INDEX
Abbott, 515
Abenaki (Wabenaki) natives, 202 n1, 412
Fort William Henry peace council, 43
Abenquid (native chief), 500 n4
Acadia, 43
Act of Conformity, 312 n2
Act of General Indemnity, 402
Act of Uniformity, 77 n12, 231
church attendance, 430
sobriety, 430
Adams, Henery, 138, 140, 140 n3
Adams, Rev. Hugh, 576 n12
Adams, Mary Baker, 329
Adams, Mrs. Henery, 140 n8
Adams, Priscilla Winthrop, 595
building, 349
Rowland college debts, 358
Addington, Isaac, 477
admonitions, 22, 77 n17, 89, 90, 299 n1, 306 n2, 445 n4, 458, 577
Alcocke, Capt. Job, 400, 401 n7
Alden, Hepzibah Mountjoy, 482 n
Alden, John (1599–1687), 267, 267 n1, 348, 350 n5
Cotton elegy on, 350 n5
Alden, John, (1626–1702), 183, 184 n4, 432, 433, 441
capture and exchange, 433 n7
Northern border role, 433 n4
Port Royal escape, 502
Port Royal wheat purchase, 502
Alden, Nathaniel, 482
Alexander, Mr., 582
Alexander (Wamsutta), 176, 178 n1, 187
capture, 188
Allen (Allyn), Elizabeth (1691–1698), 591, 592 n9
Allen, Hannah Walley, 197, 197 n3
Allen (Allin), Henry, 192, 193 n4
Allen, Jacob Eliot, 193 n4
Allen, John, 45, 46 n11, 54, 55
Allen, Gov. Samuel, 439 n4, 523 n10
Allin, Joan, 584
Alling (Allyn), Elizabeth Cotton (Betty), 499, 500 n2, 502, 503, n3, 519 n7 see also Cushing, Elizabeth Cotton Alling (Betty)
Alling (Allyn), Rev. James, 25, 286 n8, 329, 330 n8, 406, 415, 416, 417 n3, 426, 426 n2, 461 n3, 483, 494, 495 n8, 499, 500 n3, 502, 503, 503 n3, 551, 574, 575 n5
Alling, Mary, 417 n4
Allison, Comfort Wilkins, 596 n5
Allison (Alliston), Joseph, 593, 595, 596 n5
Allyn, Col., 460
Allyn (Allen), Ebenezer, 524, 526 n20
Allyn, John, 415
Allyn, Lt., 502
Allyn, Rebecca Russell (Beck), 524, 525 n20
almanacs, 188, 251, 284, 285 n6, 312, 319, 320, 321 n2, 322, 380, 381, 407, 496, 498 n13, 530, 532 n32, 549
Ame, Mr., 121
Amesbury, Mass. (Almsbury), 483
Amos, 488
Anabaptists see Baptists
Anderson, Cornelius, 116, 117 n6
Andover, Mass., 146, 147 n2, 412, 473 n14
attack on, 515
witchcraft, 420, 421 n2, 425 n1
Andrew, Rev. Samuel, 478, 480 n27
Andrews, Esther, 505 n9
Andrews, Jedediah, 561 n7
Andrews, John, 505 n9
Andrews, Susanna, prison break, 504, 505 n9
Androscoggin River, Me., 385, 401 n4
Andros, Gov. Edmund, 86 n1, 97 n2, 135 n7, 143 n1, 152 n3, 190 n1, 195 n2, 347
abuse of power, 356 n2
Anglican worship, 336 n3
arrival in New England, 271, 365
Castin, Baron de, Jean Vincent d’Abbadie attack, 357 n3
King Philip’s War, 202
overthrow, 385
Pemaquid attacks, 357 n3
Pemaquid trip, 356
return plan, 407
setting sail for New England, 331, 332 n4
Angier, Ephraim, 250
Angier, Mrs., 250
Angier, Rev. Samuel, 215, 215 n3, 216, 268, 354, 355 n11
Greenwood ordination, 455
sacrament, administration, 254
Angier, Sarah, 557 n5
Anglicanism, 143 n1, 247 n1, 306 n2, 335, 336 n3, 534 n9
Piscataqua, Me., 291
Annesley, Samuel, 290–291, 292 n3
Antinomian controversy, 19
Appleton, Capt. Samuel, 476, 477, 478, 478 n2, 521 n3
King Philip’s War, 116, 117 n1, 129, 132
Aquanapin (Qumnapin), 127, 128 n2
Aquinnah/Gay Head, 21
Argyle, Duke of, Campbell, Archibald, 9th Earl
capture and execution, 316, 317 n5 n6 n7
Arian heresy, 95
Armitage, Jane, 460
Arnal, Mr., 197
Arnold, Lt., 533
Arnold, Rev. Samuel, 99, 165, 165 n4, 173, 175, 191, 192 n1, 199, 200 n5, 397, 398 n10, 405
Ashby (Ashbey), Sir John, 397, 398 n6
Ashurst, Henry, 361 n14, 391, 392 n12, 405 n4, 416
Assasamoogh see Gibbs, John
Assawamsitt (Assawomit) (Middleborough, Mass.), 98, 429, 549, 558
Assowampsett Pond (Middleborough, Mass.), 105
Athearn, Mary Butler, 458 n8
Athearn (Athearne), Simon, 458, 458 n8
Atherne, Mr., 517
Atwood, Esther Cole, 441, 442 n6
Avery, Capt. James, 147 n6
Bacon, Mary, 447 n4
Bacon, Mr., 99
Bacon, Nathaniel, 470 n2
Badcock, Robert, 163
Bailey, 555
Bailey, Rev. James, 492 n15
physician, 491
Bailey (Baylye), Rev. John, 309, 310 n2, 310 n2, 341 n9
Baker, J, 500
Baker, Mary, 329 n1
Baker, Rev. Nicholas, 197, 197 n1, 203–204, 205 n1, 209
Ballantine, 494
Bant, 402
baptism, 45 n1, 66, 67, 71, 72, 73 n1, 87 n1, 99, 240 n6, 239, 240 n6, 312 n2, 380, 481 n1, 482, 591, 592 n6, 598 n1
Baptist church
Rehoboth, Mass., 312 n2
Swansea, Mass., 312 n2
Baptists, 66, 99, 221 n5, 272, 277, 278 n2, 390 n2, 591, 592 n2, 595, 597
Kittery, Me., 592 n2
relations with, 68, 71–72, 591, 592 n2
South Carolina, 573, 591, 592 n2
Barbados, 403 n14, 406, 440, 441 n5, 504, 520, 521 n8, 521 n9, 525 n2, 595, 596 n10, 598
French ships, 529
Barbados fleet, 513
Barbar, Capt., 139
Barker, 483, 488, 499, 502, 524
Barker, Judith Prince, 523 n6
Barnaby, Ambrose, 497 n6
Barnaby, Joanna Harlow, 497 n6
Barnard, John, 525 n15
Barnes, 438, 439 n5, 466, 517, 548, 553, 554, 558
Barnes, Elizabeth Baker King, 312 n1
Barnes, J, 549
Barnes, John, 438, 439 n5, 563
Barnes, Thomas, 312 n1
Barnes, William, 502, 503, 567
Barnstable, Mass., 97 n2, 101, 141, 180, 201, 202, 209 n5, 248, 249 n5, 257, 299, 333, 340, 356, 415 n1, 439, 446 n2, 482 n5, 512, 514 n4, 539, 554, 565, 569, 569 n3
meetinghouse, 180 n2
town meeting, 238
Barnstable church, 209 n2, 209 n6
dissension in, 90 n1
fast for Thacher acceptance, 236
member dismissal to Plymouth, 227
Peter Thacher call, 236, 237 n2, 264 n1
Barrel, Isabella Legg, 547 n8
Barrow, Deborah, 447 n12
Barrow, John, 447 n12
Barrow, Lydia Dunham, 563 n2
Barrow (Barow), Robert, 534 n11, 563, 563 n2
Barrow, Ruth Bonum, 533, 534 n11, 563 n2
Barrows (Barrow), George, 496, 497 n7
Barrows, Patience Simmons, 497 n7
Bartlet, 488
Bartlet, Hannah Pabodie, 468 n11
Bartlet, Joseph, 438
Bartlett, Joseph, 365
Bartlett, Josiah, 483
Bartlett, Lydia Griswald, 484, 485 n9
Bartlett, Sarah, 483, 484 n10, 550 n5
Barton, Mr., 402
Basset, Nathaniel, 567, 568 n9, 584, 585 n4
Basset, William, 373, 373 n8, 378, 378 n5, 402, 457, 460, 462, 463 n8, 463 n9
Bastow, Jer., 141
Bates, Joseph, 469 n23
Bates, Mary Lincoln, 469 n23
Bayly, Lewis
Practice of Piety (Massachusett language edition), 381 n5
Beachy Head naval battle, 397, 398 n5
Bearse (Bearstone) (Bearstow), Joseph, 439, 439 n8, 440, 488
Beers (Beeres), Capt. Richard, 134, 135 n8
Belcher, Jonathan, 524, 525 n8
Bellamont, Earl see Bellamont, Lord, Coot (Coote), Richard
Bellamont, Lord, Coot (Coote), Richard, 511, 512 n9, 535, 545
Governor-General, 506, 507, 509 n6
Bellamy, Lord, 332
Bellevant, Mrs., 576
Bellingham, Mrs., 468
Bennet, Mr., 331
Bennett, Capt., 578
Bennett (Bennet), John, 454, 454 n4, 486, 487 n2
Bennett, Mr., 595
Bernard see Barnes, Thomas
Berwick, Duke of
plot, 509 n1
trials and executions, 506
Bessey, David, 141
Beverly, 454 n4
Bible, Massachusett language, 273
Billings, Richard, 479 n20
Biseil, Mr., 214
Bishop, Hannah Bradley, 427, 429 n9
Bishop, Stephen, 429 n12
Bishop, Tabithah (Tabithan) Wilkinson, 427, 429 n12
Blacke, Caleb, 141
Blackleach (Blachlach), Solomon privateer ships master, 239, 240 n4
Blackly (Blachly), Thomas, 427, 428 n11
Black Point, Me. (Scarborough), 192, 203 n3
Blake, Gov. Joseph, 574, 575 n3, 593, 596 n6 n11
Blake, Mary
dismissal from Plymouth church, 84
dismissal request, 70
Blancher, 515
Blathwait, 535
Bloody Tenet, The, 77 n8
Blue Anchor Tavern, 547 n9
Blush, G., 146
Boggestow (Mass.), 139, 140 n7
Bohun, Judge Edmund, 593, 596 n6
Bombazeen (Bumbazeen), 387, trial of, 465, 466 n4
Bond, Gov. Francis, 520, 521 n9
Boone, Maj. John, 594, 596 n10
Boreland, Mr., 524
Boreman, Andrew, 524
Boreman, Samuel, 141
Boston, Lincolnshire, 231, 232 n1 n5 n6, 245
Boston, Mass.
elections, 146, 476, 478 n1, 535
epidemic, 545
fire of 1676, 172, 179, 179 n2
Boston First Church see First Church, Boston
Boston Second Church see North Church, Boston
Boston Third Church see Old South Church, Boston
Bosworth, Jonathan, 69 n8
Bourne, Joseph, 514 n3
Bourne, Mr.
Rye House Plot, 302
Bourne, Rev. Richard, 99 n3, 197, 357 n2, 514 n3
Mashpee ordination, 99
native ministry, 98
Bourne, Ruth Sargent Winslow, 357 n2
Boweman, Thomas, 569 n3
Bowers, Goodman, 138
Bowles, Elder John, 239, 240 n7
Barnstable pulpit candidacy, 248, 249 n3
Boyne, Battle of, 396–397, 398 n2
Bozworth, Jonathan, 68
Brackett’s Woods, Battle of, 385
Bradbury, Capt., 415
Bradbury, John, 585
Bradbury, Maria Cotton, 475, 475 n2
Bradbury, Samuel, 588 n4
Bradbury, Sarah Cotton, 505 n13
birth of William & John Bradbury, 585, 588 n4
married to William Bradbury, 505
Bradbury, William, 505 n13
Bradbury, William (b. 1699), 585
Bradbury, Wymond, 460, 461 n4, 475
Bradford, Alice Richards, 160 n4
Duxbury land committee, 365
Plymouth charter loss, 565
Bradford, Gov. William (1590–1657), 290 n4
History of Plimoth Plantation, 34, 163, 176
letter book, 34
Roger Williams, 77 n17
Bradford, Maj. William (1624–1705), 107, 109, 126, 154, 159, 199, 277 n3, 365, 419, 430, 520
Alexander (Wamsutta), 189
Benjamin Church successes, 164
Edward Randolph visit, 255
Hubbard narrative, 188
King Philip’s War, 107, 153, 162
battle report, 161–162
Pocasset Swamp Fight, 109
wounded, 123
Mass. Bay Council, 442 n7
Rehoboth garrison, 146
Bradford, Sheriff, 504
Bradstreet, Anne, 86 n1
Bradstreet, Dudley, 477, 479 n20
Bradstreet, Samuel, 525 n12
Bradstreet, Gov. Simon (1604–1697), 86, 86 n1, 189 n1, 398, 401 n4, 423 n9, 525 n12
Canada invasion, call for, 385
Bradstreet, Rev. Simon (1671–1741)
ordination at Charlestown, 559, 561 n10
Bradstreet, Simon (1680–1715), 86, 524, 525 n12, 535 n12
Braintree, Mass.
Brance, John, 141
Brattle, Capt., 160
Brattle, Elizabeth Hayman, 544 n4
Brattle, Mr., 140
Brattle, Rev. William, 338, 360, 369, 411, 458, 458 n7, 490, 491 n4, 524, 542, 542 n2, 543, 554, 555, 569
Harvard finances, 339 n1 n6
ordination at Cambridge, 522, 523 n2
Pemaquid trip, 420 n4
Brattle St. Church, 339 n1 n6, 509 n14
Breck, Robert
Harvard class riot, 559, 560 n5
Brenton, Mr., 402
Brest, France, 529
Brett, Elder William (d. 1681), 175, 176 n2, 208, 241, 288, 289 n3
Brett, William (d. 1713), 416, 417 n8
church, 176 n1
King Philip’s War, 163, 173 n1
Bridgham, Deac. Joseph, 468, 469 n18, 535, 600
Bridgham, Mr., 595
Bridgwater, Thomas, 529, 531 n7
Brigdstreet, Mr. and Mrs., 138
Briggs (Brigs), Capt. John, 448, 449 n3
Briggs, Walter, 449 n3
Bright, Deacon Henry, 332, 333 n15
Brigs, William, 156
Brinsley, John
on infant baptism, 591, 592 n4 n5
Brinsmead, William, 450, 451 n7, 491 n4
Bristol, England, 454 n4
nonconformists, 294
Bristol, R. I. See also Mount Hope, 340, 521, 546
Metcalf preaching, 349, 350 n10
Brock, John, 376 n3
Brocklebank, Capt. Samuel, 127, 128 n3
Brooke, Lord, 51 n1
Brown, Hannah Corwin, 557 n2
Brown, John
captivity and death, 489, 490 n3
Brown, Capt. John, 555, 557 n2
Brown, Rebecca Bayley 557 n2
Brown, Richard, 490 n5
Brown, Sarah Burroughs, 555, 557 n2
Browne, Maj. William, 442 n7, 477, 557 n2
Bryant, Abigail, 342 n1
Bulkley (Bulkly), Rev. Edward, 502, 503 n6
Bulkley (Buckly), Peter, 190, 190 n3
King Philip’s War narrative, 196
Bull, Jireh (Jere) garrison house, 121, 122 n8
Bullock, Elizabeth, 66–67, 68 n3
Bullocke, Richard, 68 n3
Bumbazeen see Bombazeen
Bump, Samuel, 141
Burroughs, Francis, 555, 557 n2
Burroughs, George
hanging, 422
Burroughs, John, 141
Burroughs, Mr., 501
Burr, Peter
Boston schoolmaster, 415 n1, 432
Buswell (Busall), Capt. William, 587
Byfield, Mr., 489
Byfield, Capt. Nathaniel, 418, 419 n7, 535, 536 n10
Caleb (native teacher), 99, 101 n25
Cape Barfleur, 423 n4
Cape Sable, 210
Capen, Deacon John, 416, 417 n6
Capin, Mr., 478
captives
King Philip’s War, 123, 135 n8, 139, 144, 144 n2, 152, 162, 163, 184 n8, 202, 210, 226
King William’s War, 387, 400, 412, 418, 418 n2 n3, 422, 423 n9, 433 n3 n7, 441, 449, 470, 477, 490 n3, 502, 516, 542
Pemaquid, Me., 477, 479 n16, 510–511
Carey, Mr., 500
Carrier, Martha, 421 n3
Carver, Mass., see Lakenham
Casco Bay, Me., 395, 401 n4, 423, 434 n11
Castin, Baron de, Jean Vincent d’Abbadie, 357 n3, 433, 434 n11
Castine, Me., 116
Castle Island, Boston, 224 n5, 403 n9, 405 n8, 448, 502, 506, 517, 546, 578
smallpox, 489
Caswell, Thomas, 156
Cathcart (Kethcatt), Robert, 535, 536 n18
Dorothy and Nathaniel Clark, 366
George Watson and wife, 281
Chappaquidick, 99, 100 n11 n20, 549
Charles (native teacher), 429, 560
Charles II, 24, 189 n12, 279 n6
demand for Mass. messengers, 280, 282 n2
Mass. agent request, 283
Protestant demands on, 281, 283
Charlestown, Mass., 368, 515, 530
Joseph Lord preaching, 554
minister call, 234
smallpox, 220
witchcraft, 426
Charlestown, S. C., 28–29, 573
Cotton diary, 581–583
Cotton pulpit offer, 574
epidemic, 600
gambling, 593
charter, Mass. Bay, 28, 86 n1, 87 n1, 97 n1, 272, 282, 302, 322, 406, 407 n2, 416, 539, 565, 566
Chauncey (Chancey), Rev. Charles ordination, 477, 480 n25
Chickley, Mr., 334
Childs, Samuel, 141
Chipman (Chepman), John, 153 n2, 209, 209 n6, 238, 278, 356, 357 n1, 372, 373 n1, 377, 482, 482 n6, 491, 496, 504 Jonathan Pierpoint letter, 376
Chipman, Ruth Sargent Winslow Bourne, 357 n1
Jonathan Pierpoint letter, 376
Chittenden, Joan Sheaffe, 44, 45 n2
Chittenden, Sarah, 403 n1
Chittington, Benjamin, 141
Christmas
at Boston, 222
Chubb (Chub), Capt. Pascho, 479 n19, 499, 500 n4, 510, 511
Fort William Henry surrender, 1696, 510–511, 512 n7
Church, Benjamin
King Philip’s War, 155, 158, 158 n1, 161, 164, 166, 173 n1, 184, 187
captures Tuspaquin, 164 n8
enemy pursuit, 163
kills King Philip, 171
Battle of Brackett’s Woods, 401 n4
raid near Brusnwick, Me., 401 n4
releases native captives, 418 n3
takes captives, 400
to Newfoundland, 523 n5
Church of England see Anglicanism
Churchel, Churchil see Churchill
Churchill, Eleazer (Eleazar) (Eliezer), 340, 341 n2, 457, 476, 489, 520 n3, 548, 550 n3, 577
church admissions, 358, 358 n1
illness, 549
Churchill, Joseph, 550 n6
Churchill, Mary, 341 n2
Churchill, Mary Bryant, 550 n3
Churchill, Mary Doty, 520 n3
Churchill, Nathaniel, 520, 520 n3
Churchill, Rachel
church admissions, 358, 358 n1
Churchill, Rebecca Delano, 550 n3
Churchill, Sarah, 550 n6
Clapp, Eliezir, 141
Clark, Clarke see Clarke
Clark’s Island, Plymouth
dispute, 360 n2, 365, 366, 367, 370
Clarke, Daniel
wounded, King Philip’s War, 139
Clarke, Dorothy
disciplined by Plymouth church, 366
Clarke, Elizabeth Crow, 491, 492 n19 n20
Clarke, James, 468
Clarke, Rev. Dr. John, 277, 278 n4, 556
Clarke, Mr., 115, 160, 177, 191, 192, 197, 201, 349, 535, 548, 566
Cotton land boundaries, 551–552
Clarke, Mr., of Exeter, 556
Clarke, Nathaniel, 327, 365, 366, 482, 535, 560
arrested, 366
captive of French, 515
case against wife Dorothy, 366
disowned by church, 366
Clarke, Rebecca Lincoln, 469 n23
Clarke, Deacon Thomas, 491, 492 n19
Clarke, Maj. Thomas (d. 1683), King Philip’s War, 202, 203 n3
Clarke, William, 176, 197, 197 n4, 212, 349, 352, 475, 502, 564, 558
garrison house attacked, 162, 163 n6
Claye, Joseph, 427
Coachman see Cushman, Elder Thomas
Coakset (Coksit) (Coquitt) (Coxitt)
(Westport, Mass.), 98, 100 n9, 109, 110 n2, 429
Cobb, Elder Henry, 209, 209 n5, 249
Cobb, John, 532 n24
Cobb, Martha Nelson, 532 n24
Cocks, Mr., 595
Coffin, Abigail Starbuck, 494, 495 n11
Cole, Daniel, 94 n6
Eastham selectman, 93
Cole, Ephraim, 320, 341 n7, 451 n8, 457, 458, 483, 504, 521, 529
Cotton land boundaries, 551
Cole, J, 508
Cole, John, 457, 458 n4, 496, 517, 518 n8
Cole (Call), Capt. John, 530, 532 n25
Cole, Rebecca (Beck), 450, 451 n8
Cole, Samuel, 451 n8
Cole, Susanna Gray, 458 n4, 518 n8
Cole, Thomas
killed by natives, 514 n11
Collamore (Colimore), Lt. Anthony, 402, 403 n1
Colllier, William, 188, 189 n9
Colman, Benjamin (1673–1747), 339 n1 n6, 458
Greenwood ordination, 458 n7
privateering narrative, 507, 509 n14
Committee of Foreign Plantations, 255
Connecticut charter, 43, 51 n1
Converse, Capt. James
captive negotiations, 479 n16
Cook, Goodman Thomas, 427, 429 n4
cookbook, 475
Cooke, Dr., 559
Cooke, Elisha, 361 n14, 524, 525 n3
Mass. Bay council, 442 n7, 476, 479 n14
Cooke, Francis, 278 n2
Cooke, Mr., 352
Cooper, “Cousin,” 65
Cooper, Mr., 494
Cooper, Samuel, 524
Cooper, Thomas, 157 n5, 252, 253 n1
Coot (Coote), Richard (Earl of Bellamont)
See Bellamont, Lord, Coot (Coote), Richard
Copp, Deacon David, 468, 469 n20
Coquit see Coakset
Coram, Thomas
defends Cotton, 540
Corlet, Ammi
smallpox death, 250
Corlets, Mr., 546
Cornhill, London, 304
Corwin (Curwin), George, 543, 544 n5
Corwin, Jonathan
Mass. Bay council member, 442 n7, 477, 479 n14
Cotton, Abigail, 585 n8
Cotton daughters
employment possibilities, 182
Cotton, Dorothy Bradstreet, 343 n1, 392 n6
Cotton, Elizabeth (Betty) (1663–1743) See also Cushing, Elizabeth Cotton Alling (Betty), 285, 285 n8, 320, 321 n3, 322, 329, 349, 416, 448, 471, 494
Cotton, Elizabeth (b. 1695), 490, 491 n5
Cotton, Elizabeth Saltonstall Denison (1668–1725), 265, 340, 449 n10, 475, 508, 577
consolation on loss of grandfather, 436 n3, 438 n1
Cotton, Joanna (b. 1694), 448, 449 n6, 533
Cotton, Joanna Rossetter (1642–1702), 25, 64, 118, 322, 411, 472, 502, 503, 550 n7, 580, 585, 587
Boston trip, 500
consolation, Cotton’s death, from Cotton Mather, 599
death of son Josiah (1675–1677), 185
Dorothy Clark controversy, 366
health, 504, 540, 551, 585, 587–588
letter to son Josiah, 434–435
living arrangements, 540, 569 n10, 584, 585 n6
marriage, 20
bloodletting, 328 n4, 498, 499 n1
measles, 354 n4
for Rowland, 496
medical practice, 21, 25, 412, 441, 442 n5, 458, 498, 501, 513, 530, 549
medicines, 356, 411, 412, 436, 450, 451 n12, 497
midwifery, 411, 444, 448, 449 n11, 450, 478, 480 n29, 484, 485 n7, 548–549
possible South Carolina move, 28, 29, 573, 587, 589, 594
spiritual advice to son Josiah, 413, 526
trip to Hingham, 471
Cotton, Rev. John (1585–1652), 19, 47, 64, 232 n1
“Concerning Toleration”, 199
A Reply to Mr. Williams; The Bloudy Tenet Washed, 76 n5
Way of the Churches of Christ in New England, 90 n3
Cotton, Rev. John (1640–1699)
biography, 19–29
books and manuscripts, 581 n2
Carolina diary, 573–574, 581–583
Charlestown, S.C. ministry, 28–29, 573, 574, 589, 593
church council recommends dismissal, 539
Clark’s Island case, 367
education, 20
excommunication and reinstatement, 20
finances, 97, 456–457, 540, 551–552, 556
First Church, Boston membership, 49–50
Glorious Revolution, 371, 371 n7, 385
illness and death, 29, 90, 583, 598
Indian bible, 339 n3
King Philip’s War, 105–167, 191
Hubbard’s history controversyy, 171, 187, 188, 189 n1, 194–196
Malden, call to pulpit, 564–565
marriage, 20
ministerial network, 23
Nash, Jacob case, 333
native ministry, 429, 430, 431
Bible, Massachusett language, 259, 260 n1
missionary journal, 35 n5, 43, 59, 432 n15
native missionary work
churches and villages, 429, 431
compensation, 86, 244, 367, 368 n7, 389 n8
Martha’s Vineyard, 19, 21, 25, 26, 35 n5, 99
native language proficiency, 21, 339 n3
native language translations, 367, 464
ordination, 22
Pierpoint, Jonathan, and Sandwich pulpit, 273, 368, 369, 369 n1, 372, 373 n4 n6, 374–376, 376 n1, 377
Plymouth land boundary disputes, 551–552, 555–556
preaching, 25, 411, 450, 471, 512
preaching, banned from, 561–562, 563, 564 n6, 565
rebaptism controversy, 66–68, 68 n4, 69 n8, 71, 72
sexual scandal, Conn., 20, 43–55
sexual scandal, Plymouth, 26–27, 539–541, 544, 565, 566 n9
verse
Josiah, verse admonitions to, 435, 436 n5
Cotton, Rev. John (1658–1710), 239, 245, 348, 350 n7, 556, 569, 569 n4, 587
letter to Cotton, 342
Cotton, Rev. John (1661–1706), 20, 219, 329, 349, 357, 457, 458, 460, 471, 522, 535, 555, 565, 578, 580
books from Cotton, 498
career, 178 n6
education, 25, 177, 213, 220, 279 n3
Exeter, N. H., 303, 305 n7, 330 n4 n8
Gov. Cranfield protest, 305, 306 n5
illness and recovery, 328
living at Increase Mather’s, 199, 200
Portsmouth, N. H., 143 n1, 416
son born, 371
Cotton, Josiah (1675–1677), 181, 183, 183 n1, 185
Cotton, Josiah (1680–1756), 275 n2, 411, 426, 467, 470, 477, 483, 491, 497, 504, 518 n13, 524, 575, 585
“Account of Cotton Family,” 19, 22, 25, 26–29, 35 n1, 583
childhood illness and accidents, 413–414, 415 n2
commencement, 559
education, 25, 415 n1, 444, 448, 494, 543, 554, 559, 589
letter from Cotton, 589, 590 n1
letter from Joanna Cotton, 413–414
parental advice, 413, 434–435, 526, 527–528
proposed visit to South Carolina, 573, 589
reports shipwreck, 489, 490 n4
Cotton, Maria (1642–1714), 65, 65 n4, 87 n1
Cotton, Maria (b. 1672), 461 n4, 471, 477, 483, 585
illness, 502
Cotton, Rev. Rowland, 28, 87, 210, 213, 342, 357, 380, 402, 415, 448, 456, 460, 471, 471 n10, 486, 494, 496, 498, 502, 529, 530, 543, 551, 580
call from Bristol church, 348, 350 n3
call from Dedham church, 394, 396 n3
career, 87 n2
college, 25, 250, 334, 335, 335 n2, 336 n2, 340, 355, 355 n2, 358, 360, 368, 380
father’s farewell, 579–580, 584
illness and recovery, 352
native ministry, 87 n2, 430, 438, 439 n1, 512, 558, 559
compensation, 334
lecture, 515
preparation for, 431
preaching, 493, 501, 510, 517, 533
Sandwich church
covenant renewal, 482
fast day, 452
salary, 453 n1
son John, 436
South Carolina, proposed visit, 573
Cotton, Samuel (1678–1682), 223, 224 n3, 414, 415 n2
Cotton, Sarah (b. 1670–), 446, 448, 449 n2, 451 n10, 456, 467, 471, 472 n4, 475
illness and recovery, 352, 352 n2
midwifery, 467, 471, 472, 472 n4, 477, 478, 480 n30
Cotton, Sarah Bradstreet Hubbard, 471, 472 n4, 564 n9
Cotton, Rev. Seaborn, 20, 223, 231, 247 n1, 305, 308, 329, 330 n4 n8, 343, 392 n6
smallpox in Hampton, N. H., 247
Cotton, Rev. Theophilus (1682–1726), 493, 504, 508, 517, 518 n13, 541, 555, 580, 585, 585 n6
Dorothy Clark case, 366
education, 25, 411, 448, 449 n1, 525, 542, 543, 556
illnesses, 340, 341, 341 n1, 444, 483, 490, 491 n3
learns of father’s death, 600
reports Quaker preaching, 529
Couch [?], James, 493
Council of State, 255
Plymouth, 161
Sandwich, 481
Cowwen, Joseph, 141
Coxitt see Coakset
Cranfield, Gov. Edward, 178 n5
Church of England sacraments, 143 n1, 247 n1, 306 n2
Joshua Moody arrest, 306 n2, 308
Crittenden, Joan Sheafe, 45 n2
Crittenden, Thomas, 285, 286 n7
Crittenden, William, 45 n2, 284
Crocker, Mary Bacon, 447 n4
Crocker, Mary Bodfish, 447 n4
Crocker, Mary Bursley, 447 n4
Cromwell, Oliver, 68 n4, 77 n9, 78 n18, 189 n8, 292 n3
Crosby, Thomas, 93, 94 n3, 264, 264 n2
Cudworth, Maj. James, 251, 252 n2
Cuinam see Keweenam
Cushing, Rev. Caleb, 471, 472 n3, 473, 490, 492 n12, 500 n3, 519, 522, 556, 557 n13, 585, 588 n3
Cushing, Elizabeth Cotton Alling (Betty) See also Cotton, Elizabeth b. 1663, 499, 522, 523 n8, 535
marriage, 585 n5
Cushing, James, 524
Cushing (Cushion), Rev. Jeremiah, 459, 460 n5, 483, 484 n8, 490, 492 n12
Cushing, Theophilus, 562, 562 n13
Cushman, Abigail Fuller, 341 n3
Cushman (Chusman), Elcanah, 154, 155 n1
Cushman, Elizabeth Coombs, 531 n8
Cushman, Fear, 183
Cushman, Rev. Isaac, 349, 365, 486, 487 n3
Duxbury land committee, 365
Plymouth church split, 518 n3
Plympton church, 347, 487 n3, 513 n3
Cushman, Mary Allerton, 155 n1
Cushman, Rebecca, 505 n10
Cushman, Samuel, 341 n3
Cushman, Elder Thomas (1608–1691), 22, 79 n3, 81, 91, 92, 155 n1, 183, 208, 215, 241, 246, 263, 276, 277 n4, 298, 313, 340, 341 n3, 347, 397, 487 n3
Cuthbert (Cudbert) (Cuthbertson) (Cutbert), Samuel, 454, 454 n2
Middleborough church gathering, 463–464
Cutler, Dr. John, 485, 486 n14
Cutler, Peter, 479 n20, 561 n7
Cutts family, 439 n3
Cutts, Gov. John, 439 n3
Cutts, Richard, 439 n3
Cutts, Robert, 439 n3
Cutts, Lord Samuel, 438, 439 n3
D., Mr., 416
d’Abbadie, Baron Jean-Vincent see Castin, Baron de, Jean Vincent d’Abbadie
Daisly, Capt., 593
Damariscotta, battle, 479 n19
Danforth, Rev. John
election sermon, 533, 534 n6, 558
Danforth, Rev. Samuel, 190, 190 n2, 340, 341 n5, 342, 482, 524, 525 n17, 558, 559 n1 n4, 560
career, 354 n1
church admissions, 353–354
native language translations, 464–465, 465 n2 n3
New England Almanac for the Year of Our Lord 1686, 320, 321 n2
ordination, 342, 342 n3, 348, 350
preaching to natives, 450, 451 n4
Danforth, Thomas, 86, 86 n3, 97, 190
Cambridge petition, 379
Mass. Bay council member, 442 n8, 476, 479 n14
Pemaquid trip, 420 n4
Salem witchcraft court, 427 n8
Daniel (native teacher), 430
Daniel, Capt. Robert
privateers, 239
Daniel, Mary Grant, 466 n1
Danvers, 459 n2, 485 n10, 492 n15
witchcraft accusations, 425 n1
Dartmouth, Mass., 163, 277, 278 n2, 431 n6, 447 n14, 467 n10
Dassert, Joseph
Boston schoolmaster, 415 n1
Davenport, Rev. John (1597–1670), 43, 63 n1
career, 48 n1
letter from, 46–47
Davenport, Rev. John (1669–1731)
Davenport, Capt. Nathaniel, 129, 131 n10, 132
Davie, John, 279 n3
Davis, Capt., 352
Day, Gov. Samuel, 593
dispute with Randolph, 594, 596 n12
Declaration of Indulgence, 337, 338 n2
Deer Island, Mass. Bay, 508
King Philip’s War, 135 n2, 152 n2
de Grandval, Sieur
William III assassination plot, 423 n3
Delano, Mr., 555
Deming, David
Dening, Mr., 582
Denison, Daniel, 189 n1
Denison, Capt. George, 146
King Philip’s War, 147 n6
Denison, John (1584?–1655)
Laten Phrases of Winchester-Schools, 529, 531 n14
Denison, Rev. John (1666–1689), 265 n1, 438 n1
Denison, William, 279 n3
Dennis, James, 319 n3
Dennis, Mary Lathrop Crowell, 319 n3
Dennis, Robert, 319 n3
Dennis, Sarah Howland, 319, 319 n3
Derby, Earl of, 303
Dering (Deering), Henry, 422, 476, 556, 557 n12, 575
Dering, Mr., 559
de Villebon (Vilboons), Gov. Joseph
d’Iberville see Iberville
Dicks, Arthur, 594
Dodge, Daniel, 560 n5
Dodson, Gershom, 141
Dominion of New England, 25, 86 n1, 97 n1, 97 n2, 195 n2, 347, 357 n3 n4, 365, 379 n4, 385, 423 n6
Dominus, Mrs., 584
Dorchester, Mass., 68 n4, 210, 250, 267 n3, 369 n1, 436, 533, 592 n7
smallpox, 416
Dorchester, S. C.
Ashley River settlement, 554 n2
church admissions, 591
sawmill, 575 n2
Dotey, Betty, 551
Clark’s Island case, 366
Doty, Thomas
pressed into service, 530, 532 n20
Douglas’ Rhetorick, 146
Dover, Lord, 332
Doyl, John, 496
Drew, Lemuel, 514 n12
Drew, Priscilla Warren, 513, 514 n12
drunkenness, 100 n20, 246 n1, 272, 281, 319, 337, 447 n10, 448, 479
Dublin, Ireland, 258
Dudley, Capt., 494
Dudley, Joseph, 189 n1, 194, 195 n2, 252 n3, 256, 331, 343, 402, 404, 438, 494
Chief Justice, 339 n7
Council President, 324
fate of sons, 507–508
Dudley, Mary Leverett, 525 n11
Dudley, Paul, 524
Dudley, Thomas (b. 1680), 524, 525 n11
Dummer, Mary, 144 n2, 456, 457 n6
Dummer, Mrs., 477, 478, 480 n23
Dummer, Rev. Shubael, 144 n2, 401 n1, 418 n3
captive exchanges, 400
killed, 418 n3
letter from, 400–401
pastor of York, Me., 146
Dunham, Rev. Jonathan (1632–1717)
Dunham, Joseph, 227, 227 n1, 517, 518 n3
Dunham, Mary Delano
dismissal to Plymouth from Barnstable, 227, 227 n1
Dunham, Samuel
Duxbury, Mass., 125 n1, 172, 189 n9, 211, 271, 290 n4, 299, 411, 539, 574
Clark’s Island dispute, 365
Ichabod Wiswall ordination, 267, 267 n3
Dwight, Goodman, 138
Dwight, Rev. Josiah
Dyer, Abigail, 334
Dyer, Hannah Morton, 517, 518 n9, 577
Eames (Emes, Elmes), Capt., 512, 513
encounter with French ships, 433 n5, 514 n5, 517
earthquake, Jamaica, 420, 421 n4
Eastham, Mass., 165 n3, 188, 515, 522
dismissal letter from Plymouth church, 266
Samuel Treat ministry, 234 n2
smallpox, 239
Eastman, Roger, 557 n16
Eastman, Sarah Smith, 556, 557 n16
Eaton, Francis, 462 n18
Eaton, Sarah Hoskins, 462 n18
Eaton, William, 462 n18
Edgartown, Martha’s Vineyard, 48, 100 n20, 485 n10
Cotton called to pulpit, 21
Edinburgh, Scotland
fast day conversions, 507
Eedy, Alice Paddock, 69 n9
Eedy (Eidee), Zechariah, 69 n9
Eel River, Plymouth, 459, 460, 543
bridge repair, 476 n4
Clarke garrison house attacked, 163 n6
Egremet (native chief), 500 n4
election sermon
artillery company, 336 n1, 361 n9, 503 n6, 536 n8
Mass. Bay, 291, 292 n9, 361 n9, 469, 470 n1, 503 n6, 533, 534 n6, 556, 557 n14, 580 n1
Eliot, Deacon Jacob, 192, 193 n4, 239
Eliot, Rev. John, 20, 85 n1, 99, 100 n16 n17, 172, 295, 338, 430, 467 n5
Bible, Massachusett language, 259, 260 n1, 273
Cotton helps with translations, 339 n3, 367
death, 371 n5
letter from, 259
Practice of Piety Masachusett language edition, 381 n5
primer, Massachusett language, 338, 339 n3
salary difficulties, 370, 389 n8
Eliot, Joseph, 279
Elliston (Ellistone), George, 340, 341 n8, 349, 380, 426, 457, 471, 545
Elliston, Jonathan, 546, 547 n10
Elmes, Capt. see Eames, Capt.
Emerson, Rev. John, 391
chaplain, Phips expedition, 392 n8
fast-day preaching, 504, 505 n6
Emes, Capt. see Eames, Capt.
Ems, John, 141
English fleet, Me., 512, 514 n5
epidemic see also smallpox
Boston and Roxbury, 545
Episcopal church see Anglicanism
Eppes (Epps), Daniel London news, 274, 275 n4, 308
Eppes (Epps), Samuel, 275 n4
Esther, Mrs., 68
Everth (Evarts), Daniel, 427, 429 n5
Exclusion bill, England, 275 n5
excommunication, 207, 294, 359, 597
Roger Williams, 75
Thomas Walley discussion, 89
executions
Algernon Sydney, 304 n4
Charles I, 78 n18
Duke of Monmouth, 257 n2
Earl of Argyle, 316, 317 n4 n5 n6
Hugh Peter, 78 n18
Keweenam, 163 n5
King Philip’s son, debate, 173
Lord Russell, 305 n4
Matoonus, 135 n6
natives, 105, 107, 116, 117 n9, 131 n1, 163 n6
Rye House plotters, 301, 304 n3 n4 n5
Salem witches, 420, 421 n1 n2 n3
William III plotters, 506
Exeter, N. H., 178 n6, 321, 328 n3, 368, 495 n11, 564 n9
attacked, 542 n3
Eyre (Eyrs), Dorothy, 338, 339 n4
Eyres, John
drowning, funeral, 524, 525 n2
Eyres, Mr., 524
Eyres (Eyers), Simon, 402, 403 n10, 524
Fairfield, Conn., 260, 434 n9, 441 n7 n8, 551
Fairweather, John, 403 n9
Fairweather, Thomas, 402, 403 n9
Falmouth, England, 316
Falmouth, Mass., 443 n3
beached whale case, 569 n3
Falmouth (Portland, Me.), 385, 419 n6, 443 n4
Fance, Fanne see Faunce
fast days (days of humiliation and prayer), 61, 91, 228, 229, 261, 263, 300 n3, 507, 533
Barnstable, 236
Cambridge, Mass. Bay, 278
Charlestown, S. C., 582
Guilford, Conn., 428
King Philip’s War, 125, 125 n2
native threats, 24
Plymouth, 91, 161, 233 n1, 355, 360, 360 n6
Rehoboth, 150
Woburn, 228
Faunce, Deacon Thomas, 367, 446, 447 n10, 489
ordination as elder, 389 n2, 588 n9
Fenwick, Robert, 578, 582, 584, 589, 595, 597 n13, 598, 600
career, 575 n2
Cotton, call to Charlestown pulpit, 574
fines
preaching, 295
religious dispute, 592 n2
working on fast day, 533
Fipenny, Elizabeth, 436 n3
Fipenny, George, 436 n3
Fipenny, Sarah, 436 n3
First Church, Boston, 19, 46, 78, 79 n1, 84, 310 n2, 469 n17
Benjamin Wadsworth ordination, 515, 516 n6
Cotton disciplined, 20, 46, 48, 469 n17 n18
excommunication and reinstatement, 20, 52 n5, 54 n2, 55
dismissals from Plymouth church, 78
Hannah Johnson, 83
Mary Blake, 84
Great Fire of 1676, 179, 179 n2
Joshua Moodey ministry, 361 n8
Fish, Goody, 478
admission to Sandwich church, 488, 489 n9
Fisher, 156
Fisher, Joshua, 138
Fisher, Samuel, 390, 390 n3, 549
Fisher, widow, 138
Fitch, John, Jr., 141
Flint, Henry, 166 n2
Flint, Joanna, 166 n2
Flint, Mrs., 166
Foote, Nathaniel, 45 n5
Ford, Deacon Michael [?], 508, 519, 519 n2
fornication, 20, 92 n1, 272, 299 n1 n4, 458 n4
Fort Loyal, Falmouth, Me., 419 n6
Fort William Henry, Pemaquid, Me., 387, 412, 419, 420 n4, 427 n7, 434 n11, 461 n6, 479 n19,
attack by French, 510–511, 512 n5, 514 n5
peace councils, 433 n3, 467 n5, 479 16
Foster, John
Mass Bay council member, 442 n8, 477
Foxcroft, Francis, 535, 536 n12
Fox, John, 479 n19 n20
news of drought, 279
religious persecutions, 323
supplies to Indians, 432
war, 385, 391, 396, 397, 402, 416, 422, 433 n7, 506
Freeman, Maj. John, 319
career, 94 n5
Eastham minister search, 93
Freeman, Mercy Prence, 94 n5
Freeman, Mrs., 556
letter from, 324–325
French, Elizabeth (Betty) Collins, 494, 495 10
French, Edward, 494, 495 n9, 499
French, Hannah Jacob Loring, 484, 485 n6
French, Mary Winsley, 494, 495 n9
French, Stephen, 485 n6
Frith, “Widow,” 211
Frontenac, Count Louis de Baude, 385, 461 n7, 490, 492 n7 n8
Frost, Charles, 479 n9
Fuller, Elder Samuel, 444 n6
Fuller, Rev. Samuel (1624–1695)
Middleborough church, 453–454, 463–464
Gage, Henry, 141
Gage, John, 141
Gage, Will, 141
Gannet, Israel, 567 n14
Gardner, Capt. Joseph, 129, 131 n9, 132
Gardner, Mr., 379
Gardner (Garner), Susanna Ransom, 377, 378 n2
Garner, Nathaniel, 469 n14
Garner, Samuel, 469 n14
Gay Head see Aquinnah/Gay Head
Gedney (Gidney), Bartholomew, 446, 447 n8, 465, 466 n3, 504
Mass. Bay council member, 442 n8, 476
Salem, Mass. fire, 563
General Court, Conn., 44, 46 n8, 158 n4
General Court, Mass. Bay, 76 n5, 87 n1, 193 n3, 406, 547 n9
beached whales, 569 n3
Harvard College, 525 n17
native prisoners, 117 n8
Salem witchcraft, 427 n8
Thanksgiving proclamation, 214 n2
General Court, Plymouth, 61, 66, 92 n1, 402, 421
assistance to wounded soldier, 446 n3
bridge repairs, 476 n4
colony charter, 263, 263 n2, 271, 272, 315, 405 n4
fast days (days of humiliation and prayer), 91
blessing for coming year, 313, 327
King Philip’s War, 137
funds for Harvard College, 92, 93 n2
native disarmament, 80
native representation, 445 n9
oath of allegiance (fidelity), 215
Philip (Metacomet) court appearance, 189 n12
Quakers, 203
religious toleration, 199, 203, 205–208
George (native teacher), 430
Gerrish, Joseph, 555
Gibbs, Job, 141
Gibbs, John (Assasamoogh, native pastor), 99, 101 n24
Gilbert, “Cousin,” 314
Giles, Mr., 468
Gill, Moses, 34
Gillam, Capt. Benjamin, 507, 509 n15
Gilman, Capt. Nicholas, 328, 328 n3
Gilman, Sarah Clark, 328, 328 n3
Glorious Revolution, 25, 336 n4, 371, 371 n7, 385
Glover, Rev. Peletiah, 192, 193 n2
Gold, Henry, 141
Gold, John, 156
Gold, Martha Harvey, 440, 441 n7
Gold, Mr., 500
Gold (Gould), Maj. Nathan, 440, 41 n7, 478, 480 n26
Gold, Sarah Phippen, 441 n7
Good Newes from New England, 177, 178 n4
Good, Sarah
convicted of witchcraft, 421 n1
Goodspeed, Alice Layton, 447 n5
Goodspeed, Experience Holley, 447 n5
Goodspeed, Roger, 447 n5
Goodwin, Dr. Thomas, 258, 259 n1
Gookin, Capt. Daniel, 75, 98, 549
career, 99 n1, 110 n12, 135 n1
Harvard curriculum, 220
Historical Account of the Doings and Sufferings, 135 n2
Historical Collections, 99 n2
King Philip’s War, 110 n12, 135 n1 n2, 140 n8
letter from, 220–221
magistrate election, 146
Gookin, Rev. Nathaniel, 279, 280 n7, 361 n10, 549
Gorges, Ferdinando, 190 n3
Gorham (Goreham), Capt. John, 217, 217 n2, 474, 474 n2, 560
Gorum, Jaby, 587
Graves, Mrs., 265
Gray, Lord Gray of Werk, 316, 317 n2
Graye, Joseph, 156
Great Fire of London (1666), 231
Great Harbor (Edgartown, Martha’s Vineyard), 21, 48
Great Swamp Fight, 107, 122, 125, 126 n2, 131 n9, 217 n2
Benjamin Church, 158
illustration, 124
Green, Capt., 564
Green, Elizabeth Gerrish, 557 n5
Green, Elizabeth Sill, 391, 392 n5
Green, Rev. Joseph, 361 n7, 557 n5
Green (Greene), Lt. Samuel, 338, 339 n2, 381 n5
press destroyed in fire 382 n1
son’s death of smallpox, 391
Greene, Samuel Jr., 391, 392 n5
Greenleaf, Rev. Daniel, 490 n4
Greenwood, Mr., 214
Greenwood, Thomas, 455, 455 n1
Grey, Joanna Morton, 518 n8
Grey, Lydia, 517
Grey, Susannah Clarke, 518 n8
Griswold, Samuel, 485 n9
Grosvenor, William, 462, 463 n2, 471
Groton, Mass.
King Philip’s War, 134, 193 n11, 201 n8
King Williams War, 385, 448, 449 n8 n9
Guilford, Conn., 20, 43, 50, 52, 53, 54, 61–62, 63 n1, 285, 285 n1
Hackney, London, 230–231, 274, 308
Haddam, Conn., 551
Haddock, Sir Richard, 397
natives, Kking Philip’s War, 134
Haines see Haynes
Hale, Rev. John, 292 n9, 391, 392 n7
Hale, Rev. Moses, 490 n4
Hale, Robert, 392 n7
Halifax, Mass. (Monponset, Munponset), 486, 496, 498
Hamilin, G, 145
Hamilton, Gustavus, 467
Hammond, Capt.
captivity and release, 490, 492 n7, 493, 496
Hampton (Exeter, N. H.), 239, 247, 329, 343, 483
John Cotton (b. 1658) ministry, 343 n1, 495 n12, 523 n7
Seaborn Cotton ministry, 247 n1, 306 n4
Hancock, Nathaniel, 524
Harford, Mr., 501
Harlow, Isaac, 550 n7
Harlow, John, 531 n19
Harlow, Lydia Cushman, 550 n7
Harlow, Mary, 550 n7
Harper, Deborah Perry, 585 n2
Harper, Robert, 561, 584, 585 n2
Harris, Benjamin, 395, 396 n4 n5, 461 n9
Harris, Isaac, 532 n22
Harris, Mary Latham, 532 n22
Hartford, Conn., 20, 45 n1, 46 n8 n11, 50, 63 n1, 146
grammar school, 48 n3
Harte (Hart), Joan, 303, 305 n9, 318, 318 n1
Harte, Nicholas, 318 n1
Harvard College, 23, 278, 280 n12, 356, 477, 479 n19, 493, 543, 554, 561 n7
charter dispute, 507
commencements, 242, 360, 360 n3, 559, 564
curriculum, 220
Henry Newman, agent and librarian, 69 n14
riot, 560 n5
student drownings, funerals, 411, 524, 525 n2
Hastings, John, 279 n3
Hatfield, Mass. raid, 214, 214 n1
Hathorne, John, 442 n8, 476, 479 n14
Haverhill, Mass., 448, 481, 525
King Williams War, 385, 389 n4, 515, 516 n10, 555, 557 n3
Hawes, Desire Gorham, 447 n13
Hawthorne (Hathorne), Col. John, 523 n4 n5, 479 n16
Haynes, Jonathan, 516 n10, 522, 523 n3, 555
Haynes, Jonathan Jr., 557 n3
Haynes, Joseph, 557 n3
Haynes, Mary, 557 n3
Haynes, Thomas, 557 n3
Hedge, Elisha, 502, 503 n9, 530
Hedge, Mr., 567
Henchman (Hinchman), Capt. Daniel, 109, 110 n12, 152
Herbert, Mr., 441
Hiacoomes (Hyacomes) (native minister), 100 n17
Hinckley, Gov. Thomas, 33, 97, 99, 116, 126, 199, 257, 264, 278, 280, 365, 398, 501 n7, 511, 554 n2, 568
Barnstable, Mass. minister search, 215, 216, 232–233, 248
Barnstable, Mass. school, 217
biography, 97 n2
compensation, missionary work, 389 n8, 398, 399 n2
King Philip’s War
Nipmuck spy report, 133, 134, 135 n1
relief efforts, 191
marriage, 280 n11
Mount Hope land, 268
Plymouth charter, 271, 379, 392 n12, 404, 405 n3
proposed voyage to England, 404, 405 n4
Hinckley, Mary Smith Glover, 296–297, 298 n2
marriage to Gov. Thomas Hinckley, 280 n11
Hinckley, Mercy, 403 n8
Hinckley, Samuel, 97 n2
Hinckley, Samuel (1653–1697), 238, 501, 501 n7
Hinckley, Sarah Pope, 501 n7
Hincksman, Maj., 515
Hmgham, Mass., 183, 460 n4, 471, 483, 488, 503 n5, 545, 546
Hirst, William, 564 n8
Hobart, Rev. Gershom
captivity and release, 448, 449 n8, 474 n2, 477
Hobart, Gershom (1645–1707), 200, 201 n8, 448, 449 n8 n9, 473
Hobart, Rev. Nehemiah, 524, 526 n23
Hobart, Peter, 201 n8
Hobart, Sarah Jackson, 526 n22
Holland, 239, 257, 280, 281, 283, 283 n4, 529
drought, 279
William III, 393
Holman, John
Holmes, Hannah, 499 n5
Holmes, Rev. John, 125, 125 n1, 151, 151 n7, 267, 447 n10
Holmes, Joseph
substitute hired, 446, 447 n10
Holmes, Mary
illnesses and death, 498, 499 n5
Holmes, Patience Faunce, 447 n10
Holmes, Richard, 546
Holmes, Sarah Bartlett, 484 n10
Homes, Mr., 99
Honeywell’s garrison, Me., 484
Hooke, Maj. Francis, 476, 479 n10
Hooke, William
New England’s Tears for Old England’s Fears, 295, 296 n5
Hooker (Hocker), Rev. Samuel, 45, 46 n10, 193 n2
Hooker, Rev. Thomas, 46 n10, 47, 89, 90 n3, 470, 470 n8
Hoskins, Ann Haynes, 311, 311 n1
Hoskins, James, 122
Hoskins, Samuel, 156
Hoskins, Sarah Casewell, 311, 311 n1
Hoskins, William, 311, 311 n1, 354, 486, 487 n5
Hounslow Heath, London, 331
How, Elizabeth
executed for witchcraft, 421 n1
Howard (Heywood), Anthony, 192, 193 n5
Howland, Arthur, 544 n12
Howland, Bethyah Thatcher, 588 n11
feared suicidal, 587
Howland, Capt., 551–552
Howland, Elizabeth Prince, 544 n12
Howland, Hannah, 69 n8
Howland, Lt. Jabez, 184, 184 n7, 450, 451 n14, 588 n11
Howland, John, 68, 69 n8, 516 n5
Howland, Lt. Joseph, 365, 380, 415, 416
Howland Martha Cole, 517, 518 n11
Howland, Nathaniel, 518 n11, 587
Howland, Thomas, 543, 544 n12, 522, 554
Hubbard, Elizabeth Clark, 557 n10
Hubbard, Nathaniel, 479 n20, 561 n7
Hubbard, Richard, 343 n2, 556, 557 n10, 564 n9
Hubbard, Sarah, 343 n2, 471, 472 n4
Hubbard, Sarah Bradstreet, 343 n2, 564 n9
Hubbard, Rev. William
Hadley, Mass. raid, 214 n1
The Present State of New England, 147 n7, 171
controversy, 171, 189 n1 n11, 194, 196, 201
Huckins, George, 217
Hull, Capt., 244
Hunt, Thomas, 141
Hutchinson, Eliakim, 476, 479 n9
Hutchinson, Col. Elisha
Mass. Bay council member, 442 n8, 525 n10
King Williams War, 418, 418 n4
Hyannis, Mass., 440
Iberville, Pierre Le Moyne de, 514 n5, 523 n5, 532 n27
Indians see Natives
Ingraham (Ingram), Jarret (Jarrat), 67, 69 n7
Ingraham, Mary, 69 n7
Ipswich, Mass., 416, 465, 503 n8, 506
wrecked vessels, 503
William III campaign, 391, 396–397
Isle of Wight, England, 438
Isles of Shoals, Me., 418, 503
Jackson, Deacon, 468
Jackson, Eliezer, 451 n11
Jackson, Elizabeth Newgate Oliver, 526 n22
Jackson] Hanna
admission to Plymouth church, 450, 451 n11
Jackson, Margaret
dismissal to Plymouth church, 324–325, 325 n3
Jackson, Mr., 138
Jacob (Jacobs), Capt. John, 139, 140 n6, 502
Jacobs, George
executed for witchcraft, 421 n3
Jacobs, Joseph, 414
Jamaica, 520
James, Duke of York, 257, 257 n2, 258 n3, 281, 282 n6 see also James II
James Frigate, 240 n4
James II see also James, Duke of York
Battle of the Boyne, 396–397, 398 n2
Declaration of Indulgence, 337, 338 n2
Dominion of New England, 365, 392 n11
naval expedition, 529
Plymouth General Court address, 315
William III assassination plots, 423 n3, 506
Jeffries, David, 560 n3
Jeffries, Elizabeth Usher, 559, 560 n3
Jemison, Mr., 388
Jenkins, “Nurse,” 564
Jenkins, Zechariah, 567 n14
Jerusha, 545
Jethro (Jether) (native servant), 167 n3, 184, 184 n8, 187, 188, 200, 210
possible sale, 166
Jewett, Exercise Pierce, 503 n8
John (native teacher), 429
Johnson, Hannah
dismissal from Plymouth church, 70, 83
Johnson, Capt. Isaac, 120, 121 n2
Johnson, Mr., 515
Jones, Abigail Morse Everett, 429 n17
Jones, John, 498, 582, 594, 595, 597, 598 n4
Jones, Mary, 598 n4
Joslin (native teacher), 430
Journal of Plimouth Beginnings see Mourt’s Relation
Katanannit, Job, 132–134, 135 n2
Kehtiticutt (Ketchiquut, Ketehtequtt) (Middleborough, Mass.), 98, 100 n6, 237, 429, 451 n5
Keith, George (Quaker)
career, 390 n1
theological disputation with Cotton, 389–390
Keith, Rev. James, 155, 208, 228, 257, 279, 326, 354, 405, 574
Bridge water, Mass. church dissension, 261 n2
career, 176 n1
condolences to Cotton, 186–187
councils mercy for native captives, 175
declining health, 240–241, 262, 275–276, 288–289
election sermon, 277
Robert Latham scandal, 246, 246 n1
Kempton, Mr., 64
Kene, Mr., 500
Kennebec River, Me., 143, 146, 419
Kennedy (Kenedy), Elizabeth, 511, 517, 518 n10
Kethcatt see Cathcart
Keweenam (Cuinam), 162, 163 n5
Killegrew (Killegrens), Sir Henry (Thomas), 397, 398 n6
King, Elizabeth Baker, 312 n1
King, Mr., 379
King, Samuel, 360 n5, 441, 442 n3, 460, 461 n13
King, Sarah Dunham, 442 n3
King, Elder Thomas, 209 n4, 310, 311 n1
King, “Widow,” 546
King Philip (Metacom)
Death of King Philip (illustration), 157
killed, 171
son sold, 188
war rumors, 1671, 80–81
wife and son captured, 173, 173 n1
King Philip’s War (1675–1677), 23–24, 103–168
Andros, Gov. Edmund, 134, 135 n7, 152 n3
Bloody Brook, Mass., 107, 116, 117 n2
casualties, English, 121, 123, 123 n4, 127, 130, 132, 141, 149, 153, 156, 163
casualties, native, 109, 127, 130, 132, 152, 154
causes, 105, 111, 112–113, 144
Connecticut forces, 121, 129, 160, 162
Deer Island, Mass. Bay native internment, 135 n2 n4, 152 n2
early histories, 146 n6 n7, 171
effects on churches, 171–172
fast day, 125, 125 n2, 136, 137, 147, 148 n8, 150
Great Swamp Fight, 107, 120, 122, 124, 125, 126 n2, 131 n9
Lancaster, Mass., 134, 135 n2, 136, 136 n1
Maine, 116, 117 n7, 143, 144 n2, 146, 192, 193 n7, 202
map, 106
Medfield, Mass. attack, 137–138, 139, 140 n8 n16
Mohawks attack King Philip, 134, 152, 152 n3
Mount Hope, R.I., 109, 110, 133, 171, 189
Narragansett campaign, 120–133, 194
Capt. James Oliver report, 129–133
map, 114
native captives, 107, 116, 117 n8, 173, 173 n1
natives, Christian, 133, 135 n2 n4, 134
Plymouth attacked, 162, 163 n6
Pocasset Swamp fight, 109
Providence, R. I., 120, 130, 131 n12, 133, 141, 149, 154
Rehoboth, Mass., 120, 127, 138, 141, 146, 147 n5, 151 n3, 155, 167
possible relocation, 148–149
refusal to abandon, 146, 147 n5
relief efforts, 107, 154, 155–156, 160, 171
attacked, 160 n1
desperate situation, 155–156
Turner’s Falls battle, 153, 153 n3
King William’s War (1689–1697), 385–408, 412
captives, 387, 401 n1, 412, 418 n3, 432, 433 n3, 45 n15, 449 n8, 490 n3, 515, 542 n3
exchanges, 400, 433 n7, 441, 477, 479 n16
Fort William Henry, 387, 412, 419, 420 n4, 461 n6, 479 n19, 500 n4, 512 n5
surrender, 510–511
map, 386
Newfoundland attacked, 530, 532 n27, 533
Pemaquid, Me., 385, 389 n4, 461 n6, 490 n3
attacked, 357 n3
botched parley, 499–500
peace treaty, 466 n4
Port Royal, Nova Scotia, 387, 469
relief efforts, 400, 401 n3, 418, 418 n2
Saco, Me., 443 n2, 450, 461 n6 n7, 472, 473 n15, 522
Honeywell garrison destroyed, 484, 485 n8
Sagamore Creek, Me. attacked, 514 n11
Schenectady, N. Y. attacked, 423 n6
smallpox, 412, 385, 391, 392 n4
substitute hiring, 446, 447 n10
Wells, Me.
York, Me., 385, 387, 400, 401 n12, 412, 418
Kirke (Kirk), Col. Percy, 316, 317 n8
Kitteaumut/Kitteaumutt, (Plymouth, Mass.), 98, 100 n4, 429
Kittery, Me., 492 n7
Lacksimons, 245
Lakenham (Lakingham), Mass., 450, 451 n13, 505 n9
Lambert, Thomas, 555
Lamb, Mary Alcocke, 121, 122 n10
Lothrop (Lauthrop), Barnabas, 197, 249, 249 n5, 232, 233
Lathrop, John, 440
Lathrop, Nathaniel, 446, 446 n2, 508, 510 n26, 567
Lathrop, Capt. Thomas, 116, 117 n2
Lathrope, John, 141
Lawrence Lane, London, 308, 309 n2
Lawson, Rev. Deodat, 403 n1, 484, 490, 519
return to England, 488, 492 n11
Lawson, Rev. Thomas, 484, 485 n10
LeBaron, Francis, 441, 442 n5, 483, 484 n13, 491, 492 n20
LeBaron, Mary Wilder, 484 n13
Leeds, Duke of, Sir Thomas Osborne, 507
Leete (Leet), John, 427, 428 n2
Leete, Gov. William, 428 n2
Legg (Leg), Capt. Samuel, 535, 536, n11, 545
Lenurt, Samuel, 141
Leonard, Capt. Thomas, 354 n7
Taunton militia controversy, 421 n6
Leverett (Leverit), Gov. John (1616–1679), 118, 118 n4, 338, 553
Leverett, John (1662–1724), 338, 369, 554
career, 339 n6
Lewis, Capt., 402
Lewis, Samuel, 569 n3
Lewiston, Me., 385
Lilly, Samuel, 488
Lincoln, Martha, 469 n23
Lindall, Thomas, 564 n8
Salem fire, 464 n8
Linnit, Samuel, 142
liquor sales to natives, 430
Littel, Tomas, 141
Little (Litle), Rev. Ephraim, 451 n11, 484, 486 n13, 517, 522 n5, 530, 533, 535, 587, 588 n9
Marshfield representative, 535
Pietas in Patriam, 545, 546 n3
Plymouth schoolmaster, 486 n13, 518 n7
Little (Litle), Samuel, 558, 559 n8
Little, Thomas, 549, 550 n12, 584
Little Compton, R.I., 515
Little John (native), 116, 117 n9
Lobloone, An, 391
Lockyer, Lionel, 65 n5
London, England, 171, 271, 272, 293, 359, 578
charter attacked, 291, 292 n4, 288 n7, 302
Mass. Bay charter, 288 n7, 339 n6
news, 259, 287, 291, 331, 371, 379, 391, 396–397, 398, 507, 529
smallpox, 190
Tower, 258
Lord, Abigail Hinckley, 554 n2, 573, 575, 576 n12 n13
Lord, Rev. Joseph, 554, 554 n2, 573, 575, 582, 591, 597
Loring, Caleb, 517, 518 n12, 562, 562 n10
Loring, David, 561, 562, 562 n3
Loring, Hannah Jacob, 562 n3
Loring, Lydia Grey, 518 n12
Loring, Thomas, 562 n3
Lorkin, Mr., 367
Lothrop, Barnabas, 197, 232, 233, 249, 249 n5, 365, 446 n2, 495 n3
Mass. Bay council, 442 n7, 479 n15
Lothrop, Rev. John, 249 n5, 342, 365, 440 n2
Lothrop, Susan Clark, 446 n2
Louis XIV, 279 n6, 281, 283, 283 n4, 391, 395, 483, 507
plots against England, 423 n3, 506
Love, Rev. Christopher, 322, 323 n3
Low, Jothr, 141
Lucas, Patience Warren, 473 n16
Lucas, Samuel, 366, 472, 473, 473 n16
Lucas, Thomas, 473 n16
Lues, John, 141
Lunt (Lutt), Henry 433, 434 n10
Luther, Rev. Samuel, 312 n2
Maccarty (Mackarty), [Thaddeus/Thomas], 334, 380, 381, 381 n4, 494, 508, 529
Macey, Capt. [George], 354, 354 n7, 421 n6, 467
Macey/Leonard conflict, 354 n7, 421 n7
Mackrill, 471
Madockawando, Chief, 357 n3, 434 n11, 460, 461 n7
Maine, 144 n2, 203 n3, 292 n8, 299 n2, 407 n3, 420, 421 n3, 443 n4, 461 n6, 479 n9, 493, 514 n11, 592 n2,
1692 Charter, 407 n3
King Philip’s War, 116, 117 n7, 128 n3, 193 n7 n8 n9 n10,
King William’s War, 385, 387, 389 n4, 401 n1 n4, 419 n6, 479 n19, 523 n4, 557 n3
under Gov. Andros, 202, 357 n3
Malden, Mass., 566 n1
possible call to JC, 564, 566 n1
Mamanuett (Manmanewat), 98, 100 n8
Mannamoiett, 319
Mannitoowompae (Bailey’s Practice of Piety), 380, 381 n5
Manomet, 100, n5, 431 n4, 559 n6
Map, Northern New England 1675–1692, 385
Marblehead, Mass., 210, 210 n2, 547 n15, 577, 590 n1, 600
lost/wrecked boats, 226, 225, 503
March (Marsh), Capt. John, 477, 479 n19, 500 n4, 577, 578
Marlborough, Mass., 128 n3, 134, 451 n7, 491 n4, 547 n20
Marshall, Benjamin, 481 n1
Marshall, Stephen, 591, 592 n6
Marshfield, Mass., 123 n3, 189 n10, 292 n1, 401 n9, 447 n11, 466 n2, 468 n12, 484, 485 n6, 505 n4, 515, 519 n2, 521 n3, 522 n5, 550 n12, 552 n7, 559 n8, 563 n2, 579 n5, 588 n10
Marshfield church
Samuel Arnold, 165 n4, 176 n6, 192 n1, 398 n10, 405 n5
Edward Bulkley, 503 n6
Edward Tompson, 497 n8, 508, 510 n21, 519, 519 n3
Marston Mills, Mass., 447 n5
Martha’s Vineyard, Mass., 19, 21, 25, 26, 35 n5, 43, 59, 84, 86, 99, 115 n3, 430, 432 n12 n13, 443 n2 n4, 445 n9, 453 n6, 458 n8, 536 n18, 547 n5
Chappaquiddick, 99, 100 n11, 549
Edgartown (Great Harbor), 21, 48, 100 n12 n13 n17 n20, 443 n4, 452, 459 n2, 485 n10
Native ministers, 99, 100 n17 n19 n20, 430
Martinique (Martineco), 440
Martin, Susannah, 421 n1
Mary II, Queen of England, 359, 359 n4, 391, 422, 433, 467, 470, 470 n6, 475, 476 n6
Mary (servant), 505
Mashpee (Marshpaug, Mashpau) Church, 99, 99 n3, 100 n22, 439 n1, 512, 514 n3, 549
Mason, John, 190 n3
Mason, Maj. John
Roger Williams debate proposal, 77 n14
Mason, Robert
Mason, Thomas, 138
Massachusett natives, 85, n1, 160
Massachusetts Bay charter, 87 n1, 282 n2, 288 n7, 397
Massachusetts Bay charter (1692), 87, 272, 322, 339 n6, 356, 361 n14, 368 n2, 397, 406, 407 n2, 416, 417 n9
John Cotton, Jr., blamed for, 26, 566 n9
Cotton support for, 379, 380 n5, 26, 405 n3, 539, 566 n9
dissension, 356 n2
Plymouth colony anger, 539, 565, 568 n3
relation to JC adultery allegations, 539, 565, 566 n9
Massachusetts Bay council, 441, 442 n8
Massachusetts Council of Safety, 403 n14, 479 n8, 479 n11
Massasoit, 178 n1
Massey, 559
Masukkenukeeg Matchesaenuog (Mather’s Greatest Sinners), 465 n2
Mather, Abigail, 250
Mather, Abigail Philips, 388, 389 n6, 503 n1, 588 n7
Mather, Ann Lake Cotton, 343 n1, 495 n12,
Mather, Rev. Cotton, 219
almanacs, 251, 285, 286 n6, 312, 319, 320, 321 n2
Andros meeting house demand, 336 n3
biographies, Hooker and Norton, 470 n8
in Cambridge, 235
Casco Bay expedition report
authorship denial, 395
Charlestown epidemic, 598
consolation letter to Joanna Cotton, 598–599
Cooke, John, 277
Joanna Cotton relationship, 322, 598–599
JC letter transcriptions, 272
Cotton/Mather finances, 312
Cotton/Mather property, 493
Rev. John Cotton (1661–1706), 277, 278 n1,
Rev. Rowland Cotton, 335, 336 n2, 394
Rev. Theophilus Cotton, 543, 555
death of infant (Mehitabel), 502, 503 n2
Decennium Luctuosum, 418 n4, 427 n7, 445 n15, 449 n8, 466 n4, 467 n5, 473 n15, 479 n16, 485 n8, 490 n3, 492 n7, 512 n5 n7, 514 n11, 532 n28, 557 n4
earthquake in Jamaica, 420, 421 n4
European news, 282, 316, 323–324, 335–336, 402, 505 n13
funeral sermon
Hammond ordeal, 492 n7
Harvard commencement, 234
illnesses, 546
Johannes in Eremo, 470, 470 n8
Little Flocks Guarded Against Grievious Wolves, 407 n6
London, charter removal, 287, 288 n7
Mather family illnesses, 243
Increase Mather, birth, 587
Rev. Increase Mather, sea escape, 358
ministers’ council, 525 n17
Rebekah Morton scandal, 27
Pietas in Patriam (Wm. Phips), 545, 546 n3
Piscator Evangelicus, 470, 470 n8
Plymouth visits, 212, 239, 322, 329
Peter Polham portrait, 218
possible help to JC family, 212, 543
Presbyterian/Congregational union, 407, 408 n2
Publick Occurrences newspaper, 394–395, 396 n4
reaction to JC death, 29, 573, 598
recovery, 242
“remarkable providences” cases for I Mather, 289, 290
sea battle account, 470 n5
shopping request, 222
transportation, 239
tutoring for JC sons, 212–213, 219, 335
William III on New England, 406
dispute with Mather, Rev. Increase, 424, 425 n2
Wonders of the Invisible World, 424, 425 n2
Mather, Hannah (1680–1700), 275 n3, 524, 526 n22
Mather, Rev. Increase, 64, 87, 94, 125, 167, 172, 174, 176 n1, 231, 261, 329, 358, 361 n14, 391, 405 n4, 543, 545
1692 Charter, 87 n1
anger from Plymouth zealots, 26, 539–540, 565
biography, 87 n1
book sales, 212
Robert Boyle, 398
Bradstreet ordination, 561 n10
A Brief History of the War with the Indians, 176
Burroughs trial, 420
Cape Sables, piracy, 210
Cases of Conscience Concerning Evil Spirits, 424, 425 n1
Charter mission (1688), 271, 355, 356 n2, 358, 359 n1, 367–368, 370–371, 391, 392 n12, 416, 417 n9
consolation letter to Joanna Cotton, 185–186
Cotton and Cushman bereavements, 183
Joanna Cotton refusal to move to Carolina, 584, 585 n6
Rev. John Cotton III, 176–177
JC debts and payments, 244, 249, 355, 356 n4, 370
JC defense of Mather’s charter, 26, 35 n19, 370–371, 539–540, 565, 566 n9
JC research assistance, 176
Rev. Rowland Cotton help, 250, 355, 356 n4
Rev. Theophilus Cotton help, 559
Cotton translation money, 370
education of Cotton sons, 25
escape from pursuing ships, 358
Essay for the Recording of Illustrious Providences, 289, 290 n2, 290, 292 n1
financial propositions to Cotton, 250, 252 n3
First Principles of New-England, concerning the subject of baptism, 240 n6
funeral sermon
Queen Mary, 475
Greatest Sinners Exhorted & Encouraged
native language translations, 465 n2
help with translation payments, 367
History, 230
William Hubbard-Mather rivalry, 188–189, 189 n1, 194, 195–196, 201
“Indian pay,” 244, 398, 399 n1, 399 n3
Indian pay trustee recommendations, 398
Jethro (native servant), 184, 187–188, 210
King Philip’s War, 125, 147 n2 n3 n6, 171, 194, 199
Marblehead (women) incident, 210
Massachusetts Bay Charter (1692), 26, 87 n1, 272, 539
ministers’ council, 524
mission to James II, 359
Rebekah Morton scandal, 27
Nash case, 331
native servant, 183
New York annexation move, 398, 399 n10, 402, 403 n3
New York resistance, 271
Of Plimouth Plantation, 161, 163 n3, 176–177
Old England news, 402
opposition to Malden call, 564
Plymouth visit, 329
preaching, 199–200
Presbyterian/Congregational union, 407, 408 n2
A Relation of the Troubles Which Have Happened in New England, 171, 176, 189 n1, 230
“remarkable providences” cases, 290 n2
Sacrament day preaching, 546
secrets, revealing, 225
sermons, 464
Danforth’s translation of Greatest Sinners, 464
smallpox, 172, 210, 222, 223, 226, 234, 243, 244, 250
Thacher persuasion wished, 236
toleration issues, 199
truth and heresy, 94
van der Spriett portrait, 88
Mather, Increase (b. 1699), 587
Mather, Maria (b. 1665),
Mather, Maria Cotton (1642–1714), 65 n4, 244 n5 n6, 275 n3
Mather, Mehitabel (Hittabel), 502, 503 n2
Mather, Rev. Nathaniel, 142, 258–259
Pietas in Patriam (Phipps Life) dedication to, 545
Mather, Nathaniel (1669–1688)
Mather/Phipps commission
Dominion court costs, 379
Mather, Richard (1596–1669), 64
Mather, Samuel (d. 1671), 87 n1, 219, 219 n3
Mather, Samuel (1674–1733), 546, 547 n21
Mather, Samuel (1677–1746), 477, 479 n20, 561 n7
Mather, Sarah Hawkridge Story Cotton JC consolation letter, 64–65
Mather, Sarah (1671–1746), 321 n1, 243
Mattakeesett Ponds (Pembroke), 85 n1
Mattakeesitt (Namassakeesitt), 430, 431 n9, 438, 439 n7, 441, 543, 544 n10, 549, 558, 560
Mattapoisett (on Buzzards Bay), 429
Mattapoisett Neck (Swansea), 159, 160 n2
Maquas see Mohawks
Maxwell, William, 524, 525 n2, 527, 527 n1
Mayhew, Experience, 430, 432 n12, 443, 443 n2, 444, 445 n9, 452, 453 n6, 545, 547 n5
Indian Converts . . . Martha’s Vineyard, 100 n17 n18 n19 n20
Mayhew, Martha, 432 n13
Mayhew, Thankful Hinckley, 443 n2
Mayhew, Thomas Sr. (1593–1682), 21, 22, 59, 84, 100 n21, 280 n12
Mayhew, Thomas Jr. (1621–57), 21, 84, 100 n17, 100 n21, 432 n12
Mayo, Hannah Reycraft, 135 n10
Mayo, John, 135 n10
Mayo, William, 134, 135 n10, 266 n1
Mead, Matthew, 545
Meares, Robert, 595
measles (common disease), 352, 354 n3, 355, 356 n3 n5, 357, 360, 360 n7, 415 n9
Medfield, Mass. attack, 24, 137–138, 139, 140 n6, 149
Gookin on, 140 n1, n3, n6, n8
Medford, Mass., 299 n2, 509 n14
medical practitioners
Ruth Sargent Winslow Bourne Chipman, 357 n2
Joanna Rossiter Cotton, 21, 25, 65 n5. 328, 328 n4, 354 n4, 412, 438, 442 n5, 449 n11, 480 n29, 484, 485 n9, 505, 548–9
John Cutler, 486 n14
Francis LeBaron, 442 n5, 473 n17, 483, 484 n12 n13, 491, 492 n20
James Oliver, 472 n7, 502, 503 n4
medicinal herbs, 64, 65 n5, 438, 439 n6, 450, 451 n12, 459 n10, 497, 498 n15
Meller, John Jr., 141
Melville, Earl of, 393, 394 n1
Melvin, [Rev. Samuel], 466, 484, 515, 516 n2, 548, 549
Mendon, Mass., 135 n6, 465, 465 n3
Metcalf (Medcalfe), [Jonathan], 349, 350 n10
Middleberry see Middleboro(ugh)
Middleborough (Middleboro), 68 n2, 100 n6, 158 n1, 164 n7, 256, 352 n3, 430, 431 n2, 453 n5, 454 n1 n2 n3 n4, 472 n8, 516 n4, 516 n5, 532 n20
churches, 430, 450, 451 n3, 460, 463–464, 486, 487 n1 n2 n3, 515, 516 n4, 531 n5
Middlecott, [Richard], 488, 489 n2
Middlecott, Sarah Winslow Standish, 489 n2
midwifery
Ruth Sargent Winslow Bourne Chipman, 357 n2
Joanna Rossetter Cotton, 25, 411, 436, 442 n5, 444, 445 n2, 449 n11, 450, 472 n4, 478, 480 n29, 484, 485 n7, 548–549
Migatt (Mygatt), Deacon [Joseph], 50, 51 n6
Mighell, Rev. Thomas, 310, 311 n2
Miles (Myles), Rev. John, 66, 67, 68, 68 n4, 68 n5, 73, 89, 312 n2
Miller, Rev. John (1604–1663), 358 n2, 564 n5
Miller, John (1632–1711), 564 n5, 568, 569 n2, 585
Miller, [Margaret Winslow], 563, 564 n5
Milton, Mass., 127, 128 n3, 264 n1, 311 n2, 369 n1, 466, 518 n13, 524
Minar (Woodbury), 478
Ministers’ Council Boston, 524
missionary work, see native missionaries
Mitchel, Samuel, 279 n3
Modockawando, see Madockawando
Mohawks, 85 n1, 133, 134, 135 n7, 152, 152 n3, 202, 202 n2, 237 n3, 391, 395, 422, 423 n6, 433 n3, 434 n11, 502, 556
Mohegan natives, 116, 117 n4, 130, 133, 147 n6, 152 n1, 154
Momatchegin (Mummeecheeg), Joshua, 99, 100 n20
Monaticutt (Braintree, Mass.), 147, 148 n9
Monk, Christopher, 547 n9
Monk(e/s), George, 545, 547 n9
Monk, Mary, 547 n9
Monmouth, Duke of (James Scott), 257, 257 n2, 258 n4, 304 n3, 316, 317 n1 n4 n8
Monoco (“one-eyed John), 133, 135 n5
Monotticutt Bridge, 524
Monponset (Munponsett) Pond, 158 n1, 188, 189 n7, 486, 487 n4, 496, 498
Montreal, Quebec, 387, 391, 392 n3, 422, 423 n9
Moody (Moodey), Abigail, 329, 330 n9
Moody (Moodey), Rev. Joshua, 24, 142, 145, 257, 306 n7, 328, 331, 379, 426, 496, 520, 535, 536 n6
imprisonment under Cranfield, 143, 306 n2, 307, 308
lecture for Cotton, 360, 361 n8
Pemaquid (Maine) trip, 419, 420 n4
Portsmouth area natives, 143, 143 n1
reassurance about Seaborn, John III, 305, 307, 328
Salem witch trials, 143 n1
St. John the Divine transcription, 305, 306 n2
Moody (Moodey), Martha Collins, 306 n7, 330 n9
Moody (Moodey), Mary Greenleaf, 306 n7
Moody (Moodey), Rev. Samuel, 456, 457 n5, 490 n5
More (Mendham)
King Philip’s war, 139
Morey, Lt. J, 450, 475, 497, 513, 515, 555
Morey’s, 459, 467, 475, 500, 558
Morse, Elizabeth Doty, 552 n7
Morse, Joshua, 511, 552 n7, 600
Morton, Rev. Charles, 368 369 n3., 554, 554 n3
Morton, Ebenezer, 522 n8
Morton, Lt. Ephraim, 300 n3, 326, 365, 464, 499 n4, 535
Morton, George, 366
Morton, Hannah Finney, 489, 499 n4, 517, 518 n9
Morton, Lt. John, 352, 380, 416, 417, 436, 457, 459, 460 n4, 464, 471, 481–482, 493, 494, 496, 521, 522 n8
Morton, Joseph (d. 1721), 593, 596 n7
Morton, Gov. Joseph, 596 n7 n11
Morton, Mary Ring, 352 n3, 522 n8
Morton, Nathaniel, 82, 82 n5, 77 n7, 93 n2
New England’s Memorial, 82 n5, 189 n12
Morton, [Nathaniel] b. 1696, 514 n13
Morton, Rebekah, 480, 481 n1, 513
adultery scandal, 26, 26–27, 27, 563, 539, 541
Morton, Susanna Wood/Ward, 469 n15
Mosley (Mosely/Mosles), Capt. Samuel, 109, 110 n11, 116, 120, 129, 132, 152 n2, 194, 195 n4
Mould, Edward, 513
Mould, Mary, 513
Mould, Capt. Samuel (Mole/Mould), 512, 513, 529, 530
Mount Hope, 81, 82 n3, 100 n6, 109, 110, 133, 171, 189, 268, 268 n4
Mourt’s Relation (Journal of Plimouth Beginnings), 176, 178 n3
Munponsett Ponds, see Monponsett
Murdo, Elliston, 517
Myles see Miles
Namaskett (Namassakett) [Middleborogh, Mass.], 66, 68, 98, 100, 163, 237, 429, 430, 558
Nantasket, Mass., 256, 358, 466, 467 n6, 503, 546
Nantucket, 99
Nanuntenoo see Canonchet
Narragansett Bay, 76 n1, 109, 120, 122 n6–7, 127, 133, 194, 446 n3
Narragansett Campaign (King Philip’s War), 119 n1, 120, 121 n1–3, 122, 127, 131 n1, n12, 140 n6, 194, 195, 446 n3
Narragansett Country, map, 114
Narragansett natives, 120, 122 n5–6, 122, 128 n2, 131 n7, n12, 133, 134, 136 n1, 141, 146, 147 n6–7, 152 n1, 162
Nashamoiess (Martha’s Vineyard), 99, 100 n12
Nashaway natives, 133, 135 n2, 152
Nash case/trial, 331, 332 n5 n8, 333
Nash, Elizabeth Holbrooke, 332 n9
Nash, Grace Stoddard, 332 n9
Nash, Joseph, 331, 332 n5 n9, 333
Nashua natives, 134
Natick, Mass., 99, 237, 237 n3
native churches, see also by town name, 21, 98–101, 429–431, 443 n2, 560, 558 n4, 559 n5
native languages, 21, 98, 260 n1, 354 n1, 381 n5, 443 n2, 465 n2
native (English) literacy, 98, 100 n5, 101 n25
native ministers, 429–430, 514 n3
Hiacoomes, 100 n17
Joshua Momatchegin, 99 100 n20
John Wanoo (Wauno), 560, 561 n14
native missionaries, 24, 59, 86, 98–101, 273, 429–432, 540, 548–549, 558
Rev. Richard Bourne, 98, 99 n1
Rev. John Cotton, Jr., 19, 21, 59, 61, 84–85, 86, 97, 244, 259, 260 n1, 273, 339 n3, 368 n7, 389 n8, 398, 399 n3, 429–432, 432 n15, 488, 540, 549, 560
Rev. Rowland Cotton, 88 n2, 360, 438, 439 n1, 515, 560
Rev. Samuel Danforth, 341 n5, 354 n1, 450, 451 n4, 464, 465 n2, 558, 559 n1 n4
Rev. Jonathan Dunham, 443 n2
Rev. John Eliot, 100 n17, 260 n1, 339 n3, 367, 389 n8, 467 n5
Thomas Mayhew, Sr., (1593–1682), 21, 22, 59, 84, 100 n21, 280 n12
Rev. Thomas Mayhew, Jr. (1621–57), 21, 84, 100 n17, 100 n21, 432 n12
Rev. Experience Mayhew, 443 n2, 445 n9
Rev. Grindall Rawson, 465, 465 n3, 558, 559 n1 n4, 560, 561 n13
Rev. Thomas Thornton, 208, 209 n1
Rev. Samuel Treat, 234 n2, 399, 399 n5,
Capt. Thomas Tupper, 430, 432 n13
native prisoners, 107, 109, 116, 117 n8, 127, 131 n1, 132, 135 n4, 144–145, 163, 210, 400, 418 n3, 510–511
native servants/slaves, 66, 107, 117 n8, 145 n1, 182, 184 n8, 210, 456, 457 n1, 596 n10
native spies/scouts, 133–135, 146, 152 n2, 162, 163, 212, 237, 461, 477
native teachers, Plymouth colony, 429–430, 430
native translations, 260 n1, 341 n5, 381 n5, 431, 443 n2, 465
catechism, 273
JC’s work on Eliot’s Indian Bible, 259, 260 n1, 273, 338, 339 n3, 367
JC’s work on Shepard’s Sincere Convert, 367
Mannitoowompae (Bailey’s Practice of Piety), 380, 381 n5
Masukkenukeeg Matchesaenuog.
(Mathers Greatest Sinners) 464, 465 n2
Nauset, Mass.
beached whale case, 569
naval conflicts, 422, 470 n5, 512 n5, 513, 514 n5, 523, 523 n5, 529
Navigation Act of 1673, 172, 255, 255 n3, 509 n6
Nelson, 576
Nelson, John, 350 n4, 415–416, 471, 472 n8, 504, 531 n10
capture and exchange, 433 n7
Nemasket see Namassaket
Nesserfield, Joseph, 141
Newbury, Mass., 144 n2, 401 n1, 434 n10, 473 n14, 483, 498, 490 n3 n4 n5, 497 n8, 503
New England Company, see Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in New England
New England law repeal, 507
Newfoundland, 387, 422, 457 n5, 489, 523 n5, 530, 532 n27, 533
New Haven, Conn., 43, 45 n2, 48 n1 n8 n9, 51 n1, 63 n1, 223, 403 n10, 440, 441 n4 n5, 515
Newman, Rev. Antipas, 52, 52 n3
Newman, Elizabeth Winthrop, 52, 52 n3
Newman, Hopestill, 96 n1, 183 n4
Newman, Joanna Flynt, 166 n6, 167 n2
Newman, Rev. Noah, 23, 59, 66, 68 n1, 73, 99, 101, 166 n6, 166, 172, 181, 253 n2, 261, 276, 277
election sermon, 188
King Philip’s war, 23–24, 120–121, 122, 123, 127, 138, 140 n4, 141, 142, 148–150, 166, 191, 290 n3
memorial verse on, 260, 261 n2
ministers meeting proposal, 181
Newman, Rev. Samuel, 68 n1
[Newport]
Newport, RI, 128 n2, 211 n1, 278 n4, 319 n3
New York, 152, 189 n8, 192, 202 n1, 209 n2, 239, 240 n4, 391, 402, 404, 509, 512 n9, 596 n12, 600
proposed Plymouth union, 271–2, 397, 399 n10, 402, 403 n7, 404, 405 n3,
Nichols, Israel, 469 n23
Nichols, Rebecca Lincoln Clark, 469 n23
Nipmuck (Nipmug) natives, 117 n5, 134, 135 n2 n6, 136 n1
nonconformists in England, 77 n12, 230, 272, 302, 390 n2, 420
persecutions, 221 n1, 260 n4, 280 n12, 290, 291, 294–296, 302, 592 n4
Norridgewock natives, 445 n15, 449 n8, 523 n4
North Church (Second Church), Boston, 87 n1, 219 n3, 288 n8, 469 n20
Northfield, Mass., 128 n3, 369 n1, 374, 376 n2
North River church (Scituate), 310 459 n2,
Norton, Rev. John, 242, 457, 459, 460, 460 n4, 470, 470 n8
Norwell, 519 see also Scituate
Noyes, Rev. Nicholas, 504, 505 n5, election sermon (New England’s Duty & Interest), 556, 557 n14, 580
Nurse, Rebecca, 421 n1
Nye, Benjamin, 141
Nye, Caleb, 518 n16
Nye, Elizabeth Atwood/Wood (Betty), 517, 518 n16
Oakes, Lt. Edward, 139, 140 n6
Oakes, Rev. Urian, 220, 253 n2, 259, 260 n4, 279, 280 n13, 360, 361 n14
Oaksman, Elizabeth Doty, 579 n5
Oath of Allegiance (fidelity)
General Court (Plymouth), 215 n4
Old South Church (Third Church), Boston, 34, 48 n1, 78–79, 79 n2, 86 n2, 192, 193 n3 n4, 310 n2, 460, 481 n1, 525 n9, 554 n4
Andros, Gov. Edmund, 336 n3
Oliver, Capt. James, 142, 190, 192 193, 199, 214, 255 n2, 256, 471, 472 n7
Narragansett campaign war report (King Philip’s War), 129–133, 131 n1
native captives, 226
Randolph Commission, 256
smallpox, 226
Oliver, Dr. James, 472 n7,
visit to Elizabeth Cotton Allyn, 502, 503 n4
Oliver, Hannah Mather (1680–1700), 524, 526 n22
Oliver, Rev. John (1644–1683), 526 n23
Oliver, John d. 1646, 526 n23
Oliver, Mercy Bradstreet, 472 n7
Oneida natives, 202 n1
Orchard, Sarah Blish, 426 n5
Simon Bradstreet, 561 n10
John Cotton (1658–1710), 522, 523 n7
Rowland Cotton, 432 n13, 450, 458 n7, 460, 462, 463 n9, 482, 484
Issac Cushman, 347
Samuel Danforth, 342, 348, 350
Jonathan Dunham, 443 n2, 44 n6
Thomas Greenwood, 455 n1, 456, 458 n7
John Norton, 242
Thomas Shepard, 259
Edward Tompson, 508, 510 n21, 519
Benjamin Wadsworth, 515, 516 n6
Nehemiah Walker, 372, 373 n7, 378
Ichabod Wiswall, 267
Otis, [John], 469, 470 n2, 475
Overton, Rev. John, 391, 392 n8
Overton, Robert, 392 n8
Owen, Rev. John, 74
Display of Arminianism, 77 n9
Oxford, Earl of see Russell, Admiral Edward, Earl of Oxford
Oxford oath, 302
Oxford Parliament, 274, 275 n7, 279 n6
Oyster River, New Hampshire, 385, 461 n7
Cotton/Mather property, 222, 250
Parne, Moses, 223
Paiton’s sister, 530
Palmer, 402
Palmer, Rev. Thomas, 451 n3, 515, 516 n4, 529, 531 n4
“Papists,” 74, 75, 95, 223, 259, 281, 294, 337
Parker, Thomas, 473 n14
Parkman, Elias, 501
Parkman, Nathaniel, 501
Parliament, 97, 255, 258, 282, 295, 397, 506, 593
1696 opening fast day, 507
Oxford Parliament, 274, 275 n7, 279 n6
prorogation and dissolution, 257, 274, 275 n5, 335, 336 n4
Scottish Parliament, 394 n1
Partridge, Lt. Gov. William, 513, 523, 523 n10
Pawtucket River, 141
Pawtuxet (Patuxet, Pautuccksett), 120, 121 n4, 122 n6, 146
Paxton, Capt. [Newport], 510
pedobaptism see baptism, infant
Peirce, see Pierce
Pelham, Mrs., 468
Pemaquid, Maine
Fort William Henry, 387, 420 n4, 426, 427 n7, 434 n11, 461 n6, 477, 479 n16 n19, 490 n3, 499, 500 n4, 510–512, 532 n28
King Williams War, 357 n3, 385, 389 n4, 461 n6, 469, 479 n16, 490 n3
peace treaty (1693), 466 n4, 467 n5
Pemberton, Rev. Ebenezer, 524, 525 n9, 542, 543 n3, 543
Pemberton, James, 245
Penobscot natives, 357 n3, 445 n15, 449 n8, 461 n7
Pequawket battle (1703), 479 n19
Pequot natives, 130, 133, 147 n6
Permorlye’s daughter, 427
Perry, John, 141
Perry, Joseph, 141
Perry, Michael, 461 n9
Pettaquabull, 515
Pettaquamscutt, 121, 122 n8, 129, 130, 131 n12, 132
Phesy see Veasie
Philip (Metacomet), 24, 80, 81, 82 n3, 105, 108, 109, 110, 116, 119 n2, 120, 133, 134, 135 n7, 144 n1, 151, 152 n3, 154, 156, 158, 159, 160 n1, 161, 162, 164 n8, 171, 173, 175, 176, 178, 178 n1, 189, 189 n6, 193 n7, 202
family, 173, 175, 178 n1, 187, 188, 189 n6
Phillips (Philips/Phelps)
Phillips, Abigail, 330 n6, 389 n6
Phillips, Catherine Anderson, 389 n6, 591, 592 n10
Phillips, Christopher, 476, 477, 478 n3
Phillips, John, 190, 190 n1, 389 n6, 442, 479 n14 n16, 592 n10
Phillips, Joseph, 141
Phillips, Mary, 389 n6
Phillips, Mehitable, 389 n6
Philips, Samuel, 460, 461 n9, 504, 505 n7
Phipenny [Fipiny/Fipenny], Sarah sudden death, 436, 437 n3
Phipenny, Rebekah, 466, 467 n6
Phipenny, Stephen, 493
Phips, Gov. William, 86 n1, 87 n1, 370, 379 n2, 407, 422, 434 n11, 438, 439 n2, 550 n11, 569 n3
Cambridge, Plymouth petitions, 379
chaplains on 1690 expedition, 391, 392 n7 n8
fort building, 419, 420 n4, 422
King Williams War peace negotiations, 432
Mather, Cotton biography
Pittas in Patriam, 545, 546 n3
Port Royal, Nova Scotia attack, 385, 433 n7,
Quebec fiasco, 385
war relief contributions, 415
Phips, Mary Spencer Hull, 475, 494
Phobes, Joshua, 141
Pierce, Daniel, 442 n7, 479, n14
Pierce, Exercise, 503 n8
Pierce, Capt. Michael, 141, 146, 147 n6, 149, 289, 290 n3, 477
Pierce, Richard, 392 n6
Pierce, Sarah Cotton, 391, 392 n6
Pierpoint, Rev. Jonathan, 273, 368, 369 n1, 372, 373 n3 n4, 378 n4, 440, 593, 594, 595
Reading church, 374
Sandwich church plea, 374–376
Pierpoint, Robert, 372 n1, 373 n3 n4 n7, 378 n4
Sandwich church plea, 374–376
Pierpont, James, 279 n3
Pike, Maj. Robert, 442 n8, 477, 479 n14
Pilgrim, John, 564 n8
pirates/piracy 110 n11, 117 n6, 240 n4, 391, 596 n10
Piscataqua (Pascataqua), 145, 193 n8, 250, 291, 422, 426, 469, 494, 506, 513
Pittimee, Capt. Andrew, 152, 152 n2
Plimouth Plantation, Of, 176, 178 n2
Plymouth, Mass.
Cotton departure, 539
Cotton land boundaries, 551
demographic shifts, 22
“first born land”, 462 n18
frozen bay, 496
native Christian visit, 560
Quakers, 22, 66, 112 n2, 125, 203, 377 n3, 389–390, 407 n6
Robert Latham scandal, 246, 246 n1
storm damage, 216, 219, 290, 319, 450, 466, 471, 517
town meeting, 349
Plymouth church
1694 admissions, 451 n11
advice from civil officials, 300 n3
baptisms, 22, 59, 358 n1, 508, 585
church admissions, 358
church meeting, 24, 27, 71, 452, 508, 517, 518 n7
Clark’s Island dispute, 363–367
Dorothy Clark allegation, 360 n2, 366
Nathaniel Clark censure, 366
Cotton call to, 22
Cotton revival of, 19, 22, 23, 59
Rev. Isaac Cushman call, 487 n3
disputes with neighbors, 300 n3
fast days, 29, 81, 137, 146, 148 n8, 228, 229, 233, 263, 300, 313, 327, 328, 355, 356 n3, 360, 360 n6, 473, 490 n1, 506, 508, 527, 539
Rev. Ephraim Little (Litle), 451 n11, 484, 486 n13, 517, 522 n5, 530, 533, 535, 587, 588 n9
support on Morton allegations, 541
war relief efforts, 401 n3, 418 n2
Plymouth church, dismissals from, 59, 70, 79, 80, 198, 227
Mary Blake, 84
T.D. (1677), 198
Joan Hart, 318
Margaret Jackson, 324–325
Hannah Johnson, 83
Elizabeth Mayo, 266
John Waterman, 436
Mrs. John Waterman, 436
Plymouth Colony
governmental changes, 365
independence, 365
legal cases, 467–468
Massachusetts, absorption by, 271, 397
Merchant Adventurers, 189 n9
New York annexation proposed, 271, 397, 402
war relief efforts, 387
Plymouth Colony charter, 322
anger over, 565
charter petition, 263 n2, 267 n3, 271, 272, 391, 392 n12
and Cotton dismissal, 565
independence of, 271
proposed Hinckley voyage, 404
reasons for neglect, 397, 398 n7
Plymouth Colony Council of War, 419 n6
Plymouth, Second Meeting House, drawings, 60
Plympton, Mass., 485 n6, 492 n9, 518 n3–n8
Plympton church, 490
Rev. Isaac Cushman, 347, 487 n3, 518 n3
Pocasset natives, 128 n2
Pomham (Pumham) Chief, 120, 122 n5, 129, 132
Pope, Sarah Jenney, 467 n10
Popish Lords, 258 n5, 274, 278 n5, 303, 304 n10
Popish Plot, 190 n3, 258 n4, 274, 303
Port Royal earthquake see earthquake,
Jamaica
Port Royal, Nova Scotia, 385, 387, 391, 433 n7, 469, 479 n19, 502
Portsmouth, New Hampshire (Strawberry Bank/“the bank”), 24, 143 n1, 144 n1, 258 n6, 299 n2, 330 n9, 361 n8, 417 n11, 418, 439 n3, 523 n10
Portsmouth, Rhode Island, 285 n4, 318 n1,
Powell, 333
Nash, Joseph testimony, 331, 332 n8, 332 n9
Powis, Earle of, 332
Prat, Sam, 141
“praying Indians/praying towns”, 21, 85, 98–101, 105, 110 n11, 119 n2, 135 n2 n3, 152 n2, 237 n3 n4, 451 n5, 465 n3, 467 n5, 561 n14
Preble, Lt. Abraham, 400, 401 n8
Prence, Gov. Thomas, (1600–1673), 69 n12, 73, 77 n14 n16, 78 n14, 94 n5, 101 n23, 112 n3, 165 n3, 188
Prentice, Capt. Thomas, 120, 121 n1, 154
Presbury, John, 518 n14
Presbury, [William], 517, 518 n14
Presbyterian/Congregational union, 407, 408 n2
Presbyterians
in England, 230
Scotland, 337
press list, 530
Preston [Eliasaph] or [Joseph], 440, 440 n3
Price, Rev. Walter, 559, 561 n7 n8
Prince, [ ], 462, 533, 535, 553, 554
Prince, Mercy Hinckley, 33, 94 n5, 373 n2, 403 n8
Prince, Nathan, 33
Prince, Ruth Turner, 403 n8
Prince, Samuel, 33
Prince, [Samuel], 372, 373 n2, 376, 377, 402, 403 n8, 452
Prince, Samuel, 306, 512, 564 n8
Prince, Thomas, 261 n1, 357 n2, 402, 477, passim
Chronological History of New England, 33–34, 36 n28
collections, 33–34, passim
letters, dating, 130, 227, 228, 259, 268, 296, 298 n2, 314, 315, 319, 332 n1, 333 n16, 449, 453 n7, 483 n1, 484 n9, 485 n1 n9, 490 n1, 491 n1, 493 n1, 497 n1, 498 n9, 501 n1, 503 n1, 505 n1 n7, 514 n11, 519 n1, 520 n1 n10, 521, 523 n1, 525 n2, 531, 534 n1, 535 n1, 536 n7, 544 n1, 546 n4, 550 n1, 554 n1, 557 n1, 557 n14, 560 n1, 561 n10, 562 n1, 562 n15, 563 n1, 568 n4, 575, 575 n1, 581
letters, survival of, 33–34
Prince Library, 33
Sandwich trial offer for J. Pierpoint
Cotton attribution, 376 n1
Thomas Prince Papers, 33
privateers, 117 n6, 239, 240 n4, 391, 440, 502, 513, 520
Proctor, John, 421 n3
Protestant league, 283
Prout, Mary Rutherford Hall, 441 n5
Providence Plantation, 76 n1
Providence, Rhode Island, 73, 76 n1, 120, 122 n6, 130, 131 n12, 133, 141, 149, 151 n4, 348, 500, 502
Public Occurcnccs, 394–395, 396 n4
Pugsley, john, 446, 446 n3, 504, 505 n11
King Philip’s war veteran, 446 n3
Pullen Point, Mass., 595
purging and bloodletting, 328, 328 n4
Pynchon, Amy Wyllys, 534 n12
Pynchon, John, 442 n8, 476, 534 n12
Pynchon, Mr., 245
Quabaug natives, 134
Quaboag (Brookfield), Conn., 116, 117 n5
Quakers, 66, 139, 190 n3, 319 n3, 337, 390, 407 n6, 529
Barnstable church, 90 n1
Boston preaching, 529, 531 n14
Samuel Fisher, 390 n2
George Keith, 389–390
King Philip’s war causes, 111, 125, 139
in Plymouth, 22, 97 n2, 112 n2
Sandwich, 377 n3
Scituate, 203, 204, 252 n2, 337 n3
Quannapaquait, James, 133, 135 n1 n2
Quanonshet, 146
Quebec, 217 n2, 385, 401 n4, 433 n6 n7, 434 n11, 447 n9, 469, 490, 493
Quecheco see Cocheco
Quehehqussit, 429
Quinnapin (Qenapin), 128, 159, 160 n3, 162
Quinnebaug, 152 n1
Quo Wananto
New England charter (Plymouth), 302
Ramsden, Joseph, 447 n10
Ramsden, Thomas, 547 n12
Randolph, Edward (1632–1703), 190 n3, 365, 402, 403 n14, 556
arrival in Boston, 283
in Charlestown, 596 n12
Council Vice President—1685, 324
customs collector, 255 n3, 256, 282 n4
dispute with Samuel Day, 593, 594, 596 n12
Dominion of New England, 357 n3
imprisonment, 593–594
land grab attempts, 271, 356, 357 n4
later career, 403 n14, 596 n12
Metacomet’s Mount Hope land, 268, 268 n4
Navigation Act violations, 281, 282 n2, 282 n4
Randolph Commission, 255, 256, 257
visit to Winslow, Josiah, 255 n1, 255, 268
Rankin, Grace Newcomb Butler, 578, 579 n4
Ransforth, 140
Ransom, Joshua, 378 n2, 469 n14
Ransom, Robert, 484, 485 n2, 487, 487 n7, 530, 531 n12
suicide attempt, 529
Ransom, Susannah Garner, 467, 469 n14
Ratcliff, 234
Rawson, Ann Glover, 280 n11
Rawson, Edward (d. Dec. 1683), 280 n11
consolation letter to Mary Hinckley, grandmother, 298 n2
Rawson, Rev. Grindall, 298 n2, 558, 561 n13, 564, 566 n2
King William’s War, 465 n2
missionary work, 465 n3. 559 n1 n4, 560, 561 n13
native language translations, 465
opposition to JC Maiden call, 564
Rawson, Margaret, 280 n11
Rawson, Rachel, 280 n11
Rawson, Susanna Wilson, 298 n2
Rawson, William, 279, 280 n11, 559 n1
Rayner, Rev. John, 277, 278 n3
Read, Dr., 515
Reading church, 372, 373 n4, 374, 378
Pierpoint, Rev. Jonathan, 374
Read, John, 141
rebaptism, 66, 67, 68, 69 n8, 312 n2
Rehoboth, Mass., 23, 184, 252, 354, 455, 457
Baptist Church, 312 n2
John Miles, 68 n4
ordination, 458
recantation, cases of, 67
war relief, 191
Restoration, 24, 68 n4, 77 n9 n12, 592 n4
Rev. Increase Mather return, 87 n1
Rev. Urian Oakes return, 221 n1
Rev. Hugh Peter, 78 n18
pressure on nonconformists, 272
Gov. William Stoughton return, 97 n1
Walley, Thomas, 90 n1
Rhode Island see also place names, 66, 520
Richard, Sarah, 461 n11
Richards, Alice, 160 n4
Richards, Lt. John, 427 n8, 520
Rich, J., 448
Rickard, Eluezer, 460, 461 n11, 461 n13
Rickard, J[ohn?], 452, 472, 474, 558, 566, 577
1696 assassination plot news, 520
Castle Island, Boston, 502
gout, 478
Plymouth land boundaries, 551
Rickard, Lidiah, 461 n11
Rickard, Sarah (b. 1688), 461 n11
Rider, Joseph, 561, 562, 562 n7, 563, 564 n4
Ring, Hannah (b. 1697), 550 n8
Ring, Hannah Shirmon, 550 n8
Roads, [John], 240 n4
Roger
Cotton/Mather property, 493
family farm, 494
family property, 580
Rogers, Rev. Daniel
Rogers, Eleazar, 520, 525, 526 n25, 577, 578 n5
Rosseter, Bryan (Bray), 20, 25, 43, 52, 61–62, 63 n1, 318 n1
Guilford epidemic and deaths, 61–62
Rev. Josiah Cotton on, 63 n1
opposition to Davenport, 43
Rosseter (Cos., Taunton, 501
Rosseter, Dorothy, 303
Rosseter, Edward
English affairs, 337
family resources, 303
house search, 303
Letter of indulgence, 337
nonconformist persecutions, 300–304
possible [Plymouth] move, 303
Religious liberty, loss, 314
same as Taunton England Rosseter?, 318 n1
Rosseter, Elizabeth, 62
Rosseter, Elizabeth b. 1679, 428 n16
Rosseter, Joanna see Cotton, Joanna
Rossetter
Rosseter, Joanna b. 1693, 428 n16
Rosseter, Jonathan b. 1688, 428 n16
Rosseter, Josiah, 62, 63 n9, 118, 284, 460, 461 n2, 477
family increase, 428
Guilford, Conn, epidemic, 427, 428 n1
Rosseter, Josiah b. 1680, 428 n16
Rosseter, Nathaniel b. 1689, 428 n16
Rosseter, Patience b. 1692, 428 n16
Rosseter, Samuel, 303
Rosseter, Samuel b. 1686, 428 n16
Rosseter, Sarah, 62
Rosseter, Sarah b. 1691, 428 n16
Rosseter, Sarah, granddaughter of Bryan, 62
Rosseter, Timothy b. 1683, 428 n16
Rowse. John, 141
Roxbury, Mass., 121, 122 n10, 134, 151, 195 n2, 240 n7, 249 n3, 311 n2, 329 n1, 358 n2, 536 n8, 415, 492 n15, 536 n8
sickness, 545
ordination, 372, 373, 378, 378 n5
Ruben, 159
Rumneymarsh, James, 135 n2
Russel, Jonathan, 496
Russell, Admiral Edward, Earl of Oxford, 422, 423 n4, 444, 489, 507
Russell, Francis, 521 n8
Barbados governor, 520
Russell, James
1694 Mass Bay council member, 442 n8
Russell, Rev. Jonathan (1627–1692), 202, 341 n4, 407
Rev. Josiah Cotton teaching, 415 n1
pulpit exchange, 501
war relief efforts, 415
Russell, Rev. Jonathan (1655–1711), 460, 462, 508, 543, 562
Barnstable (1683–1711), 341 n4
books for, 450
Rev. John Cotton Jr. leavetaking, 575, 578
Cotton Maiden call, 565
Rev. Rowland Cotton ordination date, 456
Rev. Jonathan Dunham ordination, 452
Eastham lecture, 513
election sermon candidates, 533
get-together with Cottons, 452
Plymouth lecture day, 405
Russell, Lord [William], 304 n4
execution, 301
Russell, Noadiah, 279 n3
Russel, Rebecca, 330 n9
Russel, Rev. Samuel, 141, 279 n3
Russel, William, 278 n5
Rye House Plot, 301, 304, 317 n2
nonconformist involvement, 302
Sackonessit, Mass., (Falmouth), 443 n3, 453
Saco, Me., 116, 443 n2, 492 n7, 522
garrison, 460, 461 n6, 484, 485 n8
Madockawando raid, 460, 461 n6 n8
raids and assaults, 472, 473 n15
sacramental test, 507, 509 n11
Saffin, John, 192, 193 n5, 251, 442 n7, 479 n15, 521, 522 n7
Sagamore Creek, Me., 514 n11
Sagamore John, 135 n6
Saintloe, 517
Sakonnet, Mass., 98, 100 n8, 238, 430, 549
church attendance, 429–430, 549
native teacher, 429
Sakonnet natives, 158 n1, 429–430
Salem, Mass., 75, 76 n1, 77 n17, 117 n2, 129, 131 n9, 132, 210, 275 n4, 399 n9, 432, 447 n8, 465, 466 n3, 478 n3, 503, 505 n5–n9, 555, 556, 557 n2 n14, 593
great fire of 1698, 562, 563, 564 n8
witchcraft crisis, 86 n3, 97 n1, 143 n1, 412, 420, 421 n1–n3, 424, 425 n1
Salisbury, Mass., 268 n8, 330 n8, 400, 416, 433, 461 n4, 472, 495 n9 n10, 499, 587, 500 n3, 504, 519 n7, 556, 557 n15 n16, 588 n4 n5 n8
Salmon Falls, New Hampshire, 385
Saltonstall, Elizabeth Ward, 481, 438 n1 n2, 449 n11
counsel to daughter, 265, 265 n1
Saltonstall, Rev./Gov. Gurdon, 265 n3, 338, 339 n8, 438 n1, 441, 442 n8
Saltonstall, John, 265 n3
Saltonstall, Maj. Nathaniel, 265 n1, 281, 338, 339 n8 438 n2, 432, 441, 442 n7 n9, 449 n11, 476, 479 n7, 481 n1,
Saltonstall Nathaniel (b. 1674), 265 n3
Saltonstall, Richard, 265 n3, 460, 462 n19, 474 n4, 497, 524, 546, 556
Sanderson (Sanders), Elizabeth Kingwell, 279, 280 n8
Sanderson (Sanders), Robert, 279, 280 n8
Sanders’ shop (Boston), 244
Sandwich, Mass., 87 n2, 192 n1, 197, 219, 273, 356, 403 n8, 430, 443 n1, 458, 467 n10, 471, 472, 473, 497, 517 n1, 518 n14 n16, 531 n3, 535, 555, 558, 584, 585 n2
William Bassett, IIII, 373 n8
Joanna Rosseter Cotton, prolonged stay in, 27–28, 445 n2, 553, 564–566, 567, 567 n10
Dexter case, 567 n14
King Philip’s War dead, 141
native church, 432 n13, 559 n5
native trouble fears, 446
suicide attempt, 219
Sandwich, Mass., church, 373 n4
act of forgiveness, 484
baptism and sacrament issues, 481, 482 n4, 488, 489 n8
Rev. Richard Bourne, 99 n3
Elder John Chipman, 357 n1, 373 n1, 377
censures, definitions, 445 n4, 458, 458 n4
Rev. Rowland Cotton, 394, 396 n3, 432 n13, 453 n1, 460 see also Cotton, Rev. Rowland
covenant renewal, 481
pulpit offer for Rev. J. Pierpoint, 273, 369 n1, 372–376
Rev. John Smith, 377 n3, 492 n16, 566 n7
Sandy, Bethia (Elizabeth) Lucas, 451 n15
Sandy, Bithia
premarital relations, repentance, 298, 299, 299 n1
Sanford, Mr. 584
Sanford, Peleg, 123 n4
Sassamon, John, 105, 451 n5, 559 n6
murder and trial, 105
murderers executed, 105
Savage, Capt. Ephraim, 146, 192, 193 n6
Savery, Thomas, 141
Savoy, Duke of, 402
Saybrook, Conn., 551
Saye and Seale, Lord, 51 n1
Scauton Neck (Sandwich), 529
Schenectady, NY, 385
1690 attack/captives, 385, 422, 423 n9
Scituate, Mass., 203, 310, 449 n3, 468 n9, 485 n10, 492 n13, 505 n12, 519 n7, 531 n13, 535, 567 n14
John Dexter trespass case, 564–566, 566 n14
Scotland
disturbances, 393
Letter of Indulgence, James II, 338 n2
Scott, Steven, 44
Screven, Bridget Cutt(s), 592 n2
Screven, Rev. William, 591, 592 n2, 597
Seares, Bathshua Harlow, 520, 521 n11, 547 n19
Seares, Richard, 520, 546, 547 n19
Seares, Robert, 521 n11
Second Church, Boston see North Church, Boston, 87 n1
Seekonk Mass., 189
Sellick (Silleck), Capt. Jonathan, 480 n26
Connecticut magistrates, 478
Sevens, Maj., 192
Sewall, Samuel, 379, 418–419, 427 n8, 578, 580
1694 election, 442 n7
Cotton family property, 580
Theophilus Cotton education, 556
John Cotton adultery scandal,, 534 n4, 578, 580
Diary of Samuel Sewall, 179 n2, 193 n3 n4 n7, 348 n7, 433 n7, 503 n7, 534 n4
Fort William Henry, 420 n4
King William’s War relief funds, 418
Wells, Me. report, 419, 419 n1
Shaftsbury, Anthony Ashley Cooper, Earl of, 257, 258 n4
Shawnee neck (Scituate, Mass.), 567 n14
Sheepscott John, Bumbazeen trial, 465, 467 n5
captive exchange, 477
Pemaquid peace talks, 467 n5
Shepard, Rev. Thomas (1635–1677), 166, 167, 167 n4, 220, 221 n1 n5, 368 n6
Sincere Convert and Sound Believer, 367, 368 n6
Shepard, Rev. Thomas (1658–1685), 259, 260 n5
Sherburne’s Plains, Me., 514 n11
Sherman admonition, 576
Sherman, Dr., 452
Sherman, Mr., 576
Sherman, Sarah, 285 n1
Shertliff, Elizabeth Lettice see also Shurtliff, Shertliff
Shertliff, William see also Shurtliff, Shertliff
Shipscott John see Sheepscott John
shipwrecks (“cast up/away”), 226, 289, 319, 403 n1, 477, 489, 503, 517, 529
Shirtliffe, 563 n3
Shirtliffe, Abiel, 563, 563 n3
Shirtliffe, M. (Shertliff), 494, 495 n3
Shirtliffe, Susanna Lothrop, 495 n3
Short, John, 549
Shove, Elizabeth, 353–354, 354 n5
Shove, Rev. George, 96, 96 n1, 99, 101, 102, 134, 142, 155–156, 165, 182, 183 n4, 201, 208, 211, 279
criticizes Hubbard’s History, 201
King Philip’s war, 122–123, 155–156, 160, 160 n4, 201, 208
letter of dismissal for Joan Hart, 318
John Norton, 24
sicknesses, 256–257
smallpox at Rehoboth, 228
Shove, Hannah Bacon Walley, 182, 183 n4
Shove, Hopestill Newman, 183 n4
Shovell, Cloudsley, 529
Shrimpton, Col. Samuel, 476, 479 n8, 535
Shrimpton, Sarah, 479 n9
Shurtliff, Abiel, 530, 532 n22
Shute, 471
Sill, Capt. Joseph, 127, 128 n3
Simeon [ ], Elder (Plymouth), 317
Simmons, Madam, 582
Simsbury, Conn., 497 n8
Slater Commission see Sloughter
slavery/servitude, 28, 66, 107, 117 n8, 145 n1, 159, 160 n1, 166, 182, 184 n8, 210, 456, 457 n1, 575 n2, 594, 596 n7 n10
Sloughter (Sclater), Gov. Henry, 271, 404
smallpox, 172, 190, 210, 222, 223, 226, 234, 243, 244, 250, 385, 391, 392 n4, 402
abatement in Boston, 250
affected towns, 250
Boston, 220, 225, 432, 434 n8, 489
Boston area towns, 432
Boston, First Church, 220
Charlestown, 220
Eastham, 239
Hampton, N.H., 247 n1
after King William’s War, 412
Rehoboth, 228
Taunton, 222
Smith, Andrew, 156
Smith, Benjamin
Jonathan Dunham ordination, 443, 443 n1, 443 n2, 445 n13
letter of, editing, 444
Smith, John, 209 n2
Smith, Rev. John (1614–1710), 208, 209 n2, 373 n1, 376, 377 n3, 491, 492 n16, 493, 565, 566 n7
Smith, Mary, 319 n4
Smith, Richard, 120, 122 n7, 129, 132,
Smith, Samuel, 139, 257, 258 n9
Smith, Mrs. Samuel, 139
Smith, Seth, 138
[Soal], Benjamin, 141
Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in New England (New England Company), 21, 84–85, 86, 69 n14, 97, 273, 341 n5, 360 n3, 368 n7, 370, 389 n7, 390 n1, 398, 399 n2, 416, 432 n13, 451 n4, 465 n3, 559 n4
“the corporation,” 97, 370, 398, 416, 417 n7
Somers, Sir J., 416
South Church, Boston see Old South
Church, Boston
Southworth, Alice, 165 n1
Southworth, Capt., 462 n18
Southworth, Constant, 99, 199, 200 n3, 251, 252 n1, 289, 290, 290 n4, 462 n18
Southworth, Elizabeth Collier, 289, 290 n4
Southworth, Nathaniel, 365, 500, 502
Sparrow, Lt. Jonathan, 165, 165 n3
Spinning (Spinige), Deborah Bartlett, 427, 429 n8
Spinning (Spinige), John, 429 n8
spleenwort, 356
Sprage, John, 141
Sprague, Samuel, 467, 468 n12, 511, 566, 566 n12, 567
Sprague, Sarah Chillingworth, 468 n12
Spurstow, Dr., 230
Standish, Myles, 267 n4, 489 n2
Starkey, 219
Starr, Comfort, 403 n10
St. Castin see Castin, Baron de, Jean
Vincent d’Abbadie
St. Christophers see St. Kitts
Stetson, Bethia Hawke, 489 n7
Stetson, Captain Benjamin, 489 n7
St. John River, 523 n4
French provisioning at, 432, 433 n5
St. John’s, Newfoundland, 457 n5, 523
St. Kitts, 391
Stockman, John, 588 n8
Stockman, Mrs., 494
Stockman, Sarah Pike Bradbury, 588 n8
Stockman, William, 587, 588 n8
Stoddard, Anthony, 192, 193 n3
Stoddard, Anthony (1678–1760), 524, 525 n4
Stoddard, Rev. Simeon, 331, 332 n5
Stone, Mrs., 530
Stone, Rev. Nathaniel, 566, 567 n13
Stone, Rev. Samuel, 20, 43, 45, 46 n9, 53, 213
Story, William, 64
Story (Cotton), Sarah Hawkridge, 64
Stoughton, Elizabeth Knapp, 117 n9
Stoughton, Elizabeth Knight, 278, 279 n5
Stoughton, Israel, 279 n5
Stoughton, Mass., 237 n4
Stoughton, Nicholas, 117 n9
Stoughton, Rev./Gov. William, 97, 97 n1, 190, 190 n3, 360, 360 n3 427 n8, 442 n8, 469, 475, 493, 494, 495 n1, 523 n5
1694 election, 442 n7
1695 election, 476
college money, 549
John Cotton missionary pay, 334, 335 n1, 388, 389 n8, 416, 549
as governor, 406, 407 n4, 469, 494, 495 n2
SPG funds 388, 389 n8, 398, 416
Strawberry Bank (“the bank”) see
Portsmouth, NH
Streete, Nicholas, 63 n1
Studson, Bethia Hawks see Stetson, Bethia Hawke
Studson, Capt. Benjamin see Stetson
Sturges, 548
Sturtevants, 496
Sturtevant, Samuel, 517, 518 n3
Succonesset see Falmouth [Sakonessit]
Sudbury case, 576
Summer (Sumner), Joseph, 591, 592 n7 n8
Sumner, Increase, 592 n7
Sumner, Rebecca Staples, 592 n7
Sumner, Samuel, 592 n7
Sumner, Sarah Staples, 592 n7
Superior Court, Boston, 339 n6, 370
Clark’s Island trial, 367
Swansea, Mass., 67, 101, 160 n2, 268 n3, 312, 312 n1
Rev. John Miles, 68 n4, 69 n5, 71–73
King Philip’s War, 108, 109, 150, 160 n1, 191, 195 n4, 474 n2
Sydney, Col. Algernon, 301, 304 n4, 304 n5
Symmes, Rev. Thomas, 477, 479 n20, 524, 525 n5, 561 n7
Talcot(t), Maj. John, 50, 51 n4, 154
Talhanio, Mass. (Chilmark), 99, 100 n15
Taunton, Mass., 213, 237, 262, 318, 318 n1, 501, 560
King Philip’s War, 81, 82 n3, 116, 122–123, 152, 154, 155–156, 160, 161–162, 163, 164, 173 n1, 189 n5,
King William’s War, 421 n6
Leonard/Macey conflict, 354 n7
Taunton church, 59, 96, 211, 311, 318, 349, 350, 451 n4, see also Shove, Rev. George and Danforth, Rev. Samuel
church admissions, 353–354
church council, 299
Rev. Samuel Danforth ordination, 342
Taunton, England, massacre, 314 n1, 316, 323
Techi, Count, 291
Test Act of 1673, 507, 509 n11
Thacher see Thatcher
Thacher, Mary Hedge, 568 n8
Thacher, Peter (1665–1736), 567, 568 n7
Thacher, Thankful Sturgis, 569 n7
Thanksgiving, (days of), 23, 91, 136, 155 n4, 199, 214, 214 n2, 216, 219, 320, 419, 460, 461, 462, 508, 534 n9
Charlestown, South Carolina, 582
Massachusetts Bay (1677), 214 n2
Wells, Maine, 419
York, Maine, 400
Thatcher, Capt. John, 319, 442 n7, 446 n3, 479 n15, 549, 569 n7, 587, 588 n11
Thatcher, Mary, 483
Thatcher, Rev. Peter, 183, 184 n6, 194, 195 n2, 196, 236, 237 n2, 238, 240, 257, 264, 264 n1, 442 n8, 518 n13, 568, 569 n7
Thatcher, Rev. Oxenbridge, 479, n19, 517, 518 n13, 561 n7
Thatcher, Rebecca Winslow, 569 n8
Thatcher, Maj. Samuel, 460, 461 n16
Thing, Capt. Jonathan, 460, 461 n5
Third Church Boston see Old South
Church, Boston
Thomas, Deborah Jacob, 484, 485 n6, 504, 505 n4
Thomas, Elizabeth Wilkes Condy
Thomas, John, 588 n10
Thomas, Mary Appleton, 450, 451 n9, 477, 478, 480 n29, 521, 529, 535
Thomas, Capt. Nathaniel, 280, 281, 400, 401 n9, 442 n7, 477, 479 n15, 483, 496, 504, 505 n4, 530, 535, 556
Thomas, Nathaniel (1664–1738), 451 n10
Thomas, Nathaniel (b. May 1695), 478, 480 n29
Thomas, Sarah Pitney, 588 n10
Thomas, William, 465, 466 n2, 520, 520 n5
Thompson (Tompson), Rev. Edward, 496, 497 n8, 510 n21, 519, 519 n3, 520
Thornton, Mrs. Thomas, 470, 471 n10
Thornton, Rev. Thomas, 99, 178 n5, 208, 209 n1, 239, 471 n10
Thurston, Mrs. Thomas, 138, 139, 140 n4
Thurston, Sergeant Thomas, 138
Tifte, Joshua
execution during King Philip’s war, 130, 131 n.12, 133
Tilden, Sarah Curtice, 468 n9
Tilley, Elizabeth, 69 n8, 184 n7
Tilson, Elizabeth Hoskins, 487 n6
Tilton, Peter, 423 n6
Ting, see Tyng
Titicut/Titticutt see also Bridgewater, Mass., 100 n6, 415 n5, 450, 549, 558
Tobey, Sarah, 444, 445 n4, 450, 451 n9, 462, 549
Tobey, Thomas, 567 n14
Toikiming (Takemmy), 99, 100 n14
toleration limits (1677), 199, 203
accompanying letter, 208
signatories, 208–209
Tomas, John (1649–1699)
Tompson, Edward see Thompson
Toolie (Tooly), Edmund, 47, 48 n8
Toppan (Tappin), Sarah Angier, 238, 244, 557 n5
Toppan (Tappan), Rev. Christopher, 554, 557 n5
Topsfield, Mass., 478 n4
Torrey, Rev. Samuel, 361 n9, 476, 478 n5, 494, 494 n1, 510, 511 n2, 562
1695 election sermon, 469, 470 n1, 476, 478 n5, 498, 499 n2
JC Charlestown offer, 574, 575
opposition to Maiden call, 564
Plymouth preaching, 517, 518 n4
resignation advice to JC, 553
Torrington, Admiral, 397, 398 n5
Totoson (Tatoson), 162, 163 n6
town government law, 535
Townsend, Maj. Penn, 502, 503 n7, 535, 536 n9, 587, 588 n5 n6
Townsend, Mary Leverett Dudley, 587
Tracey, Ensign [Stephen?], 475, 475 n1, 501
Tracey, John, 467, 469 n13, 475 n1
Tracey, Mary Prince, 475 n1
Trail, Rev. Robert, 394 n2
Trail, Rev. William, 393–394, 394 n2, 467, 468 n6, 472, 473 n11
transport ships
English and Dutch, 422
Treat, Elizabeth Mayo, 525, 526 n26
Treat, Maj. Robert, 116, 117 n3, 152
Treat, Rev. Samuel, 94 n4, 208, 234, 266, 324–325, 545, 547 n5, 549
Treaty of Ryswick
King William’s War, 387
Treby, Sir G., 416
Trott, Nicholas, 594, 595, 596 n11
Truworthy, 556
Tubs, Judith Prince Barker, 522, 523 n6
Tubs, William, 523 n6
Tuck, Mr., 214
Tuckney, Rev. Anthony, 230, 231, 232 n1 n3
Tuckney, Anthony Jr., 231
Tuckney, Jonathan, 232 n1, 242, 274, 299, 300 n6, 308
English political news, 274
family news, 230
Great Fire of London (1666), 231
Tufts, Mary/Mercy Cotton, 360, 361 n12, 479 n19
Tufts, Peter, 361 n12, 477, 480 n21, 578
Tupper, Martha Mayhew, 432 n13
Tupper, Rev. Thomas (father), 432 n13,
Tupper, Rev. Thomas (1638–1706), 430, 494, 560, 567 n14
Rev. Rowland Cotton quarrel, 466, 467 n9, 481, 482 n4, 580, 581 n2
Turks
in Hungary, 291
Turner, Joanna Benton, 427
Turrell, Capt. David, 545, 547 n7
Turrell, Mary Colbron Barrel, 547 n7
Tuspaquin, William (Wantowapuct), 163, 164 n8
Tyng, Maj. Edward, 281, 282 n7, 433 n7, 515
Tyng, Mary Sears, 282 n7
Tyrone, Earl of, 303
Uncas, 147 n6, 152 n1, 202, 202 n2
United Colonies commissioners, 21, 22, 46 n8, 51 n5, 59, 82 n4, 84, 85, 86, 93 n2, 97 n1, 119 n1, 125 n2, 189 n8, 279 n4, 335 n1, 406
Usher, Hezekiah, 86, 86 n2, 97, 283, 283 n6
Usher, Lt. Gov. John, 422, 423 n6, 439 n4, 496, 513, 523 n10, 559, 560 n3
Vaughan, Jos., 486
Vaughan, Maj. William, 420 n4
Veasie (Phesy), William, 533, 534 n9
Veazie, John
Harvard riot, 560 n5
Vickery, Benjamin, 466 n4
Vickery, George, 466 n4 n6
Vickery, Isaac, 466 n4
Vickery, Israel, 466 n4
Vickery, Jonathan, 466 n4
Virginia, 99 n1, 122 n10, 454 n4, 529
London ships, 471
Wabenaki see Abenaki
Wade, Joseph, 141
Wade, Lt. Col. Thomas, 521, 521 n4
Wadsworth, Rev. Benjamin, 560
Wadsworth, Elisha, 467, 468 n8
Wadsworth, Elizabeth Wiswall, 468 n8
Wadsworth, Justice John, 548
Wadsworth, Capt. Samuel, 127, 128 n3
Wainwright, Henry, 309–310, 521
Wakefield, Mass, see Reading church
Wakeman, Samuel, 260–261, 261 n1
Waldron (Waldin), Dr. Isaac, 285, 285 n4
Waldron (Walden), Maj. Richard, 257, 258 n7, 357
Walker, John, 141
Walker, Susannah Rosseter, 118 n4
Walker, Rev. Zechariah, 118, 261, 261 n3, 284, 284 n1, 330, 340, 441, 477
career, 118 n1
Walley, Maj. John, 331, 332 n3, 365, 446,
career, 447 n9
King Williams War, 387, 421 n6, 446, 460
Mass. Bay council, 477
Walley, Rev. Thomas, 89, 99, 102, 133, 136, 145, 161, 172, 180, 183 n4, 197, 199, 202, 227, 248, 264
advice to Cotton, 225
career, 90 n1
consolation to Cottons, 181, 182
illness and death, 215, 216, 225, 226, 228–229
King Philip’s War, 115, 116, 119, 126, 133, 136, 151, 153, 158, 161, 212
covenant renewal, 153
treatment of native captives, 107, 119, 119 n2, 144, 145, 145 n1
memorial verse, 260
natives, cruelty to, 119, 119 n2
religous toleration, 205–208
Walter, Rev. Nehemiah, 373 n7
Artillery Election sermon, 535, 536 n8
Wamesit (Wanexit) (Mass. Bay), 133, 135 n3
Wampam, Ephraim (native), 558
Wampatuck, Josiah (native chief), 85, 85 n1
Wamsutta see Alexander
Wannoo, John (native), 560, 561 n14
Wantons, Mrs., 546
Ward, Elizabeth, 438 n2
Ward, Rev. John, 438 n2
Ward, “Sister, “477
Ward, Trial Miegs, 550 n4
War of the League of Augsburg see King
Williams War
Ware, Capt., 402
Warren, Hannah Morton, 550 n7
Warren, James, 567, 568 n2, 578, 584
Clark’s Island dispute, 365
Warren, Mehitable, 514 n12
Warren, Sarah Doty, 568 n2
Warwick, R. I., 194, 122 n5, 151, 160
Waterman, Anna, 436
Waterman, John, 436
Waterman, Joseph, Jr., 563 n2
Watson, Elkanah
Clark’s Island dispute, 366
Watson, George and wife, 281, 282 n9
Watson, J., 568
Watson, “Skipper,” 191
Way, Aaron, 592 n8
Way, Joanna Sumner, 592 n8
Way, William, 592 n8
Webb, John
Schenectady attack, 423 n9
Webb, Rev. Joseph, 440, 441 n8
Weeks, William, 569 n3
Weetamoo (Pocasset chief), 128 n2
Weld, Rev. Thomas (1653–1702), 483, 483 n4, 490, 494
Wellcome, William, 141
Wells, Elizabeth Deming Foote, 44, 45, 45 n5
Wells, Luke, 542
Wells, Me.
King Philip’s War, 116, 193 n8
King William’s War, 385, 419, 419 n1, 422, 513, 514 n11
Wells, Gov. Thomas, 44, 45 n5 n6
Wentworth, Edward, 482, 482 n7
Wentworth, Elizabeth, 482 n7
Wentworth, Samuel, 482 n7
West, Mr., 402
West, Thomas, 510
West Indies see also Barbados, 46 n8, 385
smallpox, 392 n4
Wethersfield, Conn.
baptism controversy, 45 n1, 341 n4
Cotton’s misconduct, 20, 43, 44, 48, 55
Weweantick (Wareham, Mass.), 431 n1
Weymouth, Mass., 67, 360, 361 n9, 471, 539, 569 n3
Whalley, Maj. Thomas, 354 n7
Wheelwright, John, 309 n10
Wheelwright, Samuel, 479 n9
Whippo, Abigail Hammon, 569 n5
Whippo, Experience Hinckley, 569 n5
Whippo, James, 28, 567, 568 n5
White, G., 245
White, John, 479 n20
White, Mr., 329
Whiting, John, 308
Whiting, Joseph (d. 1676), 141
Whiting, Rev. Samuel (1597–1679), 231, 232 n5, 309 n10
Whiting, Rev. Samuel (1633–1713), 308, 309 n10
Whitman, Valentine, 149, 151 n4
Whittingham, William, 507, 509 n15
Whittock, Rev. John, 231
Whittock, Mary Tuckney, 231
Wigglesworth, Rev. Michael, 564, 566 n1
Wild, Sarah
executed for witchcraft, 421 n1
Wilkins (Wilkyes), Richard, 340, 341 n9, 342
Willard, John
executed for witchcraft, 421 n3
Willard, Rev. Samuel, 192, 193 n11, 459, 480, 481, 524, 554, 554 n4, 555, 574, 575
Willard (Willie), Capt. Simon, 418, 419 n6
Willet, Hezekiah, 160 n1
Willet, Capt. Thomas, 188
career, 189 n8
William III, 393, 406, 407, 460,
assassination plots, 412, 422, 423 n3, 506, 509 n10
Battle of the Boyne celebration, 396
Irish campaign, 391, 396, 396 n4
Mass. Bay charter, 406, 407 n2
Williams, Augustine, 284, 284 n5
Williams, Dr., 515
Williams, Elizabeth, 96
Williams, Nathaniall, 141
The Bloudy Tenet of Persecution, 74
The Bloudy Tenet Yet More Bloody, 76 n5
Cotton attacks, 73
King Philip’s War, 149–150
Mr. Cotton’s Letter Lately Printed, 76 n5
toleration and intolerance, 73–76
Williams, Walter, 96
Wing, Capt. John, 426, 427 n7, 489, 490 n3
Wing, Stephen, 141
Winnesimmit (Chelsea, Mass.), 416, 417 n5
Winnetuxit see Plympton
Winslow, Edward, 82 n4, 178 n4
Winslow, Gov. Josiah, 82 n4, 99, 101 n23, 188, 189, 192, 223, 255, 462 n18
death, 278
King Philip’s War, 105, 119 n1, 127, 129, 132, 134, 145
Hubbard-Mather controversy, 194, 195
Plymouth charter, 263 n2
Winslow, James, 446, 447 n11, 522
Winslow, John, 79, 80 n1, 489 n2
Winslow, Mary (b. 1701), 469 n22
Winslow, Mary Chilton (1607–1679), 79, 80 n1
Winslow, Mary Snow, 468, 469 n22
Winslow, Penelope Pelham, 468, 483
Winslow, Sarah Wensley, 492 n14
Winslow, Seth, 469 n22
Winter Harbor, Me.
attacked, 192
career, 478 n1
Winthrop, Capt., 360
Winthrop, Col., 517
Winthrop, Dean, 595
Winthrop, Elizabeth Reade, 51, 51 n7
Winthrop, Maj. Fitz-John, 387, 391, 392 n3, 467, 468, 468 n1, 476
Winthrop, Gov. John (1588–1649), 51 n1, 74
Winthrop, Gov. John, Jr. (1606–1676), 48
Conn. charter, 43
Cotton’s intercession request, 48–55
Winthrop, John (1681–1747), 524, 525 n13
Winthrop, Wait, 442 n7, 476, 479 n14
Wiswall, Ephraim, 138
Wiswall, Rev. Ichabod, 367, 462, 463 n9, 529, 574, 575
career, 267 n3
tutors Josiah Cotton, 415 n1, 449 n1
agent for Plymouth, 271, 272, 396, 398 n7, 405 n3, 415
imprisoned by Andros, 367
Cotton preaching ban, 563, 564 n6, 565
ordination, 267
Wiswall, Peleg, 530, 531 n16, 563, 564 n7
Wiswall, Priscilla Pabodie, 564 n7
witchcraft prosecutions, 412, 424, 426
spectral evidence, 425 n1 n2, 427 n8
executions, 420, 421 n1 2 n3, 422
Cases of Conscience Concerning Evil Spirits, 424, 425 n1
Cotton Mather criticized, 424–425
Witherell, Rev. William, 209, 209 n3
Woburn, Mass.
church covenant renewal, 228
smallpox, 250
Wolcott, Samuel, 479 n20, 561 n7
wood, 133, 188, 366, 517, 546, 549, 595
Wood, Deacon John, 546, 547 n20
Woodbridge, Rev. Benjamin, 299, 299 n2
Woodbridge, Ephraim, 555, 557 n8
Woodbridge, Rev. John, 472, 473 n14
Woodbridge, Samuel, 557 n8
Wright, Ephraim and wife, 139
Wright, Goodwife, 44
Wright, Sarah Benton, 427, 428 n13
Wyllys (Willis), Amy (Ami), 533, 535 n12
yard goods, 64, 123 n4, 430, 494, 496, 530, 552 n2 n10
Yarmouth, Mass., 471 n10, 515, 522, 561, 563, 564 n4 n5
Cotton, John Jr., (1640–1699) stay in, 28
Cotton, John III, 445 n1
Cotton, Sarah journey, 496, 504
yellow fever, 28, 29, 515, 516 n3, 574, 596 n6
York, Duke of, 202 n1, 257, 257 n2 n3, 258 n4, 275 n5, 281, 282 n6, 304 n3, 509 n11
York, Maine, 143, 144 n2, 146, 385, 400, 401 n1 n3 n6 n8, 514
attacks, 144 n2, 192, 385, 387, 412, 418, 418 n2 n3, 555, 557 n4