Abdas, an Indian, 440.
Acadie, controversy respecting, 431. Accord Pond, 371.
Acerbecest, sagamore of Wessaguscus, 131. Acoughcouss, 373.
Adventurers. See Merchant-Adventurers. Ainsworth, Henry, teacher in the church at Amsterdam, 17. Albany, Fort Orange, 234.
Alden, John, undertaker, 227. Assistant, 306, 315, 327, 343, 351, 362, 367. Ar- rested in Massachusetts, 318. Set at liberty, 319. Party to a contract, 382, 384. Settlement with, 400, 402. His family, 449, 452, 454. Alden, Robert, 213.
Alderton, or Allerton, John, seaman on board the Mayflower, 83, 449, 454. Allerton, Bartholomew, 448, 451. Allerton, Isaac, 51, 226, 448, 451. sistant, 101. 306. Mission of, to com- promise with the adventurers, 210, 212, 280-282, 373. His return, 211. Second mission of, 221 - 238. Agent, 231. His accounts, 232, 248, 288, 299, 304, 308, 310, 316, 362. En- gages in trade, 243, 261, 270, 271, 276, 291. Third mission of, 244, 245. His conduct, 248, 250, 252, 261, 271, 274, 280, 299; as to enlarging and confirming the patent, 250. Brings over Morton, 250, 252. Violates instructions, 255-257. His wives, 256, 300, 448, 451. His fourth voyage to England, 262. His conduct as to the Friendship, 268, 275, 281–290, 299, 402. Winslow sent to England on account of his conduct, 268. His con- duct as to the White Angel, 269–272, 274, 276, 280, 283, 284, 287-289, 292, 300, 305, 308, 331, 402. Return of, 271. Goes to England again, 275. Comes back, 276. Discharged, 276, 279, 299. Remarks on the commission to, 280-282, 286. Disciplined by the
church, 292. Disregards his bonds, 298, 301. Further notices of, 299, 308. His troubles, 302, 308, 327. Efforts to re- cover from, on account of the White Angel, 331. Vessel of, wrecked, 337. Cattle of, sold, 365, 379. His family, 448, 451, 454.
Allerton, Mary, 256, 448, 451, 455. Allerton, Remember, 448, 451. Alltham, Emanuel, 213.
Ammunition and arms, Indians supplied with, 235, 238, 275, 337. Amsterdam, English church at, 9, 16, 38. Contention of the churches there, 16, 38. Anabaptistry, 387.
Andrews, Richard, adventurer, 213. Un- dertaker, 227, 229, 232, 246, 258, 280, 287, 331. Beaver sent to, 361, 362, 365. Declines giving aid, 345. Complaints by, 346, 361, 365. Takes land at Scit- uate, 368. Settlement with, 379, 400 - 407.
Andrews, Thomas, adventurer, 213. Anne, arrival and departure of the, 142, 147, 157, 179.
Antinomian controversy, 387. Aquidnett Island, 364. Complaints against the people of, 386. Indian neutrality with, 432.
Argall, Sir Samuel, 37. Arminian controversy in the Low Coun- tries, 20.
Arnold, Benedict, 432. Interpreter, 441. Arrows, 86, 235. Sent as a challenge, 110. Ashley, Edward, 255, 257. His patent and business, 257-262, 267. His char- acter, 259. At Penobscot, 259, 267, 274, 275. Aided at Plymouth, 260, 267. His conduct, 261, 267. Supplies to, from England, 267. His death, 275. Assistants at Plymouth, 101, 156, 306, 315, 327, 343, 351, 362, 367, 377, 384, 408, 425, 431. Atwood, John, Assistant, 362. Agent for Sherley, 377-382. Sherley's letter to, 400, 401. His death, 425.
Augusta, Maine, trading-house at, 233. Aulney, Monsieur d', captures Penobscot, 332. Death of, 431.
Aumsequen, or Awasequen, Niantick dep- uty, 436, 440.
Austerfield, England, xvi, xvii.
Babson, John J., cited, 247.
Baker, master of the Charity, 157, 169. Bangs, Edward, settler at Nauset, 426. Baptism, differences respecting, 382, 384,
Barry, John S., hints from, respecting Bradford's History, v. Referred to, 21. Bass, Edward, 213. Bass, fishing for, 267-271, 273, 280, 282, 286. See Fishing. Beauchamp, John, 115, 117, 213, 227, 229 -232, 246, 280, 287, 331. Patent in his name, 258. Declines giving aid, 345. Complaints by, 349, 361, 365. Beaver sent to, 361, 362, 365. Takes land at Scituate, 368. Freeman's brother-in- law, 378. Settlement with, 400 – 407. Beaver, obtained at Massachusetts, 105, 108, 127; at Plymouth, by Weston, 134. Sent home, 147, 304, 315. Taken by the Turks, 203. Bought at Kennebeck, 204. Payments with, 221, 261. Sent home by Ashley, 267; by Winslow and others, 289, 323, 331, 344-347. Lost, 306. Disinclination to send, 344, 346. Prices of, 346. Sent to Andrews and Beauchamp, 361, 362, 365. Hints and laws as to the trade in, 387. Bellingham, Richard, Deputy-Governor
of Massachusetts, 335. Sends a letter and questions to Governor Bradford,
Bestiality, 388-398.
Billerica. See Billirike.
Billirike, Pilgrims from, 56. Billington, Elen, 449.
Billington, Francis, 102, 449, 453. Billington, John, 181, 449. Tried and exe- cuted for murder, 276, 365, 453. Billington, John, Jr., 102, 449, 453. Billington Sea, 102.
Bishops, downfall of, 6.
Blackston, William, 240.
Blackwell, Sir Francis, voyage of, to Vir- ginia, 37. Conduct of, 37 – 40, 42. Block Island, 350, 353. Blossom, Thomas, 314. Boat-making, 159, 160, 170, 204, 211, 258. Boston, Pilgrims visit the harbor of, 104, 209. Meeting appointed at, respecting the Hocking affair, 322. Meeting of commissioners at, in 1645, 431. Bound Brook, 370.
Bradford, Alice, mother of Governor Bradford, xviii.
Bradford, Alice, wife of Governor Brad- ford, x, xix, 71, 142. Verses on, x, 460. Bradford, Dorothy, xix, 448, 451. Bradford, John, Major, viii, x, xi. Bradford, Mercy, daughter of Governor Bradford, x.
Bradford, Robert, xviii. Bradford, Samuel, x.
Bradford, Thomas, xviii.
Bradford, William, grandfather of Gov- ernor Bradford, xviii.
Bradford, William, father of Governor Bradford, xviii.
Bradford, William, iii, 8, 51, 226, 227, 448, 451. Editorial Preface to his History of Plymouth Plantation, iii. His Letter- Book, iv. Morton's copy of a portion of his History, iv, 80. Rediscovery of the History, v. His knowledge of the Hebrew language, x, xiv, xviii. Mor- ton's use of the History, xiv. His family, xviii, 448, 451, 461. His death, xviii, 461. Fac-simile of his handwriting, xx. His list of passengers in the Mayflower, 74, 77, 447. His Pocket-Book, 76, 91. His list of deaths, 76, 91, 450. Proba- bly author of part of Mourt's Relation, 76, 90. Accompanies an exploring party, 81, 83. His sickness, 92, 101, Chosen Governor, 101, 156, 307, 327, 351. His reply to Weston, 108; to the challenge of the Narragansets, 111. Con- ceals letters from Weston and Beau- champ, 117. Weston writes again to, 118. In expeditions to buy corn, 128, 129. Marries Alice Southworth, 142, 448, 461. Councillor to Gorges, 149. Intercedes for Weston, 150, 152. Inter- cepts letters by Lyford, 173. Trades for goods at Monhegan, 208. Appoints agents, 230. Disapproves fishing, 262. Endicott's application to, for a physician, 264. Ceases to be Governor, 306, 307. Assistant, 306, 315, 343, 362, 425. Com- plains respecting the settlement at Wind- sor, 341. Commissioner for settling the boundary with Massachusetts, 370. Re- plies to Bellingham's letter, 388. Set- tlement of partners with, 400, 402, 406. Bradford, William, Jr., Deputy-Governor, viii, x, xi, 189.
Bradstreet, Simon, commissioner, 430. Brereton, William, 148.
Brewer, Thomas, an adventurer, 48, 49,
Brewster, formerly Satuket, 97. Brewster, Fear, 256.
Brewster, Jonathan, respecting settlers from Dorchester on the Connecticut, 339.
Brewster, Love, 397, 448, 451. Brewster, Mary, 447, 451. Brewster, Patience, 189, 362.
272. Division of, 215, 373. Increased value of, 302, 366. Sale of Allerton's, 365, 379. Prices of, in 1638, 366. Sud- den depreciation of, 376, 379. Cawsumsett Neck, 373. Ceremonies. See Church of England. Charity, arrives at Plymouth, 118, 122, 157, 158, 236. Its return, 128, 138, 173. Charles, the ship, 301. Charles I., Commission by, for regulating Plantations, 320, 456. Charles River, 368.
Brewster, William, Elder, xvi, 10, 38, 227, | Cattle, arrival of, 157, 158, 200, 201, 268, 231, 278, 447, 451. Goes to Holland, 16. An assistant to John Robinson, 17. Sent as agent to England, 30. Corre- spondence of John Robinson and, with Sir Edwin Sandys, 30; with Sir John Wolstenholme, 33. Reasons for his go- ing to America, 42, 59. His exertions during the sickness at Plymouth, 91. Letter to, from Mr. Robinson, 165. Daughters of, 166. Not to administer the sacraments, 167. His religious la- bors, 187, 413. His family, 256, 447, 451. Settlement of partners with, 400 -402. His death; sketch of his life and character, 408.
Brewster, Wrestle, 447, 451.
Bridges, master of the Little James, 142. Britteridge, Richard, 449, 454. Brodhead, J. Romeyn, 43, 99, 233. Brook, Lord, 352.
Brown, John, Assistant, 343, 362, 367, 377, 384, 408. Commissioner, 430. Signs a treaty, 440. Brown's Island, 155. Browne, Peter, 449. Browning, Henry, 213. Brownists, 197.
Butten, William, 76, 77, 448, 450, 451.
Callicote, Sergante, 441. Calvin, John, 4.
Canterbury, Archbishop of. See Laud. Capawack, Martha's Vineyard, 97, 104. Cape Ann, patent for, 160, 168. Settlers at, 195. Trouble there, 196. Cape Cod, fallen in with by the Pilgrims, 76. Pilgrims put into the harbor of, 77, 80. The name, 77. French ship wrecked at, 98. See Provincetown. Carleton, Sir Dudley, cited as to Brew- ster, 412.
Carpenter, Mary, 460. Carter, Robert, 448, 452.
Cartwright, Thomas, his Commentary on the Proverbs of Solomon, printed by Brewster, 412.
Carver, John, twice an agent to England, 30-32, 43. Deacon, 32. Sabine Stares- more's letter to, 39. His agreement with Weston, 43. Letter to, by Robin- son, 47; by others, 49; by Cushman, 56. His complaints against Cushman, 56. At Southampton, 59, 60. Robin- son's letter to, 63. Confidence in, 64. His wife, 64, 447. In the exploring party in Cape Cod Bay, 83. Chosen Governor, 90, 99. Detains the May- flower, 100. His death, 100, 109, 450, 455. His family, 100, 447, 450, 455. Weston's letters of complaint to him, 107, 114, 117. Carver, Kathrine, 447, 450.
Charlestown, 96. Sickness at, 277. Chatham, 97.
Chauncey, Charles, invited to Plymouth, 382. Differs with Reyner, 382. Facts as to, 384. Answers questions, 392. Chickatabot, sagamore of Naponsett, 325. Child, John, 443.
Child, Robert, complaints by, against Massachusetts colony, 443. Chilton, John, and family, 449, 453. Chilton, Mary, 449, 454. Chinnough, an Indian, 431. Christmas, at Plymouth, 112. Church covenant, entered into, 278. Church discipline, 197, 198.
Church of England, contention about the ceremonies and service-book of the, 3, 5, 7, 8. Overthrown, 6, 7. Conformity to the, required, 8. Clarke, pilot of the Mayflower, 55, 83. Clarke's Island named from, 87. Clarke, Richard, 449, 454. Claudia, Block Island, 350, 353. Clifton, Richard, Rev., xvii, 10. Coddington, William, facts as to, 278. Cohasset, or Conahasset, 370, 371. Collier, Mary, 362.
Collier, William, 201, 213, 308, 362. As- sistant, 308, 315, 327, 343, 351, 367, 377, 384, 408. Sherley's agent, 377 - 382. Confirms the confederation, 423. Collins, 387.
Colonies of New England, union and con- federation of the, 416.
Commissioners for the Plantations, 320, 456. Winslow's petition to the, 327. Commissioners under the confederation of 1643, 418. Authorize the execution of Miantonimo, 424. Meet at Boston in 1645, 431. Decision of, respecting the Narragansets, 433. Powers of, doubt-
ed, 435. Common house at Plymouth, building of the, 88, 90. Burnt, 100. Community of property, 135, 157, 214. Compact of the Pilgrims, 89. Signers of the, 90.
Conant, Roger, 169, 196. Not mentioned by Bradford, 195. Confederation of the Plantations, in 1643,
Confession, on exacting, 390, 396. Conformity. See Church of England. Connecticut, trade on the; difficulty with the Dutch, 311, 313. Norton and Stone's excursion to the, 324. Mortality there, 325. Wreck of vessels bound to, 348. Permission from Pequot Indians to settle at, 349. Indian attack at, 351. Confederation with, in 1643, 416. Sup- ports Uncas, 433.
Cook, Josiah, settler at Nauset, 426. Cooke, Francis, 449, 453, 455. Cooke, John, 449, 453, 455. Cooper, Humility, 449, 453.
Coppin, Robert, pilot and master-gunner on board the Mayflower, 83. Deceived,
86. Corbitant, hostile, 103. Takes Squanto, 103. Expedition against, 103. peace, 104.
Corn. See Indian Corn.
Cotton, John, Rev., 279.
Coventry, Thomas, 213.
Cows, price of, in 1638, 366; in 1639-40,
376, 379. See Cattle.
Crabe, Rev. Mr., 58. Crakston, John, 448, 452. Crakston, John, Jr., 448, 452.
Cromwell, Thomas, Captain, and his crew, 441.
Crose, Daniel, guilty of murder, 362. Crowninshield, Edward A., 206. Cudworth, James, 301. Cushman, Mary, 455.
Cushman, Robert, twice an agent to Eng- land, 30, 31, 43, 44, 47. Letters from, 36, 51, 54, 56, 143, 160. Character of his negotiations, 45, 48, 50, 60, 62. An- swers complaints, 51, 56, 60. Dis- couraged, and disposed to remain, 54, 70, 72. His sermon at Plymouth, 55. His letter to Southworth, 71. Assistant in the Mayflower, 72. Passenger in the Fortune, 105, 114. Returns in the Fortune, 108, 122. Captured, 110, 122. Condemns Weston's colonists, 122. Pa- tent of Cape Ann in the name of, 168. Writes to Bradford, 201. His death, 206. Facts as to, 206. Cushman, Thomas, 201. Cushnoc, trading-house at, 233. Cutshamakin, a sagamore, 438, 440, 441.
Deane, Charles, vi. Deaths. See Mortality. Deer, 105, 137.
Denison, William, 287. Sues Allerton, 302. Dermer, Captain, 95. Cited, 96. Treat- ment of, by Indians, 97.
D'Ewes, Sir Simonds, cited as to intro- ducing Episcopacy into New England,
Discovery, arrival of the, 127. Doan, John, Assistant, 306. Nauset, 426.
Dorchester, migration from, to Windsor, 338, 342.
Dorchester fishing company, 169.
Dotey, or Dotte, Edward, 83, 448, 455. In the exploring party along Cape Cod Bay, 83.
Drake, Samuel G., 110, 132, 425. Dudley, Thomas, Governor of Massachu- setts, 278, 287. Enters into church cov- enant, 278. His letters respecting Alden and the Kennebec patent, 318. Signer of the confederation in 1643, 423. Dutch, difficulty with the, on Connecticut River, 311, 328. See New York. Duxbury, separated from Plymouth, 303, 372, 426.
Elizabeth, Queen, xv, 4. Favors the An- glican ritual, 5.
Ellis, George E., Rev., 387. Ely, seaman in the Mayflower, 77, 450. Embden, 3, 9, 38.
Endicott, John, arrival of, and of the pa- tent of Massachusetts, 238. His action as to Merry-Mount, 238, 253. His ap- plication to Plymouth for a physician, 264. Boundary commissioner, 370. English, Thomas, a seaman on board the Mayflower, 83, 449, 454.
Episcopacy, plan for introducing into New England, in 1635, 329. See Church of England.
Episcopius, Simon, Arminian Professor at Leyden, 21.
Essex, Pilgrims from, 56. Executions, 276, 362, 365, 398.
Falcon, the ship, 344. Familism, 387.
Geneva Bible, used by the Puritans, 6. Fast, before leaving Holland, 41. In a Gibbs, Mr., mate of the Sparrow, 131.
time of drought, 142. Fells, Mr., 219, 220.
Felt, Joseph B., Rev., 132, 141, 169, 209. Fenwick, George, signer of the confedera- tion, 423; of a treaty, 440. Commis- sioner, 430.
Fessenden, G. M., cited, 95. Fire-arms and ammunition, Indians sup- plied with, 235, 238, 275, 337. Fish, caught, 100, 105, 137. Used for manure, 100, 105, 142. Sent to Spain, 202, 299.
Fishing, at Damariscove Islands, 114, 115, 156. By gangs at Plymouth, 137. De- bate in Parliament respecting, 141. Fa- tal to Plymouth, 158, 168, 262. Of Lyford's and Oldham's friends at Cape Ann, 196. Of Allerton for bass, 267 -271, 273, 280, 282, 286.
Gilson, William, Assistant, 306. Girling, expedition of, to recover Penob- scot, 333.
Glover, Rev. Mr., 343.
Goats, 209, 215, 366, 376, 379. Goffe, Thomas, 213, 228. Goodman, John, 449, 454, 455. Goodyeare, Steven, 440. Gorges, Sir Ferdinando, 95, 225. Cited, 148. Weston's abuse of, 150. Grant from, 251. Project for making Gov- ernor of New England, 328. Gorges, John, 148.
Gorges, Robert, grant to, 148, 168. His government, 149. Calls Weston to ac- count, 150; arrests him, 152. Returns to England, 154.
Gorton, Samuel, 425, 443, 444.
Fitcher, Lieutenant, at Merry-Mount, 236. Gosnold, Bartholomew, names Cape Cod,
Fletcher, Moses, 449, 454.
Fletcher, Thomas, 201, 202, 213. Forefathers' Day, 88.
Fort Orange, now Albany, 234.
Fortune, arrival of the, 91, 105, 114, 142. Its departure, 105, 108. Freight of the, 108, 110, 118. Captured, 110, 118, 122. Arrives in England, 118, 122. Fox, John, cited, 3. Fox-skins, 344. Frankfort, troubles at, 3.
Freeman, Edmund, Assistant, 367, 377, 384, 408. Brother-in-law of Beau- champ, 378, 404. Witness to agree- ment with Sherley, 382. Freeman, Edmund, Jr., 404. Freeman, James, Rev., 82.
Governors of Plymouth, 90, 99, 101, 156, 306, 307, 315, 327, 343, 351, 362, 367, 425, 431.
Granger, Thomas, 397. Greene, Richard, 129. Greene, William, 118-120. Green's Harbor, lands granted at, 303. Incorporated as Rexhame, and after- ward called Marshfield, 303, 372, 426. Gregson, Thomas, commissioner, 423, 430. Gudburn, Peter, 213.
Guiana, proposition among the Pilgrims to settle in, 27.
French, supply Indians with fire-arms, 235, Hanson, Captain, 152.
238. See Indians.
French discipline, 197.
Fresh River, the Connecticut, 311. Friendship, arrival of the, 268, 270, 275, 287. Sails, 271. Charged to the gen- eral account, 280, 379, 402. Fugitives, rendition of, 420. Fulham Library, discovery there of Brad- ford's History of Plymouth, v. Notice of, vii.
Fuller, Edward, and family, 449, 454. Fuller, Samuel, 51, 76, 448. Physician, 264, 278, 279, 306. His death, 314, 451. His family, 449, 451, 454.
Gainsborough, church at, 10, 411. Galopp, John, 360.
Gardenar, Richard, 449, 454.
Gardiner, Sir Christopher, 294–297. Gardner, Lieutenant, 356.
Gibbons, Major, commands troops 435.
Hanson, Alice, xviii. Hartford, trade there, 313. against Indians, 428. Hatherly, Timothy, 151, 213, 227. ner with the Plymouth colony, 246, 258, 268, 280, 282, 287. Arrives at Massa- chusetts, 268, 271. His excuses and conduct, 269, 271-276. Visits Kenne- bec and Penobscot, 274, 275. Re- turns to England, 275. Troubled about the Friendship, 301. Settles at Scituate, 301, 368. His accounts, 302. Assist- ant, 343, 351, 367, 377, 384, 408. Hathorne, William, commissioner, 430. Haynes, John, Governor of Massachusetts, 335.
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