Index

Adams, Jeremy, 79, 80, 83

Addington, Secretary Isaac, 204 n. 1, 219, 254

Albany, N.Y., 197; agents of Mass. and Conn, confer with Iroquois, 176 n. 10; conference with Five Nations, 208, 209–16, 217; Mass. urged to defend Albany, 223; Mayor of Albany gives passes to Indians of N.Y. to settle in Mass., 236–37; Pynchon asks Mayor to recall them, 251; rumors of attack by French and Indians, 300

Allyn, Mr., 133

Allyn, John, Captain, Colonel, 24, 187, 202, 255, 263, 265, 270, 288, 298

Alquat, sachem of Pojassicks, 88, 105

Andros, Sir Edmund, 129, 130, 131, 150, 151–52, 167, 168, 177, 180 n. 2, 192, 228

Anti-Catholicism in England, 125–26

Antigua, lease on plantation renewed by John Pynchon, 183

Apee, sachem of Mohegans, 71–72

Appleton, Captain Samuel, 155–56, 162, 163, 164 n. 3

Arms and ammunition: chronic shortages, 65, 115, 144, 219–20, 229–30, 267; Indians acquire guns from the Dutch, 72; supplied to Five Nations to use against the French, 206

Arnout. See Cornells, Arnout

Arthur Kill (Arthurcull), 69

Ascooke, Indian accused of murder, 87

Ayers, John, 142

Baker, Captain John, 57, 59, 67, 71, 72

Baker, Ensign Timothy, 198, 199, 200

Ball, Van. See Van Bael, Jan Hendricke

Barbados, 43, 117, 118

Barnabas, Mr., 101

Barnard, Joseph, Jr., 310

Barnard, Joseph, Sr., 296, 297, 300

Barthol, Joseph, 116

Baxter, Major Jervis, 193

Bay, The. See Boston

Beaman (Beamon), Simon, 17, 19, 20

Beavers, 33, 100, 102, 112n. 1, 119, 128

Belcher, Captain Andrew, 207, 209–10, 217, 218, 274

Belden, Stephen (Father Belding), 235

Bellomont, Earl of (Richard Coote), 309

Berkingham, Henry, 43

Billing, Samuel, 234

Billings, John, 308

Bissell, Goodman John, Jr., 16, 96, 97, 98

Bissell, Nathaniel, 115, 149

Blackstone, Reverend William, 87

Blinman, Reverend Mr., 17, 21

Boston, Mass., 7, 8, 225

Boundary dispute between Mass. and Conn., 89–90, 93 n. 1, 95–98

Boyle, Sir Robert, 177

Bradstreet, Governor Simon, 205 n. 8, 253–54

Branch, Goodman, 156

Brewster, Jonathan, 14, 15

Bridge, Mistress, 8

Bridge, Daniel, 43

Bridge to be built at Brookfield, 68, 69

Bristol, R.I. (Pokanoket), 147

Brockholls, Captain Anthony, 178 n. 4, 180, 181 n. 10

Brookfield, Mass., intermittently besieged and attacked, 138, 139, 141, 142, 144, 186, 276–80, 290–93, 298, 305, 311. See also Garrisons, Brookfield; Quabaug

Broughton family, 272 n. 3

Broughton, Thomas, 275

Bryan, 43

Brynn, Mr., 67

Bull, Captain Jonathan, 129, 209, 210, 216, 218, 219, 225, 233

Bulstrode, Mr., 109

Burr, Daniel, 43

Butler, Mr., 152, 153 n. 4

Butler, Joseph, 88, 105

Butter, 11

Canonicus sachem of Narragansetts, 169

‘Captain John,’ Indian, 283

Carr, Colonel Robert, 75

Cattle, 20, 76–78, 234–35

Caulkins, Goodman, 17

Chapin, Samuel, 49

Charles II, 125

Cherauckson, one of King Philip’s men, 147

Chickwallop, chief of Pocumtucks, 79, 80, 83; his son charged with a murder, 113

Church politics in Salem, Mass., 133

Clap, Captain Preserved, 290, 301

Clarke, Thomas, 50, 52, 79

Coconuts, 86

Colton, Captain George, 69, 70 n. 1, 271, 277–78, 279–82, 293, 294, 295, 297

Commissioners of the United Colonies of New England, 26, 154

Communications. See Messengers; Post and postriders

Company for Propagation of the Gospel in New England, 178 n. 3

Connecticut: asked to assist in defence of Deerfield, 265; colonists claim land in Massachusetts, 89–90. See also Boundary dispute; Propositions made to Five Nations and to River Indians

Cooke, Aaron, Jr., 232 n. 2, 265

Cooke, Aaron, Sr., Captain, Major, 198, 199, 200, 230, 232 n. 2

Cooper, Goodwife (Mrs. Thomas), 15, 31 n. 1, 63 n. 2

Cooper, Thomas, Ensign, Lieutenant, 30, 63, 78, 139, 161

Cooper, Timothy, 133

Corn, 24, 266

Cornelis, Arnout, 172 n. 1, 209–10, 217, 258

Cornfields, 140; Indian cornfields, 153, 167, 170

Corporation in London for propagating the Gospel in New England, 177

Council for the Safety of the People, 197, 204 n. 1

Coy, Corporal Richard, 68, 138, 142

Crow, John, 41–44

Curlur, Mr. See Van Curler, Jacobus

Curtis, Ephraim, 146

Cusick (Le Fontaine), 86

Cutt, John or Richard, 85

Danforth, Samuel, 131

Davis, Captain William, 5, 7, 101

De la Vail (Delavall), John, 102

Deerfield, Mass., 26 n. 3, 288; Governor and Council withdraw soldiers, 289–90; Indians from New York settle nearby, 236, 239–40, 244, 247; intermittently threatened and attacked by Indians, 221–22, 223–24, 236–57, 269–70, 282, 293–94, 296–98, 300–302, 305. See also Upper towns

Desire, 43, 44, 44 nn. 1–3

Dickenson, Nathaniel, 308

Dorchester, Goodman John, 40

Dover, N.H. (Gocheco), 194, 195

Dun, Mr., 101

Duncan, Mr., 79

Dutch, The, 40, 59, 72; involved in intertribal affairs, 46, 50, 51, 57, 61, 63; sell guns to Mohawks, 72; oppose restrictions on their trade with French, 177; Dutch wars, New Netherland surrenders to English (1664), 52; 2d Dutch war (1665–67), 71, 73–74; Treaty of Breda, 75; 3d Dutch war (1672–74), 114–15, 116, 123, 124, 125; Treaty of Westminster, 124

Earle, John, 32, 36

Eastern Indians, 180 n. 7, 182, 195–96, 197, 211, 212, 214–15, 289

Eastern Parts, 256

Eaton, Sam, 10

Edwards, William, 26, 28

Elderkin, Goodman John, 11

Eliot, Reverend John, 80 n. 5, 102, 107

Ely, Samuel, 33, 178 n. 2

Enfield, Conn., 200, 202, 223

England: Revolution of 1688, 192–93, 213; war with France (1678), 177; (1689), 205, 211, 212, 214

English, Joseph, 308

Fair weather, Mr., 92

Fell, John, 235

Fellows, Goodman, 7

Ferries, 65, 98

Fitch, Reverend James, 133

Five Nations, The, 205, 206, 210, 211, 221–23, 258, 270, 273; meeting for the federal council of the Five Nations, 210; propositions made by the agents for Massachusetts, Plymouth, and Connecticut to the Five Nations or Cantons of the Indians, 213–16

Fletcher, Benjamin, governor of N.Y., 269, 270, 272, 273, 274, 307 n. 5

Food and provisions, shortage of: Albany, N.Y., 39; Brookfield, 142; Deerfield, 247, 266; Springfield, 133, 161

Forts: Fort Albany, N.Y., 56, 65; fort at Deerfield, Mass., 300; Fort Orange, N.Y., 38, 40; Indian forts, 12, 13 n. 1, 23 n. 3, 84–85, 143 n. 2, 263, 266. See also Garrisons

Foster, Captain, ship captain, 134

Foster, Governor, 306, 307 n. 5

Fotte, Nathaniel, 240

France. See England, wars with France; King of France

French and Indians of Canada, 146, 184, 202, 219, 270, 273, 278; attack the Mohawks, 66–67, 69, 70–71, 263, 266; Five Nations plan war against them, 205–6, 255, 270; move on Albany, 56, 58–59, 60–61, 120, 256, 258, 300; menace the upper towns, 202, 237–38, 241, 244, 256; Mohawks attack French and Indians in Canada, 299

Frontenac, Louis de Buade de, French governor of Canada, 258, 260 n. 4, 309

Fur trade, 13 n. 2, 51 n. 2, 176 n. 2, 247

Garrisons: Brookfield, Mass., 153, 285, 286, 292; Deerfield, 236, 237, 241, 244, 251–52, 256, 285, 286, 289, 291 n. 5; Northfield, Mass., 186, 188; Springfield, 156

General Court of Massachusetts, 22, 24 n. 5, 35, 52, 95, 163, 227, 228, 230, 231

Gerrard, James, 234

Gibbons, William, 115, 187

Gibbs, Benjamin, 132

Gibbs, Robert, 124

Gilbert, H., 280

Gilbert, John, 22

Ginny, John, 29

Glover, Reverend Peletiah, 138, 156, 163, 222

Glover, Captain Samuel, 202

Gold, Major Nathan, 120

Goodale, Belcher, 124

Grabbs, Nathaniel, 73

Greene, Samuel, 88, 92, 93, 105

Greenough, William, ship captain, 104–5, 120

Griffin, John, 22, 24, 25

Hadley, Mass. (Nalwotog), 22, 79, 148, 173, 224, 287, 298, 306. See also Upper towns

Halford, Cousin Joseph, 101

Hamlin, Captain Giles, 41, 42, 43, 44, 104, 105 n. 2

Hartford, Conn., 11, 202

Hatchet, burying the, 103

Hatfield, Mass., 173, 202, 224, 236, 239, 243, 247, 287, 295, 305, 306, 308. See also Upper towns

Hatfield, Mr., 113

Hawley, Lieutenant Joseph, 199, 254, 255, 262, 307

Hawthorne, Major William, 30

Haynes, Cousin, 61

Haynes, Mistress, widow of Governor Haynes of Conn., 10

Helmes, William, 183

Henchman (Hinchman, Hinchsmen), Captain, Major Daniel, 142, 184

Hitchcock, John, 156

Hitchcock, Luke, 262

Hoar, Reverend Leonard, president of Harvard, 110

Hoite, Lieutenant David, 238, 289

Holland prepares for war against England, 192; wars against France, 214

Hollister, Lieutenant Stephen, 288, 289, 290, 298

Holyoke, Elizur (brother-in-law), 49, 112, 117, 118 n. 3; son, 113

Holyoke, John, 262

Home, Samuel, 183

Horses shipped to West Indies, 104

Housatonic, Mass. (Ausatinoag, Hoyottanick), 65, 142, 167

Indian affairs: act as spies for Canadian French, 256, 258; a number come come from N.Y. and settle near Deerfield and Hadley, 236–38, 251; Indians of Northampton join with New Engenders against French and Canadian Indians, 145; intertribal warfare, 22–24, 46, 50–51, 54, 55–56, 57, 61, 65, 81, 84–94, 100, 102, 179–80, 195–96, 214–16, 293; peace settlements between Mohawks and Pocumtuck Confederacy, 102–3, 104. See also listing of events, conflicts, attempts at cooperation and peaceful settlements in the “Chronology of Indian Affairs in Western New England and New York,” 1628–1697, xxii–xxv.

Indian tribes

Abenaki (Sokoki), 46, 46 n. 2 Agawam, message of the Indians of Agawam to the Dutch, written by John Pynchon, Sr., at their request, 45–46

Cayugas (Hoccogs, Hockcoaugs, Hockkog), 57, 65, 105

Iroquois. See Five Nations

Mahicans (Mehecanders, Mahequas), 102, 104, 211

Maquas, variant for Mohawks, q.v.

Mohawks, 27, 45, 46, 50, 53, 54, 56, 57, 60–61, 65, 66, 69, 102, 103, 104, 105, 152, 179–81, 195–97, 214, 219, 223, 256, 268, 299

Mohegans, 19, 24 n. 5, 142, 152

Mohicans (Mehecanders), 102

Nalwottog (Nalwotogg, Nalwotog), 46, 84, 173, 176 n. 4

Narragansetts, 80, 137, 152, 173

Naugatuck, 145

Nonotuck, 46

Onandaga (Hockkog), 105

Payquaog (Paquoag), 170

Pequot, 141, 142, 145

Pocumtuck, 22, 26, 27, 46, 124.

See also Pocumtuck Confederacy

Pojassic, 46, 88, 91, 124

Pokanokets (Pockkonoak), Bristol, R.I, 147

Pomitookes, 310

Quabaug, 146

Scaghticokes (Skachkook), 205, 211, 268

Senecas (Souquakes, Sunnicks, Sunnucks), 27, 53, 57, 65, 193, 197, 223

Squakeag (Squakeak, Squakheag), 148, 167, 258

Susquehannocks (Nowgehowenock), 93, 95 n. 4

Unnagunges, 206

Wabquassett, 141, 145

Wampanoags (Wompeakes), 80, 92, 147 n. 1

Wapequajust, 310

Wissatinnewag, 46

Indian villages

Ashquoash (Quabaug Old Fort), 141, 143 n. 2

Aussotinnoag. See Housatonic, Mass. Cattaraque, 205

Chicopee (Chikkuppy), 35

Cocheco. See Dover, N.H.

Cowesett. See Warwick, R.I.

Memenimissee, 140, 141

Nalwottog, 22, 79

Nayantuck. See Niantic, Conn.

Onandaga (Syracuse), 210

Paquoag, 170, 171 n. 1

Pequot, 8, 11, 12, 13. See also New London, Conn.

Peskeompscut (Turners Falls, Mass.), 149 n. 2

Pocumtuck, 26, 27, 124, 155. See also Pocumtuck Confederacy

Pojassick, 88, 124

Potapang, 145

Quabaug, 117, 138, 167. See also Brookfield, Mass.

Squakeag (Squakeak), 148, 155, 167, 173, 258. See also Northfield, Mass.

Sunnock, 61

Woronoco. See Westfield, Mass.

Indians. See also Eastern Indians; Forts, Indian; French and Indians of Canada; Messengers, Indian; Praying Indians

James II, 213

Jesuits of Canada, 107, 212, 214, 215

Joshua, son of Uncas, 150

Kelland (Kellond, Kellons), 123

Kilum, John, messenger, 261

King, Sir Andrew, 111, 135

King, Sergeant James, 191, 195, 198, 201, 203, 204, 206, 207

King of France, 75, 92, 121

King Philip, 87, 139, 140, 141, 142, 147, 168

King Philip’s War (1675–76), 136–37, 138–66, 172 n. 3

King William and Queen Mary, 213, 214

King William’s War, 211, 213

Kingston, N.Y. (Esopus), 152

Knowles, Goodman Richard, 32

La Plato, Indian chief, 278

Lake, Mistress, 7, 9, 14, 18, 19, 21

Lane, Mr. and Mrs., 30

Laurence, John, 276, 277, 283

Laurence, Thomas, 278, 283

Lee, Stephen, 221, 222

Letters to

Addington, Isaac, 194–208, 217–18, 232–34, 269–72, 285–93

Allyn, John, 96–98, 139–40, 148–50, 188–190, 221–23

Andros, Sir Edmund, 184–88

Bellingham, Governor Richard, 58–59

Bellomont, Earl of, 305–7, 310–11

Billing, Samuel, 234–36

Bradstreet, Governor Simon, 218–20, 223–26, 236–40, 251–53

Commissioners at Hartford, 27–29

Connecticut Magistrates, 95–96

Crow, John, 41–44

Dreyer, Andreas, 127–28

English Authorities at Albany, 150–51

Fletcher, Governor Benjamin, 268–69

Governor and Council (Mass.), 181–82

Governor and Council of Connecticut, 241–43

Governor and Magistrates of Connecticut, 138–39

Hawley, Lieutenant Joseph, 230–32

Leverett, Governor John, 151–53, 160–62, 166–71

Leverett, Governor John, and the Assistants, 154–56, 157–60

Livingston, Robert, 191–94

Palmes, Edward, and Captain Fitz-John Winthrop, 77–78

Partridge, Samuel, 284–85

Phips, Sir William, 260–63, 265–68, 272–84

Pynchon, Joseph, 99–101, 108–10, 110–12, 135–36, 164–66

Rawson, Edward, 52

Russell, Reverend John, 156

Salisbury, Captain Sylvester, 172–78

Stanley, Caleb, 304–305

Stoughton, William, Lieutenant-Governor, 293–302, 307–10

Treat, Robert, Major, governor of Conn., 245–50

Van Slichtenhorst, Gerrit, 118–19, 127–29

Winthrop, Captain Fitz-John, 77–78

Winthrop, Major General Wait, 227–30

Wyllys, Samuel, 96–97

Wyllys, Samuel, and Colonel John Allyn et al., 221–23

Leverett, Governor John, 67 n. 2, 121; wrote a joint letter with John Pynchon, Sr., to John Winthrop, Jr., 73–74

Liquor trade, 88, 91, 94, 103, 105, 244, 249, 250

London fire of 1666, 72

Lord, Richard, 104, 183

Lothrop, G., 19

Lovelace, Francis, Colonel, governor of N.Y., 81, 102, 114

Lucas, John, agent for John Pynchon in Antigua, 183

MacGregory, Major Patrick, 192

Malt, shipment, 4

Manning, Captain John, 133

Marlborough, Mass., 225

Marshfield, Samuel, 26 n. 2, 28

Martha’s Vineyard (Martin’s Vineyard), 64

Martin, Samuel, 34, 88, 89 n. 5, 91

Martinique (Martineco), 121

Mason, Arthur, 116

Mason, John, Captain, Major, 22, 23 n. 2, 25

Mason, Joseph, 278

Mason, Mrs. Joseph, 282–84

Massachusetts becomes a royal colony in 1691, 258, 260 n. 8

Mather, Reverend Eleazer, 38

Mathews, John, 97

Matoonas (Mattoolos, Matoomas), sachem of Nipmucks, 139

Mead, William, 85–86

Medicines. See ailments and treatments under names Mistress Amy Pynchon, Mary Pynchon

Messenger, Goodman, 132

Messengers, 32, 32 n. 1, 41 n. 3, 63, 64, 70, 246, 260–61; Indian, 11, 14, 18, 22, 35, 71, 72, 105, 107, 147. See also Post and postriders

Militia, soldiers, troopers, 19, 208, 219, 223–34, 227–29, 230–31, 233, 239–40, 241–43, 244, 246, 250, 257, 259

Mills, 61, 65, 142, 156, 158, 160, 164, 296

Mirick, Goodman, 156

Mirick, Thomas, 141

Momonto, 148

Money, in short supply, 232; Pine-tree money, 262 n. 1

Morgan, Miles, 39

Nashua, N.H. (Nashaway), 173, 174, 282

Nassicohea, sachem, 83

New Amsterdam taken by English in 1664, 51 n. 3

New England: inadequate defenses, 115–16, 223–24, 229; provisional government (1689), 220 n. 6; propositions made to the Mohawks, 171–72. See also “General Chronology” of political events, treaties, wars, etc., that had an impact on New England (1651–1697), xxv–xxvi.

New England Confederation, 86 n. 2, 254

New Englanders killed by Indians, 189, 261, 269–70, 276, 278, 290

New Haven, Conn., 11, 13 n. 2

New London, Conn. (Pequot), 4, 12, 184

New Roxbury, Conn, (renamed Woodstock 1686), 255, 310

New York, formerly New Netherland, after the Treaty of Breda (1667), 75; William III declares English and Dutch are united (1689), 211, 213

Niantic, Conn. (Nayantuck), 4

Nicholet (Nicoleate), Reverend, 132–33

Nicolls, Richard, Colonel, Major General, governor of N.Y., 53, 57–58, 64, 65, 70 n. 1, 73–74

Nichols, Captain Matthias, 130, 168

Ninigret (Ninecraft), 137

Northampton, Mass., 145, 146, 186, 224, 298

Northfield, Mass. (Squakeag), 148, 184–86, 187, 188–89, 195, 202–3, 206, 221, 305

Olcot, Mr., 92

Oliver, Captain James, 108

Oneida, N.Y., 258

Oxenbridge, Reverend John, 123, 132, 133

Oweneto, sachem of Mohegans, 310

Palmes, Edward, 76–77

Panumpum, Nathaniel, 178

Parker, Captain (James?), 55, 56, 67

Parsons, John, 134

Parsons, Cornet Joseph, 113, 114 n. 1, 228

Partridge, Captain Samuel, 203, 234, 235, 246–47, 252, 254, 255, 289, 290, 293, 301, 305; directions to him re proposals to be made to Indians who had come from Albany, 243–45, 248–50

Pawcatuck, Conn. (Pakatuck, Paukatuck), 10, 11

Pell, Thomas, physician, 32, 33

Pemaquid, Maine, 181, 282, 284 n. 2

Penn, William, 85–86

Phips, Sir William, 226, 253, 254, 259, 260 n. 7, 265, 288 n. 4

Plymouth, Mass., 64, 136, 211–13, 213–16

Pocumtuck Confederacy, 24 n. 4, 124

Pomeroy (Pomery), Captain Medad, 191, 198, 207

Port Royal, Acadia, 255

Porter, Samuel, 262

Post and postriders, 113, 142, 157, 184, 233, 234 n. 2, 260, 261, 264, 264 n. 3, 293, 311

Praying Indians, 80, 179, 258, 260

Preston, Dr. John, 19

Pretty, Richard, 205

Prince of Orange, 192, 194 n. 4. See also

William III Prince Rupert, 125

Privateers, 121

Propositions made by the agents for Massachusetts, Plymouth, and Connecticut to the Five Nations or Cantons of the Indians (Albany, 23 Sept. 1689), 213–16

Propositions made by the agents for Massachusetts, Plymouth, and Connecticut to the “River Indians as well Mahicans as Scaghticokes” (Albany, 12 Sept. 1689), 211–13

Propositions made by New England Commissioners to the Mohawks, 171–72

Province Galley, 288, 291 n. 3

Pynchon, Mistress Amy (Wyllys), 6 n. 1, 14, 16; ailments and treatments, 8, 13, 16–19, 20–21, 30–32, 36, 53, 54, 74, 124, 134, 154

Pynchon, John, Jr., 36, 101, 112, 135, 262, 292

Pynchon, John, Sr. See concise report of his business ventures, political and military services, and his role in Indian affairs as given in “Chronology of John Pynchon,” xv–xxi; accepts disasters as the will of God, 117, 146, 158, 164–65, 197, 203, 283–84; business ventures, 41–44, 61, 104, 105 n. 2, 183, 262 n. 1; attests to propositions to the Mohawks, 171–72; commissioned captain of the troop, 228; conferences on Indian relations, 208, 265; financial problems, 42–44, 76–78, 100–101, 111–12, 118–19, 127–28, 135–36, 261, 262, 264, 271; last will and testament, 47–49; message prepared for Indians of Agawam to the Dutch (1663), 45–46; message to Maquas and Five Nations, 213–16; orders to Committees of Militia for impressment of soldiers, 208; poor in health and aging problems, 14, 15, 31, 33, 34, 36, 99, 154, 166, 200, 202, 204 n. 2, 228; pleads to be relieved of duties, 154, 156, 157, 159–60, 162, 200; represents Mass. at surrender of Dutch in 1664, 52 n. 1; seeks reimbursement for expenses of his public services, 260–62, 264, 271, 284–85, 302–3; servants, 63; serves on commission to settle boundary dispute, 96–98; speech to Mohawks (1683), 179–81; together with James Richards prepares propositions to be made by New England Commissioners to the Mohawks, 171–72

Pynchon, Joseph, assistance given by father to establish himself in Uxbridge, England, 108–9; financial problems, 99–100, 111–12, 135–36, 165

Pynchon, Margaret (Hubbard), wife of John, Jr., 36 n. 1

Pynchon, Mary, 12 n. 4; ailments and treatments, 10–12, 29, 32, 33, 34, 36, 40, 81–83; marriage to Joseph Whiting, 50 n. 2, 95 n. 6. See also Whiting, Mary (Pynchon)

Pynchon, William (John Pynchon’s father), died in England, 43

Quabaug, Mass., 138, 140, 277–79, 311. See also Brookfield, Mass.

Quakers, 29, 85–86

Quinnapin (Quanapin), Narragansett sachem, 169

Rawson, Edward, 35, 85, 100, 112

Red coral, 5, 7

Richards, Mistress, 20

Richards, James, 30, 32, 50, 172, 172 n. 6

River Indians, 172 n. 2, 211

Rogers, Goodman Henry, river boatman, 24 n. 1

Rogers, James, 40, 76, 77, 110 n. 2

Rogers, Joseph, son of James, 77

Russell, Reverend John, 160, 163

Saffron, 11

St. Christopher, island, 73 n. 1

St. Helena (Sancte Leno), 121–22

Salisbury, Sylvester, Captain, Colonel, 102, 105, 106, 113, 130

Sanders, Robert, 196

Sanford, Peleg, 43

Savage, Mayor Thomas, 209, 210

Scarlet, Captain, ship master, 40, 79

Schenectady, N.Y. (Skenctode, Schenecktoke), 221, 238, 286

Schuyler, Lieutenant John, 272, 273, 274

Schuyler, Peter, 266, 268 n. 3

Searle, Colonel David, 75

Servants, bound, 63, 110

Sewall, Samuel, 223, 226 n. 1

Sheep, 148

Sheldon, Lieutenant, 238

Ship Desire, 43, 44, 44 nn. 1–3

Ship Province Galley, 288, 291 n. 3

Shipping and transportation, 4, 7, 24, 41 n. 3, 63, 75, 104, 190. See also Trade Ships: Dutch, 63, 73, 118, 121–22; English, 73, 74 n. 1, 120; fire ships for defense, 115, 121; French men-of-war, 63–64, 125, 210, 214; mast ships, 287, 288 n. 4; New England men-of-war, 125. See also Ferries

Simon. See Beaman

Skeepmuck, Mass., 224

Slichtenhorst, Gerrit Van. See Van Slichtenhorst, Gerrit

Sloughter, Henry, Colonel, governor of N.Y., 219, 233, 263, 264

Smith, Henry, Pynchon’s brother-in-law who lives in England, 99, 100, 111, 112, 165

Soldier. See Militia, soldiers, troopers

Stoughton, Israel, 223, 226 n. 1

Stoughton, Lieutenant-Governor William, 287, 288, 302

Strawberry, Indian, 293

Stuyvesant, Peter, governor of New Netherland, 30

Sudbury, Mass., 225

Swain, Captain Jeremiah, 167, 170, 171

Symmes (Sims), Reverend Zachariah, 79

Talcott, Major John, 144, 145, 148, 152, 167

Taverns, 143 n. 6

Taylor, James, 59

Taylor, Lieutenant John, 238

Temple, Sir Thomas, 58

Thompson, Thomas, 63

Tilton, Peter, 198, 203, 204, 220

Titherly, Mr., 75

Tobacco, 103

Trade, 41–44, 105 n. 2, 288; with Barbados, 43, 44; Virginia, 38; West Indies, 104, 105 n. 2

Travel routes and conditions, 7, 8, 14–15, 70, 146, 152, 208, 235–36, 288 n. 4

Treat, Robert, Major governor of Conn., 159, 161, 221, 222, 252, 265, 286

Troopers. See Militia, soldiers, troopers

Trowbridge, Mr., 256

Trumble, Judah, 138

Uncas, 22–23, 24, 25, 28, 54, 137, 148, 152

United Colonies of New England, 86 n. 2

Upper Indians, 24 n. 4

Upper towns, 237, 239, 241–43, 246, 251, 307

Van Bael (Van Ball), Jan Hendricke, 118

Van Curler (Corlaer), Jacobus, 57

Van Slichtenhorst, Gerrit, 119, 119 n. 1

Van Vorss, Peter, 177

Virginia, Dutch destroy English ships anchored up the river, 73

Wait, Captain, 139

Waite, Benjamin, 172, 173, 175, 178 n. 2

Walley, Mr., 134

Wampum, 17, 22, 24, 25, 57, 93, 102–3, 104, 106

Ware, Mr., of Barbados, 42

Wars. See England, war with France; Dutch, wars; King Philip’s War; King William’s War

Warwick, R.I. (Cowesit), 147

Watts, Goodwife, 39

Watts, Captain Thomas, 148

Welles (Wells), Lieutenant Jonathan, 238, 253

Welles, Noah, 235

Welles (Wells), Thomas, governor of Conn., 83, 239 n. 4

Wells, Captain David, 289, 293, 301

Wells family, murdered at Deerfield, 272 n. 3

Wessells, Major Dirck, 268, 269, 270

Westfield, Mass. (Woronoco), 64, 124, 224

Wethersfield, 159, 162

Wheat, shipment, 4

Wheeler, Captain Thomas, 146

Whiting, Captain, 252, 295, 304

Whiting, Joseph (Josiah), 12 n. 4, 95 n. 6, 110 n. 4

Whiting, Mary (Pynchon), 109, 110 n. 4

Wickins, 101

Wickins, John, 84, 100, 109, 111, 136, 165

Willard, Major Simon, 146, 152–53

Willett, Thomas, 50

William and Mary ascend the English throne, 213

William III, 295. See also Prince of Orange

Wilson, John, 96

Wilton, Lieutenant David, 50

Windsor, Conn., 89, 188, 295. See also Boundary dispute

Wing, Captain, 184, 187 n. 1

Winthrop, Mistress, 4, 7, 11

Winthrop, Adam, 9

Winthrop, Fitz-John, 9, 272, 273 n. 2, 297, 299 n. 2, 310, 311 n. 1

Winthrop, John, Jr., attends ceremony at surrender, of Dutch (1664), 52, 108 n. 3

Wiswall, Mr., 133

Wolcot, Joseph, 276, 277, 278

Wolcott, Henry, 11, 43

Woodstock, Conn., 257 n. 8

Woronoco. See Westfield, Mass.

Wyllys, Mother (mother of Mrs. Amy Pynchon), 11, 19

Wyllys, Henry and Anne (Pynchon), London, England, 112

Wyllys, Major General Samuel, 117, 131, 183

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