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WINTHROP’S JOURNAL

 

“A HISTORY OF NEW ENGLAND”

 

1630 – 1642

 

 

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1630

 

Winthrop’s fleet sails from the Isle of Wight 

A Fast kept  on the Ships 

Matthew Cradock bids Farewell to the Fleet

Deputies chosen  for the Towns

Danger feared from Hostile Ships 

Captain Kirk encountered on the High Seas

Eastward heard from

Tempest strikes the Fleet   

Mount Desert sighted 

Arbella casts anchor in Salem Harbor 

Expediton to Massachusetts Bay

Marriage of John Endicott

Settlement at Charlestown

Death of Lady Arabella and Isaac Johnson

Boston occupied and a Church organized

Salem, Dorchester, Watertown, and Roxbury named

The Plantation set in Order

Winter Severities

 

 

1633

Gorges and Mason Petition against us  

Gardiner, Morton and Ratcliffe make trouble

Thanksgiving over Friends preserved and Foes Confounded 

Arrival of John Cotton, Thomas Hooker and John Haynes

John Oldham goes Overland to the Connecticut

The Blessing of the Bay sails to the Connecticut and the Dutch 

John Cotton made Teacher of the Boston Church

Roger Williams at Salem takes exception 

Two Sagamores and Most of their Folks die of Smallpox 

The Lord directs through John Cotton the Support of The Ministers 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1636 

 

Roger Williams gives Trouble

Hugh Peter’s Practical Benevolence 

Vane and Peter set themselves up as Arbiters 

Flag devised leaving out the Cross

Henry Vane elected Governor

The King’s Colors set up at Castle Island

Murder of John Oldham brings on the Pequot War

Narragansetts remain Friendly 

Endicott’s Expedition to Block Island

Miantonomo received in Boston

Anne Hutchinson gives Trouble 

Distraction in the New England Churches 

The French claim most of the Maine Coast

General Court and the Elders take Council 

John Cotton intervenes and is disapproved

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1638

 

Erroneous Opinions still Prevailing

Mrs. Hutchinson dealt with by the Church

She is Excommunicated

Hutchinsonians buy Aquidneck, an Island in

Narragansett Bay

God’s Displeasure at Mrs. Hutchinson shown

by a monstrous Birth

A great Earthquake experienced

Uncas the Mohican proffers Friendship

Many Hutchinsonians go to Aquidneck

Excuse given for not surrendering the Patent Underhill suspected of Incontinence

Evil of new Fashions and costly Apparel Massachusetts displeased with the Piscataqua Plantations

The Rowley Church bewail their Shortcomings

Fast over Illness and Decay of religion

Cotton’s Self-accusation

The Devil bestirs himself 

Jealousies among the Colonies

Letter to Mr. Hooker 

The Lord’s Displeasure shown by heavy Snowstorm

 

 

1631

 

Prevalence of Illness 

Friendly Overtures from Chickatabot and other Sachems 

Rev. John Wilson departs for England

Roger Williams at Salem 

Sir Christopher Gardiner

Philip Ratcliffe disciplined for traducing Church and Government

The Blessing of the Bay Launched

Piscataqua heard from

The Lyon arrives, with important Succor 

Bradford of Plymouth visits Boston

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1634

 

The Narragansetts lose Seven Hundred by Smallpox 

Controversy as to Women’s wearing Veils

Satan bestirs himself to Distract the Churches 

Deputies sent from Townes to General Court 

The Killing of Hockin 

Thomas Dudley chosen Governor 

Four General Courts a Year, of Magistrates and Deputies

News of the Founding of Maryland 

Archbishops and Others try to stay the Ships and annual the Patent

Profitable Trade with Manhattan and the Kennebec Country

Newtown desires to Remove to Connecticut 

Legislation against Tobacco, Costly Apparel, etc.

Threatenings of the Privy Council against our Patent

The Cross cut out of the Ensign at Salem

Pequots desire our Friendship

John Eliot, Friend of Massachusetts Indians

The Dutch to the Westward cause Anxiety

 

 

1637

 

General Fast over the miserable Estate of the Churches

Wheelwright questioned on Account of his Sermon

Underhill sent to Connecticut with Soldiers

Reluctance of Plymouth to take Part in the War

Winthrop made governor at stormy Session

Cotton and Shepard as reconcilers 

John Mason’s Victory over the Pequots

Discontent of Henry Vane

Pequots Dispersed and Destroyed 

Three Hundred and Sixty Immigrants in one Day

Sir Ferdinando Gorges wishes to be Governor-General

Pequot Survivors deported and enslaved

Henry Vane departs for England

A Movement toward Confederation of the Colonies

Synod convened to deal with the Errors

The Case of William Schooler

Thanksgiving for the Success in War and in the Synod

Hutchinsonians disfranchised and banished

Mrs. Hutchinson summoned before the Court

A Short Story, etc., Composed and Sent to England

 

 

1639 

 

Errors at the Church at Weymouth

A Printing-House set up at Cambridge

Hanserd Knollys at Piscataqua disapproved

The Devil fetches away five Indians while

powwowing 

Cotton defines how Ministers should be maintained

A thousand Soldiers exercised at Boston

An embarrassing Letter from the Lords Commissioners

Connecticut desires a Confederation of the Colonies

Winthrop reelected; the Towns jealous of their Liberties

Popular Jealousy of the Magistrates

God deprives Hooker, while preaching, of his Strength and Matter

Many People arrive and new Towns founded

Vagaries of Roger Williams at Providence

The College suffers at the Hands of Nathaniel Eaton

Captain Robert Keayne  convented for Extortion

Commercial Ethics expounded by John Cotton

Dispute over the Location of a new Meeting-House

A Thief and a Murderer baulked by a special Providence

The Body of Laws submitted to the Towns for Consideration

An Ordinance against drinking Healths

The Elders and the Court on excessive Church-going

 

1632

Interference from England feared

Military Commission established

John Hayns chosen Governor

Endicott questioned about Defacing the Ensign

Disturbed Relations between Magistrates and

Deputies

Fear of the Schemes of Gorges and Mason

Winthrop Explores the Neighborhood

People press for more Power

Winthrop reelected Governor

The French to the Eastward heard from

Church consulted after the Congregational Way

Winthrop and Dudley disagree

Narragansetts send Envoys

Return of Rev. John Wilson

Winthrop visits Plymouth

Pirates give Trouble to the Eastward

 

 

 

1635

 

Roger Williams called to Account for Dangerous Opinions

The French capture Penobscot, a Plantation of Plymouth

Arrival of Thomas Shepard and Hugh Peter

Young Henry Vane, called to the Obedience of the Gospel

Hugh Peter’s Practical Good Sense

 

 

 

Extract FROM THE Short Story

The Accusations of the Church against Her Defense

Cotton’s Admonition

Her Unsatisfactory Answers

 She is Excommunicated

Reflections upon her Conduct

Journal resumed; Winthrop’s Defense

 

 

 

1640

 

Knollys and Underhill make Acknowledgement of Messengers of the Boston Church ill-received in Rhode Island Heresies of the

Rev. Charles Chauncy John Humphrey and Lord Saye disparage New England and divert Men from thence

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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