 
 John Cogan, 144, 177. 
 
 Stokes, Edward, letter of attorney from 
 Ed ward Hall, 154. 
 
 Stone, Gregory, 5. 
 
 Stone, John, bond from William Edwards, 
 117. 
 
 Stoning, John, letter of attorney from John 
 Cogan, 96. 
 
 Stoiv, George, 41; Lech ford borrows sugar 
 of. 00; mentioned, 84; lends Lechford 
 5s., 119; charter party with Mark Boaple, 
 1SI; Lechford s part in the "Sow Case," 
 234, 391, n. 
 Stoughton, Israel, appointed attorney by 
 Gabriel Cornish, !(>!: suit rs. Leonard 
 Buttolph, 133; mentioned, 373, n., 419, . 
 
458 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 Strafford, Earl of, viii, x, xi, n. 
 Strange, George, Avriting of advice for, 1; 
 deed from James Cade, 26; and Dermont 
 Matthew, 148; letter of attorney from 
 William James, 180; letter of attorney 
 from Thomas Foster, 209. 
 
 Stratton, Anne, her case against her 
 brother-in-law, 184, 180, 197; letter of 
 attornev to Edward Gibbons et ul., 233. 
 
 Stratton, Dorothy, letter of attorney to Ed 
 ward Gibbons, et al., 233. 
 
 Stratton, John, of Shotley. deceased, 184. 
 
 Stratton, John, of Salem* letter of attorney 
 to Richard Uutchinson, 121; deed to Val 
 entine Hill, 126; conveyance to Richard 
 Saltonstall and Hugh 1 eter, 130; deposi 
 tion in regard to his mother, 185 ; bill of 
 complaint, 188; business in Virginia, 195; 
 will, 190; affidavit, 197; letter of attornev 
 to Edward Gibbons et al., 233. 
 
 Stratton, Joseph, brother-in-law of Anne, 
 184, 185, 188. 
 
 Stratton, William, son of Anne, 184, 188. 
 
 Strecte, Nicholas, 177. 
 
 Streson, Robert, arbitrator, 192. 
 
 Strong, Philip, 1G5. 
 
 Stubbin, John, petition of ; 144, 177. 
 
 Stubbin, Margaret, deposition concerning 
 tried suet, 177. 
 
 Summer Islands, 29. 
 
 Sutherland. Matthew, bond to Thomas Rob 
 inson, 1G2; deed from James Forrest, 
 170. 
 
 Sutton, Ambrose, 34; description of, 35. 
 
 Sutton, Elizabeth, her portion, 216; letter 
 of attornev to Francis Lisle and Walter 
 Blackburne, 234. 
 
 Sutton, John, father of Elizabeth, 234. 
 
 Swadden, Philip, Thomas Ilett draws letter 
 of attorney on, 70. 
 
 Swan, Henry, 107. 
 
 Swift, William, and Andrew Coleman, 174; 
 Lechford searches the affidavit olh ce in 
 his behalf, 239. 
 
 Swimmer, Mr., and Mr. Humfrev, re 
 lease, 1. 
 
 Swimmer, Anthoiry, 14, 210, 378, n. 
 
 Swimmer, Navman, 210, 378, n. 
 
 Swiriforth, John, account with Thomas 
 Robinson, 160. 
 
 Symonds, Henrv, bond from Richard and 
 Nicholas Parker, 1(57; defendant at suit 
 of Henry Wolcott, 180; bond from Rich 
 ard Wright, 194; bond from Joseph 
 Armitage, 202. 
 
 Svmonda. Samuel, commissioner to Dover, 
 " 228. 
 
 Symonds, Thomas, mortgage to Richard 
 Parker, 1!)5; defendant at suit of John 
 Cogan, 199. 
 
 TAI.MAGE. ROBERT, 167, 175. 
 
 Talmago, Thomas, 167, 175. 
 
 Talmage, William, with the two above, let 
 ter of attorney to Richard Canying 
 et nl., 167; same to Ralph King, 175; 
 defendant at suit of John Cogan, 199. 
 
 Taunton, John, lotter of attorney from Ed 
 ward Ileale, 154. 
 
 | Taylor, Philip, 169. 
 Taylor, Thomas, bond to Thomas Miller 
 
 165; to William Goose, 172. 
 Thatcher, Mr., 159. 
 Thatcher, Peter, attornev for Christopher 
 
 Batt, 116. 
 Thompson, Alice, rs. Thomas Robinson, 173, 
 
 Thompson, Elizabeth, late wife of George, 
 236. 
 
 Thompson, George, release from Elizabeth 
 Thorp, 236. 
 
 Thompson, Maurice, 74; purchases shares in 
 
 the Planter," 213. 
 
 Thompson, Robert, lenses a lighter to Joseph 
 Armitage, 207; release from Elizabeth 
 Thorp, 236. 
 
 Thorndike, Elizabeth, deposition in regard 
 to Mrs. Stratton, 185; wife of John, 233. 
 
 Thorndike, John, husband of Elizabeth, 
 185; letter of attorney to Edward Gib 
 bons et al., 233. 
 
 Thornhill, Timothy, bond from Francis 
 Willonghby tt al., 156; from William 
 Cole et al.,ib.; from Edmund Hull et al., 
 157; letter of attorney to William Rains- 
 borough, 158. 
 
 Thornton, Thomas, agreejnent with John 
 Tinker, 1. 
 
 Thoroughgood, Thomas, 172. 
 
 Thorp, Elizabeth, release to George and 
 Robert Thomson, 236. 
 
 Tbrockmorton, Mr. [George], 1, 2, 3. 
 
 Throckraorton, John, and Richard Parker, 
 deed and indenture, 42; bill, 149. 
 
 Thurston, John, executor, 233. 
 
 Tinker, John, agreement with Thomas 
 Thornton, 1; assignment of certain tene 
 ments to, 1; and Augustin Clement, 
 grant, 1; articles of agreement, 2; bond, 
 3; mentioned, 4, 5; and William Wilson, 
 indenture, bond and articles of agreement, 
 10, 11. 12. 
 
 Tinker, John, letter of attorney from Rob 
 ert Keavne, 189. 
 
 Toby, Francis, 220. 
 
 Toll". Roger, petition of, 224. 
 
 Tongue, John, 165. 
 
 Tooker, John, suit against Isaac Allerton, 
 209. 
 
 Tose, John, defendant at suit of Thomas 
 Ilctt, 53. 
 
 Townshend, William, receives William 
 Boreman apprentice, 130. 
 
 Tracy, Stephen, letter of attorney from 
 Thomas Watson, 122. 125. 
 
 Treble, John, violence of, 152. 
 
 Trerise, Nicholas, and Samuel Maverick, 
 indenture, 137 ; and Joshua llcwes, 
 account, 133; mentioned, 165. 
 
 Freworthy, John, and the great boat of 
 Thomas Purchas, 85; cross suit with 
 Elizabeth Pole, 113, 115; complaint 
 against, bv William I loll way, 172. 
 
 Trcworthy, Mr., boat of, 153. 
 
 Troworthy, Nicholas, 176, 213. 
 
 Tucker, John, 113, 120. 
 
 Tunnard, Richard, 12. 
 
 Turner, John, 161. 
 
INDEX, 
 
 459 
 
 Turner, Richard, 194. 
 
 Turner, Kobe-it, his house, 159; assignment 
 from Richard Pinne, 164. 
 
 Turner, Thomas, bond, 172. 
 
 Tuthill, Richard, deed, 43; lands of, 119. 
 
 Tyng, Edward, bond from Robert Sedge- 
 " wick, 65; articles of agreement with 
 Thomas Cornell, 142; conveyance from 
 Nicholas Parker, 144; his house, 182. 
 
 Tyng, Mr., 173. 
 
 Tyng, William, and William Coddington, 
 "deed, bond, etc., 30, 37, 39; lease to John 
 Keade, 01; bond, 00; mortgage from 
 William Wintered, 140; mortgage from 
 Edward liendall, 142; deed from the 
 Hutchinsons, 177; arbitrator, 194; sale 
 of land by the Hutchinsons, 212, 214; 
 the land at Mount Wollaston, 214 ; audi 
 tor in the case of Barnabas Davis, 217 ; 
 mentioned, 419, n. 
 
 UNDEKHILL, JOHN, 180, 239, n. ; petition for 
 pardon, 222. 
 
 Underwood, Thomas, prosecuted for allow 
 ing his fences to be down, 113. 
 
 Uphain, John, complaint ot Richard Lang 
 against, 187. 
 
 Upton, John, 203. 
 
 VANK, Sir Harry (the Younger), grant of 
 land to William Bernard, 00; his land at 
 Rmnnev Marsh, 141; mentioned, 204. 
 
 Vayle, Richard, 24. 
 
 Veriif, Hilliard, 140. (Incorrectly printed 
 Peri n in the text.) 
 
 Vicars, William, letter of attorney from 
 Thomas Witherley, 158; certificate con 
 cerning, 182; bond from Samuel Haskill, 
 ib. 
 
 Viner, Mr., letter of attorney from George 
 Denison, 211. 
 
 WADE, JAMES, letter of attorney to, 99. 
 
 Wadsworth, Christopher, 109. 
 
 Waggett, Robert, bond to Edward Payne, 
 95. 
 
 Waite, Richard, 10, 98, 99, 137, 138. 
 
 Wakeman, Samuel, bond from Valentino 
 Hill et al., 174; account with Nathaniel 
 Patten, 180. 
 
 Waldern, Richard, bond to Edward Payne, 
 105; attorney for John Jorden, ib. 
 
 Waldern, William, attorney for John Jor 
 den, 165. 
 
 Walker, Andrew, letter of attornej from 
 Samuel Freeman, 155. 
 
 Walker, Richard, letter of attorney, 31; et 
 al., letter of attorney to Richard "Cany ing 
 et (7/., 107; same to Ralph King, 175. 
 
 Wall is, Thomas, assignment to Henry 
 Watts, 209. 
 
 Waltham, Henry, Mrs. Richnrds opinion 
 of, 178; vs. Thomas Richards. 195; bond 
 from Jeremy Gould and William Jeffries, 
 207; Mrs. Richards opinion again ex 
 pressed, ib. 
 
 Waltham, Mr., and Captain DeSallenoba, 1. 
 
 Waltham, William, Mrs. Richards opinion 
 of him, 178. 
 
 Ward, Anne, 174. 
 
 Ward, John, 174. 
 
 Ward, Robert, 72. 
 
 Warde, Mr., 30. 
 
 Warde, Samuel, complained of by Anne 
 Norton, 230. 
 
 Ware, William, arbitrator and witness, 190, 
 101. 
 
 Warham, Jane, 83. 
 
 Warham, John, lands of, 67; articles of 
 agreement in behalf of, 83 ; and bond, 
 84; mention, 204. 
 
 Warren, Arthur, J87. 
 
 Warrenton, Thomas, 158. 
 
 Warwick, Earl of, bond from John Griffin, 
 146. 
 
 Washburne, Mrs., 205. 
 
 Waters, Elizabeth, grant from William Rix, 
 17J. 
 
 Waters, George, bond, etc., 151, 153. 
 
 Watson, Anna, daughter of John, deceased, 
 122, 125. 
 
 Watson, John, 122, 125. 
 
 Watson, Thomas, rs. John Rogers, 107, 109; 
 letter of attorney to Stephen Tracy, 122, 
 125. 
 
 Watts, Ilenrv, assignment from Thomas 
 Wallis, 20!i. 
 
 Wax, receipt for red, 175. 
 
 Webb, Henry, bond from Francis Doughty, 
 91; mention, 224. 
 
 Webb, John Everet (7. r.) aliag, 60, 65, 98; 
 commission to trade, 224 ; note on, 227, n. 
 
 Webb, William, John Chandler bound ap 
 prentice to, 202. 
 
 Webcowites, grant of land to Jotham Gib 
 bons, 143. 
 
 Wedgewood, John, 115; Mary his wife, ib. 
 
 Weeden, Edward, 100. 
 
 Weelden, Katharine, letter to John Shanvat, 
 66. 
 
 Weelden, Martha, the death of, 60. 
 
 Weld, Joseph, letter of attorney from Eliza 
 beth Blackburne, 234. 
 
 Weld, Thomas, 35; his house, 76; mention, 
 42i), n. 
 
 Welles, Lanncelot, r*. Ralph Kins, 108. 
 
 Wcntworth, Sir Thomas. See Stratford. 
 
 Weston, Thomas, letter of attorney from 
 Roger Conant, 130; rs. Thomas Bafnardis- 
 ton, 157. 
 
 Weymonth, Jonathan, ra. Edward IToale, 
 133; letter of attorney to Richard Waite, 
 137. 
 
 Wheeler, Ephraim, 172. 
 
 Wheelwright, John, covenant for service 
 with Elizabeth Evans, 70; mention 99, n., 
 210, n., 223, n. 
 
 Wheelwright, Mary, 19, n. 
 
 Whetcombe, Mary* wife of Simon, 113. 
 
 Whetcombe, Simon, certain ground belong 
 ing to, 113. 
 
 White, Edmund, buys a house of Winifred 
 Woolcott, 232, 236. 
 
 White, John, bond for John Elford, 126. 
 
 White, Philip, letter of attorney from Wil 
 liam Grev, 141; from John Sampson, 182. 
 
 Wintered, William, mortgage to William 
 Tyng, 140. 
 
460 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 Whittemore, Thomas, petition of, 203. 
 
 Whittinghiim, John, 212. 
 
 Wickes, John, draws bill ou his brother 
 Thomas, ll J. 
 
 Wickes, Thomas, IIU. 
 
 Wiggon, Thomas, commissioner to Dover, 
 228. 
 
 Wilbert, William, bond from John Cutten, 
 father and son, 212. 
 
 Wilkinson, Prudence, 178; petition, 203, 
 2-23. 
 
 Willard, Simon, trading license, 237. 
 
 Williams, Francis, 411), n. 
 
 Williams, Owen, placed apprentice to Wil 
 liam Withington, 170. 
 
 Williams, Roger, 1. 
 
 Williamson, Anne, wife of Michael, 129, 171. 
 
 Williamson, Michael, letter of attorney to 
 Anthony Stapley, 129; release to Eliza 
 beth Geere, 171. 
 
 Willis, , 114. 
 
 Willis, Jeremiah, letter of attorney against, 
 141. 
 
 Willis, John, 109. 
 
 Willis, Thomas, 182. 
 
 Willoughby, Francis, bond to Timothy 
 Thornhill, 150. 
 
 Willoughbv, Thomas, letter of attorney from 
 Nehemiah Bourne, 107. 
 
 Wilson, John, 80; articles of agreement with 
 Richard Wright, 144. 
 
 Wilson, 1 atience, 10. 
 
 Wilson, Thomas, 10, 11. 
 
 Wilson, William, and William Dinely, 
 lease, 10; and John Tinker, indenture, 
 bond and articles of agreement, ib., tt seq. 
 
 Winies, Matthew, father-in-law of Thomas 
 Foster, 209. 
 
 Winies, Robert, 209. 
 
 Wing, Robert, sends a message to his cousin 
 2:i5. 
 
 Winne, Edward, hired b v v Barnabas Davis, 
 210. 
 
 Winslow, Edward, answer to his suit vs 
 John Askew, 203. 
 
 Winthrop, Adam, testimony of, 121; re 
 ferred to. 127. 
 
 Winthrop, John, stndent-aMaw. xv; wit 
 ness, etc., 16, 18, 21, 22, 24, 25, 29; note 
 on, 35, n.; indenture with John Throck- 
 morton, 42; certificate, (59 ; another, 78, 
 79, 82; indenture with Thomas Pnrchas, 
 86, 88, 89, 91; certificate, 93, 101; cer 
 tificate, 104; writes to the governor oi 
 Plymouth asking justice in the case ol 
 Merriam r.<?. Hatch, 112; certificates, etc., 
 115, 117, 120, 12ti, 136, 137, 139; sells 
 land to John Newgate, 141, 157; in the 
 Barnabas Davis case. 205; certificate, 209. 
 Winthrop, John, Jr., 429, n. 
 Winthrop, Stephen, shipping papers, 29; 
 
 witness". 82; recorder, 425, n. 
 Wiseman, Sir William, 10; letter from 
 KatherineCoytmore, tt al., 17; bond, 18; 
 note on, 28, n. 
 
 Witherington, Henry, 190, 193. 
 NVitherley, Thomas, Vs. Edward Heale, 132; 
 William Boreman apprenticed to, 142; 
 letter of attorney to William Vicars, 158; 
 buys the "Speedwell," ib., 189. 
 Withington, William, bill of exchange in 
 lavor of, 119; and Owen Williams, 176; 
 bond to Philip Gibbs, ib.; assigns ser 
 vant to John Budd, 170; articles of agree 
 ment with Robert Harding, 183. 
 Witting, Anthony, letter of attorne} from 
 
 Edmund Browne, 80. 
 
 Wood, Edward, assigns Thomas Cooper to 
 Leonard Buttolph, 112; deed from Wil 
 liam Brackenbury, etc., 133. 
 Wood, Robert, letter of attorney to, 23. 
 Woodcock, John, dealings with Barnabas 
 
 Davis, 204, 210, 216, 217, 221. 
 Woodcock, William, 21. <b ee John. 
 Woodrowe, Matthew, 212. 
 Woodward, Nathaniel, defendant at suit of 
 
 John Cogan, 199. 
 Woolcott, Edward, letter of attorney from 
 
 David Offley, 120. 
 
 Woolcott, Elizabeth, chooses guardians, 24. 
 Woolcott, Henry, 24; bond to John lies, 90; 
 letter of attorney from David Oftley, 120; 
 bond from Valentine Hill tt /., 174; ac 
 count with Nathaniel Patten, 180. 
 Woolcott, John, 24, 232. 
 Woolcott, Mary, chooses guardians, 24. 
 Woolcott, Winifred, 39, n. ; sells a house to 
 
 Edmund \Vhite. 232, 230. 
 Woolner, William, release from Robert 
 
 llempenstall, 207. 
 Worlidge, Thomas, letter of attorney from 
 
 George Denison, 211. 
 Wory, Ralph, petition, 222. 
 W right, Richard, bond to William Tyng, 
 (JO; articles of agreement and bond with 
 John Wavham, h3, 84; articles of agree 
 ment with John Wilson, 144 ; to make an 
 inventory, 148; bond to Walter Black- 
 burne, 148; to Henry Symonds, 194; to 
 George Alcocke, ib. 
 Wvatt, Sir Francis, 188; Thomas Dudley 
 
 to, 190. 
 Wyatt, William, 102. 
 
 YALE, DAVID, letter of attorney from John 
 
 hampson, 224 ; receipt of deed from 
 
 Winifred Woolcott, 232. 
 Yew, Thomas, 35. 
 Yewe, Allen, mortgage to Thomas Fowle 
 
 and Samuel Maverick, 158; letter of at 
 
 torney from Richard Pinne, 159; assign 
 
 ment of his debt, 104. , 
 Young, Joseph, defendant at suit of Timothy 
 
 Hatherly, 103, 108; letter of attorney 
 
 from Henry Grey, 125. 
 Young, Richard, letter of attorney from 
 
 Josiah Stanborough, 125. 
 Yovawan, deed to Lion Gardiner, 129. 
 
 ZANCHY, Mr., his opinion, 159. 
 
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