Rev. J. Wilson ceases to preach on the charlestown side of charles river. ii. 91. [But ii. 171 places this in nov. 1630.]

Captain John Smith dies. vii. 39 Prince.

Small-pox very fatal amongst the indians. iii. 127.

Third church in massachusetts formed at dorchester. ii. 90.

Fourth church in massachusetts formed at boston. ii. 91.

Fifth church in Massachusetts formed at Roxbury. ii. 92.

Sixth church formed at lynn. ii. 93.

Seventh church formed at watertown. ii. 94. 1632. Gustavus king of sweden killed. vii. 82 Prince.

March 29. Treaty made between england and france, by which canada, nova scotia, &c. are given up to the latter. vii. 78 Prince.

May 9. J. Winthrop and T. Dudley governour and deputy governour of massachusetts; 53 freemen sworn, and the magistrates first chosen by the freemen. iii. 128. v. 149.

June 20. Maryland patented by charles i. to cæcilius, baron baltimore. vii. 80.

Small-pox very destructive to the indians. ii. 165.

Winter very cold: boston harbour frozen from island to island. iii. 131.

1633. J. Winthrop and T. Dudley

governour and deputy governour of massachusetts; 46 freemen sworn; rev. messrs. hooker, john cotton, stone, with mr. haynes and others, arrive at boston. iii. 132. 134.

J. Winthrop, jun. begins the settlement of agawam, now ipswich, by order of the massachusetts general court. vii. 84. 86 Prince.

Muddy river, now brookline, used as a pasture for boston cows. ii. 141.

Pestilential fever at plymouth, and amongst the massachusetts indians. v. 194. vi. 662. vii. 96 Prince.

1834.

Small-pox destroys many massachusetts indians. v. 194. Cows sell for £20 sterling at plymouth. iii. 183.

First ferry in plymouth colony, at kingston, jones's river. iv. 224. October 16. Thanksgiving throughout new england (massa. chusetts) then consisting of seven churches. iii. 134.

Eighth church formed at cambridge by rev. mr. hooker. iii.

136. 137.

First fruit produced from English grain, a little rye, was shewn to the massachusetts court; and rejoiced the people iii. 137.

Connecticut river visited by plymouth people. i. (vii.)

Mr. E. Winslow governour of plymouth colony. vi. 661.

First baptist church in england formed in london by rev. john spilsbury the second was not formed till, 1639. ix. 197.

Feb. 21. The patent of massachusetts ordered to be forthcoming in london on complaint, &c. v. 153.

Plymouth people, before this time, have a trading house at machias. v. 163.

May 14. The freemen choose t. dudley and r. ludlow governour and deputy governour of massachusetts. v. 156. 204 freemen sworn. iii. 139.

May 14. 24 deputies, 3 from each town, with the assistants, composed, for the first time, the general court of massachusetts. v. 156. x. 23.

Charlestown organized, and sends 3 deputies to massachusetts general court. ii. 165.

Massachusetts determines to fortify governour's island in boston harbour. iii. 148.

Ninth church gathered at ipswich by rev. n. ward. iii. 141.

Shawmut, now boston, purchased of rev. william blackstone, an episcopal clergyman, who had been there some years. 171.

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Tenth church in massachusetts formed at newbury: this church is called presbyterian, the nine

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April 25, or June 7. The council of plymouth surrenders its grand charter," viz. the patent 18 james i. nov. 3d; and immediately a quo warranto and judgment for the king, that the massachusetts charter be void and the franchise return to the king. v. 272. vi. 618. viii. 96. [Judg. ment in this case was given april 4th, 1638, says dr. holmes; but see v. 268. 272. 273. and hutch. coll. 101-104.]

Grand juries were first introduced; and 100 offences presented in massachusetts. v. 159.

An attempt made to annul all the patents in north america, and to send out a general government of the 12 provinces proposed to be created. v. 227.

The lords commissioners, appointed to manage the new england colonies, demand the massachusetts patent, but governour winthrop evades and refuses. 263. 164. 265. *

V.

Rev. Hugh Peter comes out, and settles as minister at salem. iii. 154.

Eleventh church in massachusetts formed at Cambridge by rev. mr. shepherd, composed of those who purchased of those gone to hartford. iii. 153.

Cows are at £28 in new england. iii. 150.

May 6. J. Haynes and R. Bellingham governour and deputy governour of massachusetts; 145 freemen sworn. iii. 147. v. 157.

About 3000 persons arrive this year in massachusetts. iv. 2.

Mr. R. Harlakenden, "leader of the military," and eleven ministers, including rev. messrs. norton, shepherd, and r. mather, come out to massachusetts. iii. 147. 148. 150.

The french take possession of penobscot, and claim to the 40° n. lat. v. 161.

June. Dutch ships bring flanders' mares, sheep and heifers to massachusetts. v. 177.

J. Winthrop, jun. and Sir H. Vane, jun. sent out by lords say, brook and others to begin the planting of their province of connecticut of which the former is made governour arrive at boston. v. 177. August 15. Very violent hurricane in new england. v. 198.

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November. J. Winthrop, jun. builds the fort at saybrook. v. 178. 179.

Mr. E. Winslow goes to england as agent to answer the charges brought by morton and gardiner against new england. vi. 662.

1635 and 6. People of massachusetts, chiefly from cambridge, under mr. haynes and the rev. messrs. hooker, stone, and wareham, settle in and about hartford, connecticut, which had been examined the year before. iii. 151. v. 176. 177. vi. 306, 307. ix. 175. 1636. May 25. Sir H. Vane, jun. and J. Winthrop governour and deputy governour of massachusetts; 83 freemen sworn. v. 233. iv. 1.

E. Winslow governour of plymouth colony. vi. 662.

General court of massachusetts grants £400 to the school in newtown, soon after called harvard college. ii. 107. v. 237.

Morton, "the host of merrimount," produces a great stir in

the churches of massachusetts; and is dealt with as David did with shimmei." iv. 35.

John Oldham killed by the pequots, which causes, in part, the pequot war. v. 248.

Oct. A code of laws, after the mosaic, reported to the general court of massachusetts. v. 247.

Saugus receives the name "linne." iv. 3.

A settlement made at saco, or pepperellborough. iv. 187.

Concord, first inland town in massachusetts, settled. iii. 155. [Dr. Holmes places this in 1635.]

Hingham church formed. iii. 160. [Dr. Holmes says 1635.] 1636 and 7. Religious divisions run high in massachusetts, produced by followers of mr. wheelwright and mrs. hutchinson. (iv. 7-21) and in consequence many persons are disarmed. vii. 6. v. 286. 1637. May 3. The king in council orders the patent of massachusetts to be delivered up in london. V. 272. 273.

May 17. At a court of election held at cambridge, j. winthrop and t. dudley chosen governor and deputy governor of massachusetts, and 125 freemen sworn. iv. 21. v. 236.

First indian war. Massachusetts and connecticut send troops against the pequots. iv. 28. 4448. ix. 176. x. 59.

May 26. Mystic fight; captains mason and underhill destroy pequot forts, kill several hundred of the natives, and soon subdue them. vi. 446. viii. 141.

At this time, as was supposed, the narragansets and niantics could bring into the field 30,000 warriours. iv. 42. But it is said the narragansets are at this time 4000. ix. 176. 177.

November. The antinomian controversy induces the general court of massachusetts to dismiss two of the boston representatives. x. 23.

Synod at cambridge. ix. 178. y. 298.

tled, under mr. eaton, rey. mr. davenport and others. vii. 6. 7. ix. 175, [See 1638.]

Dedham, county of suffolk, planted, being the fourteenth church; and weymouth about this time, being the fifteenth church in massachusetts. vii. 9. 10.

There is a windmill at scituate, plymouth colony. iv. 224. 1637 and 8. Rhode Island, Providence, and some towns near narraganset bay, planted; the first by boston folks, mr. coddington, mr. clarke and others, who are in 1638. vi. 334. ix. 178.

1638. April 4. The lords commissioners for foreign plantations issue a summons to governour winthrop, of massachusetts, to transmit the patent of massachusetts to them; which he declines to do. v. 268. 269.

May 2. J. Winthrop and T. Dudley elected governour and deputy governour of massachusetts; 130 freemen sworn. 236. vii. 12.

v.

Mr. Eaton, Mr. Hopkins, Mr. Davenport, who came out to boston the year before, remove with many others to connecticut, and establish new haven colony. v. 262. 263.

June 1. A violent earthquake in new england. vii. 14.

Rowley, massachusetts, planted under ezekiel rogers. vii. 12.

Joseph Glover, coming over to massachusetts as printer, dies at sea. vii. 12.

Scituate, plymouth colony, contains 22 freemen and 19 townsmen; in all 41 males. iv. 229.

Three white persons, after much consultation, executed at plymouth for killing an indian. vi. 663.

3000 persons come out for con necticut. v. 263. Mrs. Hutchinson leaves massachusetts. vi. 336.

Pawtuxet, rhode island, settled by arnold and others. ix. 182. Harvard College is established,

Rev. J. Harvard of charlestown, who died this year, having bequeathed to the school at newtown, now cambridge, £779 17 2. it receives his name. A college building is erected. i. 105. ii. 107. v. 247. vii. 16.

Gov. Winthrop has, prior to this time, the first orchard and first vineyard in new england, on governour's island, then governour's garden, in boston harbor, i. (xxxi.) [In ix. 174, it is said, but no authority given, that mr. blackstone had an orchard before the arrival of the massachusetts colony.] 1639. Newport, rhode island, settled. ix. 181.

A military muster of 1000 men, in two regiments, under the governour and deputy governour, at boston. i. (xxix.)

May 22. J. Winthrop and T. Dudley chosen governour and deputy governour of massachusetts; 83 freemen sworn. vii. 16. v. 237.

Royal charter of the province of maine to sir f. gorges v. 224. Sept. 4. Military company, the ancient and honourable, formed in boston; but refused incorporation on political grounds. 243. [But see ii. 185, where it is said, that it was incorporated and endowed under the title of "the military company of the massachusetts," in 1638, april.]

V.

Sept. 4. Sudbury, massachusetts, incorporated. iv. 52.

About this time roger williams, having become a baptist, establishes the first baptist church at providence. ix. 197.

Hampton, near merrimac river, in the county of "northfolk planted, being the seventeenth church in massachusetts. vii. 17. Exeter, new hampshire, settled. v. 223.

Salisbury, near hampton, mas. sachusetts, planted. vii. 18.

Boston representatives reduced to two, which continued more than forty years. x. 24. 1639 and 40. Very cold winter. vii.

18. 19.

iv. 99.

A church gathered at edgarton, martha's vineyard, by thomas mayhew, jun. iii. 71.

James Forett, agent for the earl of stirling, grants nantucket, martha's vineyard, then and long before in the possession of english families, and the elizabeth islands, to thomas mayhew of watertown, massachusetts, who removes to edgarton the following year. These islands were not within any of the new england governments. iii. 81. 82.

Sept. 24. People south of piscataqua, viz. at dover, strawberry-bank, &c. declared a part of massachusetts jurisdiction. vi. 372.

Providence island, west indies, partly peopled from new england, is captured by the spaniards. vi. 378.

Plymouth colony punishes for attending quaker meetings, and for neglect of publick worship. x. 69.

1642. Jan. 18 to Feb. 21. Boston harbour is frozen over so as to bear carts and horses. vi. 421. vii. 33.

May 18. J. Winthrop and J. Endicott chosen governour and deputy governour of massachusetts; 1232 said to be the number of feeemen sworn. vi. 372. vii. 35.

Conspiracy of all the indians against the english colonies. vi. 446. 451.

The first class graduates at harvard college. v. (iv.)

3000 indians on martha's vineyard, or in duke's county. iii. 90. 92.

Providence plantation and rhode island unite to send roger williams as agent to obtain a charter for them. ix. 184. 185.

The price of cows falls in a few days from £22 to £7 and £8. vii. 35.

There are about 1000 acres of land in orchards and gardens, and 15,000 acres under cultivation, and 12,000 neat cattle, and 3000 sheep in massachusetts. vii. 38. [Should not this be under 1651, when johnson wrote ? ]

Woburn is established as a town. vii. 38.

Feoffees for the college at cambridge appointed, to consist of all the magistrates of the colony, and the elders of the six next adjoining churches. vi. 372.

A body of laws, which had been long under consideration, was established in mass. vi. 372. 1643. March 5. An earthquake in new england. vii. 50.

May 10. J. Winthrop and J Endicott chosen governour and deputy governour of massachusetts; 87 freemen sworn. vi. 673. vii. 44.

Plymouth contains 146 persons from 16 to 60 years old. iii. 169.

Massachusetts, plymouth, connecticut and new haven colonies enter into a confederacy to support each other in any "just war"

each colony to send the same number of commissioners, but the charges of war to be paid in proportion to the number of inhabitants. vi. 467.474. vii. 45.

Battle between uncas, sachem of the mohiggans, and miantonemo, sachem of the narragansets; the latter defeated, taken prisoner, and afterwards killed by uncas the ally of massachusetts col. ony. vi. 449. 452. vii. 47.

The gortonists broken up, &c. vii. 59. 50.

Warwick, fourth town in rhode island, settled by w. arnold and others. ix. 182.

Bricks are made in plymouth at 11s. a thousand. iii. 183. 184. Plymouth's town expenditure is £9. iii. 183. 184.

Wolves are very destructive. iii. 183. 184.

In 15 years previous to this date, about 198 or 298 ships had been employed in bringing 21,000 men, women and children to massachusetts. ii. 81. 83.

General and fatal disease (yellow fever?) amongst the indians of martha's vineyard. iii. 91. vi. 656.

Mr. Rigby, proprietor of the "plough patent" in maine, sends out mr. cleaves as his agent, which produces a contest between him and the agent of sir f. gorges regarding the right of property. vi. 268. 370.

Haverhill, mass. settled. iv. 126. [It is somewhere said to have been settled at an earlier date.]

Duxbury has 76 persons, between 16 and 60 years of age, capable of bearing arms. x. 69. 1644. March 14. Roger Williams

obtains a charter for providence and rhode island, under the title of "the providence plantations," from the commissioners of plan