The history of the province of Massachusets-Bay, from the charter of King William and Queen Mary, in 1691, until the year 1750. / By Mr. Hutchinson, lieutenant-governor of the province.

INDEX.

A.

• ACADIANS, their sufferings, p. 146. vol. ii. p. 97.
• Acadie, bickering with the French there, 127.
• Acts of Parliament, how far allowed to be obligatory, 322.
• Acts of trade, not observed, 269.
• Addington Isaac,
  • secretary, 414.
  • His death, ii. 212.
• Address
  • to K. Charles the second, moved for without success, 210.
  • Agreed to, 211.
  • To K. Charles the first, 507.
  • To the par|liament, 516.
  • To Oliver Cromwell, 523.
  • To K. Charles the second, 537.
• Admiralty, judge of, first appointed, ii. 80.
• Adultery,
  • female, not male, capital, 441.
  • On either part ground for divorce a vinculo, 445.
• Agawam, Indian name
  • of Ipswich, 28.
  • Of Springfield, 98.
• Agents,
  • Weld, Peters and Hibbins, 98.
  • Edward Winslow, 149.
  • Iohn Leveret, 190.
  • Bradstreet and Norton, 219.
  • Stoughton and Bulkley, 312.
  • Dudley and Richards, 334.
  • Mather, 366.
  • Ashurst, Cooke, Mather and Oakes, 392.
  • Constantine Phips, ii. 85.
  • Wait Winthrop, ii. 129.
  • Sir Wm. Ashurst, ii. 186.
  • Ieremiah Dummer, ii. 187.
  • Anthony Sanderson, ii. 292.
  • E. Cooke, ii. 302.
  • Francis Wilks, ii. 353.
  • Ionathan Belcher, ii. 354.
  • Christopher Kilby, ii. 392.
  • William Bollan, ii. 436.
  • Remarks upom the agency, ii. 132.
• Alden, Capt. Iohn, accused of witchcraft and imprisoned, ii. 48.
• Alexander, Sir William, sells Nova Scotia to the French, 28.
• Allen, secretary of Connecticut, ii. 60.
• Andover, troubles there, ii. 42, 48.
• Andros, Sir Edmund, governor
  • of New York, 324.
  • Of Massa|chusets, and his arrival and mild beginning of administration, 353.
  • Grows more arbitrary, 354.
  • List of his council, 354.
  • suspected without grounds of being a papist, 355.
  • Other groundless jealousies, 370.
  • A kind general, 371.
  • Governor from Delaware to Nova Scotia, 371.
  • Seized and confined, 373.
  • Demands his release, 387.
  • Ordered to England, 391.
  • Escapes from the castle and retaken, 392.
  • Made governor of Virginia, 395.
  • Death, ii. 208.
• Anglesey, Lord, his letter to governor Leverett, 309.
• Antinomianism, rise and progress, 55 to 75.
• ...

• Appleton, Mr. an assistant, imprisoned by Sir Ed. Andros, 365.
• Articles of war for New-England forces, 207.
• Ashurst family,
  • friends to New-England, 389.
  • Sir Henry appears for the colony, 389.
  • His death, ii. 132.
  • Sir William chosen agent, ii. 186.
• Assembly of divines at Westminster
  • invite Mr. Cotton, &c. to sit with them, 115.
  • Assistants contend with deputies, 35, 143.
  • Vote to surrender the charter, 338.

B.

• BANK, private, ii. 206, 392.
• Baptists persecuted, 226 to 228.
• Baxter, George, and arbitrator between English and Dutch, 159.
• Belcher, Ionathan,
  • agent, ii. 354.
  • Governor, 367.
  • Arrives, 369.
  • Removed, judged and retaliated, 375.
  • Opposes the land bank, 396.
  • Falsely charged, 397.
  • Displaced, 399.
• Bellamont, Lord,
  • governor, ii. 87.
  • Arrives at New-York, 108.
  • At Boston, 112.
  • His character, 112 to 116.
  • Death, 121.
• Bellingham, Richard,
  • arrives, 41.
  • Deputy governor, 43.
  • Go|vernor, 97.
  • Ordered to England to answer, 253.
  • Governor, 258, 269.
  • Dies, 269
• Bermudas charter vacated, 336.
• Bigotry
  • in England settled America, 3.
  • Prevails in N. England, 189.
• Bills of credit
  • first issued, 402.
  • Increased, ii. 208, 245, 335, 380, 403.
  • Abolished, 436.
• Blaxton, Mr. an episcopalian, 20.
• Bollan, William, his great services, ii. 436.
• Bornazeen,
  • a noted Indian chief, ii. 87, 164.
  • Killed, 311.
• Borland, Iohn, his trial, ii. 154.
• Boston
  • first called Trimontaine, 21.
  • Inhabitants favor Mr. Vane and slight Mr. Winthrop, 62.
  • Sixty of them disarmed, 74.
  • Impowered to try causes, 175.
  • Great tumult there, ii. 430.
  • Bounds of the first charter, 8.
  • Of the second, ii. 10.
• Boyle, Robert,
  • governor of corporation for propagating gospel, 165.
  • Dies, 363.
• Boylstone, Zabdiel, promotes inoculation in Boston, ii. 273.
• Bradford, William, governor of Plimouth, his death, 206.
• Bradford, Major, account of Indian fight, 300.
• Bradstreet, Simon, 18.
  • Agent to England, 219.
  • Governor, 323.
  • Of the moderate party, 331.
  • Refuses to act under Dudley, 351.
  • Vindicates the titles to lands, 360.
  • Governor or president, 382.
  • Resigns to Phips, ii. 13.
  • Death and character, 105.
• Brenton, Iahleel, controversy with Sir Wm. Phips, ii. 75.
• Brereton, Sir William, of the New-England company, 18.
• ...

• Bridges, Robert, an assistant, 149.
• Bridges, Iohn, surveyor of woods, ii. 223.
• Brown, Iohn and Samuel, churchmen, and therefore sent back to England, 12.
• Brook, Lord, 42.
• Bulkley, Peter, agent, 312.
• Bullivant, one of Andros's justices,
  • seized, 374.
  • His reply to lord Bellamont, ii. 113.
• Burgess, William, first secretary, 10.
• Burnet, William,
  • governor, ii. 325.
  • Arrives, 332.
  • Controversy with the house, 333 to 366.
  • Death, 364.
• Burrill, Iohn, his character, ii. 234.

C.

• CAMBRIDGE petition to the King, 367.
• Canada expedition
  • proposed, 256, 271.—ii, 100.
  • Unsuccessful, 190 to 198. 398 to 401.
• Canonicus, Naraganset sachem, 138.
• Candy, a negro witch, ii. 33.
• Cape Ann, fishery there in 1624, 7.
• Cape Breton expedition, ii. 405 to 423.
• Cape Fear, contribution for, 260.
• Carr, Sir Robert,
  • commissioner, 230.
  • Indiscrete, 249.
• Carrier, Sarah, a witch child, ii. 44.
• Cartwright, George, commissioner, 230.
• Cary, Mrs. imprisoned and escapes, ii. 47.
• Casco fort taken, 397.
• Castine, Baron, 364. ii. 93.
• Cattle, number in 1640, 93.
• Charles II.
  • news of his restoration, 210.
  • Motion to address him fails, id.
  • Proclaimed in Boston, 217.
  • No man to drink his health, 219.
  • Grants his pardon and confirms the charter, 221.
  • A present made him, 257.
  • Letter to Plimouth, 546.
  • To Massachusets, 547.
• Charlestown church settled, 22.
• Charter
  • first passes the seals, 9.
  • Removed to New-England, 13.
  • Process against it, 86 to 89.
  • Saved by change of times in Eng|land, 88.
  • Assistants vote to surrender it, 338.
  • Iudgment or decree against it, 340.
  • Purchased, ii. 1.
• Charter second, drawn by Blaithwait, 411.
• Charlevoix, erroneous, ii. 73, 82, 88, 261, 309.
• Chauncy, Charles,
  • president, 174.
  • Death, 259.
• Cheever, Ezekiel, his death, ii. 175.
• Child, Doctor, concerned in a faction, 145.
• Christianity preached to Indians, 161 to 169.
• ...

• Church, Benjamin,
  • fortunate, 306.
  • His actions in eastern parts, ii. 69.
  • Expedition to Chignecto, 95.
  • Superseded and of|fended, 99.
  • Expedition, 144.
  • His Death, 223.
• Church of England first set up, 355.
• Church government, sum of it, 419.
• Chubb, Capt.
  • surrenders Pemaquid, ii, 93.
  • Cruelty, 94.
  • Killed, 106.
• Civil subjection, notions upon it, 251.
• Clark, Thomas, proprietor of Kenebec, 346.
• Clark, Nathaniel,
  • a time server, 360.
  • Seized and secured, 383.
• Clark, Iohn, speaker, ii. 249.
• Clams received by the first planters with pious gratitude, 23.
• Coin of New-England in 1652, 177, 178.
• Coddington, William, 18, 61.
• Collectors of customs first established ii. 80.
• College, Harvard, 110, 171, 175.
• Colonies form their own legislature, 95.
• Colonies, state of in Cromwell's time, 194.
• Commerce free, proposed from Canada, 166.
• Commerce, flourishing state of, 189.
• Commissioners from King Charles, 230 to 256.
• Commission, 535.
• Commissioners of united colonies, 133, 138, 153, 165, 169, 180, 185.
• Comet, remarkable, 226, 348.
• Connecticut
  • their first combination, 99.
  • Controversy about duties, 153 to 156.
  • Forces successful, 305, 306.
  • Surrender their charter, 339.
  • Revolution there, 384.
  • Re-assuming their charter, 406.
  • Line settled, ii. 202.
• Convers, Captain, ii. 67, 73.
• Cooke, George, a Massachusets captain, afterwards a colonel in Ireland, 120.
• Cooke, Elisha,
  • zealous for liberty, 331.
  • Assistant, 341.
  • Agent, 393.
  • For old charter or none, 408.
  • Negatived, ii. 70.
  • Death, 211.
• Cooke, Elisha,
  • begins the controversy with governor Shute, ii. 221.
  • Chosen speaker and negatived, 233.
  • Agent, 302.
  • Proceed|ings in England, 319 to 321.
  • Returns, 324.
• Conant, Roger,
  • at Cape Ann, 7.
  • Salem, 8.
• Coram, Thomas, projector, ii. 224.
• Corn, Indian,
  • 10s. sterling the bushel, 24.
  • Mean distasteful diet to Europeans, 26.
• Cornbury, Lord, persecutes dissenters, ii. 123.
• Corporation for propagating gospel, 160, 164. Inquired into by A. Sancroft, 363.
• Cory, Giles, pressed to death, ii. 59.
• Council for safety of the people, 381.
• Covenant, Scotch, proposed, 146.
• Counties first made, 117.
• ...

• Council under
  • Dudley, 350.
  • Andros, 354.
• Council of Plimouth
  • constituted, 5.
  • Make a grant to Weston, 5.
  • To Robert Gorges, 6.
  • Divide New-England in 12 provinces, 50.
• Council of Massachusets province,
  • their powers by charter, ii. 8, 9.
  • Nominate civil officers, 13.
  • The first councellors, 14.
  • The first election, 70.
  • Assume government, 125, 210.
• Court of assistants
  • at Charlestown, 25.
  • General, 25.
  • Course of judicial proceedings, 449.
• Cranfield, governor of New-Hampshire, 337.
• Cotton, Iohn,
  • arrives, 34.
  • Engaged in controversy, 55 to 75.
  • Invited to the assembly of divines, 115.
  • Death, 179.
• Cows, milch, £.25 per head, 27.
• Cradock, Matthew,
  • first governor, 9.
  • Account of him, 18.
  • Intended to settle at Medford, 22.
• Cromwell, Oliver,
  • designed for New-England, 42.
  • Writes to Massachusets to join against the Dutch, 182.
  • To remove to Ireland, 100.
  • Urges their removal to Iamaica, 191.
  • His conversation with Wheel wright, 193.
  • Sees the importance of the colonies, 195.
• Cromwell, Richard, not proclaimed when ordered, 209.
• Crown law taken from Moses, 439.
• Culpeper, Lord, at Boston, 332.

D.

• DEANE, Francis, accused of witchcraft, and escapes, ii. 38.
• D'Anville, Duke of, his expedition, ii. 424.
• Danforth, Thomas,
  • assistant, 189.
  • Deputy governor, 323.
  • President of Main, 329.
  • Zealous, 331.
  • In terror, 380.
  • Treats with the Indians, 404.
• Davenport, Iohn,
  • comes over, 82.
  • Invited to Westminster as|sembly, 115.
  • Conceals Whaley and Goffe, 215.
  • Death, 260.
• Davenport, Captain, killed at the castle, 253.
• D'Aulney, a French governor at Penobscot, bickerings with him, 128 to 134.
• Davis Silvanus,
  • action at Kenebeck, 346.
  • Councellor, ii. 14.
• Deeds registered, 455.
• Deerfield destroyed by the French, ii. 137.
• Denision, George, great success, 305.
• Deputies and assistants contention, 35, 143.
• Dixwell, Colonel, one of King Charles's judges, known by the ••••me of I. Davies, 217.
• Dod, Iohn, charges New-England puritans with seperation, 81.
• Douglass, erroneous, 208, 314, 355, 358, 474. ii. 25, 5••, 80.
• 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Sir George, anecdotes, 111.
• Dudley, Thomas, 12.
  • Account of him, 14.
  • Deputy governor, 17.
  • No friend to toleration, 75.
  • Governor, 35, 144.
  • Death and character, 183.
• ...

• Dudley, Ioseph,
  • member for Roxbury, 287.
  • His account of Narraganset fight, 302.
  • Agent, 334.
  • President, 340.
  • Seized and imprisoned, 374.
  • Suffers much, 391.
  • Sent to England, 393.
  • Chief justice of New-York, 395.
  • Sollicits for the go|vernment, ii. 85.
  • Member of parliament, 86.
  • Governor, 124.
  • Negatives five councellors, 136.
  • Severely censured, 146, 147, 152, 157, 162.
  • In danger in a storm, 148.
  • Gains friends, 188.
  • Superseded by the council, 210.
  • By Col. Tailer, 212.
  • Character, 213.
• Dudley, Panl, offends the house, ii. 256.
• Dummer, Richard,
  • first arrives, 41.
  • Assistant, 43.
  • Left out, 61.
• Dummer, Shubael, killed at York, 405.
• Dummer, Ieremiah,
  • Agent, ii. 187.
  • Raises a bubble in 1720, 244.
  • Slighted by the house, 255.
• Dummer, William,
  • lieut. governor, ii. 291.
  • Reprimanded, 322.
  • Retires and his character, 368.
• Dunstan, Hannah, an heroine, ii. 106.
• Dunstar, Henry, college president, 174.
• Dutch
  • bribe English pilot to go to Cape-Cod. 5.
  • Settle bounds with New-Haven, 157.
  • Suspected of plot against the English, 175 to 185.
  • Surrender Manhados, 231.

E.

• EARTHQUAKE, memorable, 90. ii. 326.
• Eaton, Nath,
  • first master of Harvard college, 90.
  • Displaced 91.
• Eaton, Theophilus,
  • account of him, 17.
  • Comes to N. England, 82.
• Elders
  • consulted by general court, 181. 223. 253. 311. 337.
  • Iealous of power of the magistrate, 270 to 274.
  • Prophecy in sackcloth, 274.
  • Concerned in all matters of moment, 424.
• Election contentious, 61. 97.
• Eliot, Iohn,
  • Indian apostle, 162 to 169.
  • Recants his opinions against monarchy, 212.
• Eliot, Iohn, capt. gallant action, 295.
• Elizabeth islands, so called by Gosnold, 1.
• Embarkation,
  • first, for Massachusets-Bay, 9.
  • Second, 10.
  • Third and principal with the chartar, 19.
• Endicot, Iohn,
  • a patentee, 8.
  • Goes to Naumkeak or Salem, sub|governor, 9.
  • His character, 17.
  • Cuts the cross out of the king's colours and censured, 38.
  • Sent against the Pequots without success and reflected on, 58.
  • Governor, 134, 151, 172, 188.
  • His death, 235.
• Errors condemned in the synod, 75.
• Essex county in 1643, 117.
• Excommunication established, 423.
• ...

• Expedition, French, designed
  • against Boston, 102. ii. 424.
  • Against Canada, ii. 190. 398.
  • Against Louisburgh, ii. 405.
• Expence of first transportation computed £.192,000 sterl. 93.

F.

• Faction suppressed, 145 to 149.
• Fast turned to thanksgiving, 23, 142.
• Fenwick, George,
  • agent for Lord Say, Brooke, &c. 100.
  • Leaves a legacy to New-England, 101.
• Fire
  • of London, collection in the colony for sufferers, 257.
  • In Boston in 1676 and 1679, 34.
  • In 1711, ii. 200.
• Flint, Thomas, assistant, 110.
• Foster, Iohn,
  • an active revolutioner, 377.
  • His death, ii. 190.
• Foxcroft, justice, imprisons Winslow, 373.
• Frarey, deacon, fined, 356.
• Freemen, none admitted, except church members, 26.
• French
  • drove from Acadie, 28.
  • Drive the English from Penobscot, 30.
  • Immediately after peace, take measures for war, ii. 110.
• French protestants ask leave to settle, 224.
• Frontenac, governor of Canada, appointed to command forces against New-England, ii, 101.

G.

• Gardner, Sir Christopher, knight of the Sepulchre, a great enemy to the colony, 25.
• General court
  • first consisting of house representatives &c. 35.
  • Offended with Boston and meet at Cambridge, 60.
  • Pass an order of neutrality in the war between king & parliament, 136.
  • Restrain churches in choice of ministers, 188.
  • Their proceed|ings with commissioners from King Charles the second, 250, to 255.
  • Amplify their jurisdiction, 260.
• General court
  • interpose in the disputes of Boston church 270.
  • Acknowledge their error 273.
  • Message upon dissolution of the government 342.
  • Declaration of right, 529.
• George, captain of a king's ship seized 374.
• George the first proclaimed with unusual marks of joy, ii. 209.
• Gibbons,
  • Major general of forces, 137.
  • Assistant, 160.
  • Anec|dote, 160.
• Goffe, colonel,
  • one of king Charles judges, 213, to 219.
  • Letter from his wife, 532.
• Goffe, Thomas, first deputy governor, 9.
• Goodwin, Iohn, his children bewitched, ii. 18.
• Gookius, Daniel,
  • arrives, 136.
  • Zealous, 331.
• Gerges, Robert,
  • his grant from colony of Plimouth, 6.
  • Sells it to Sir William Brierton, 6.
• ...

• Gorges, Sir Ferdinando,
  • spent £.20,000 settling colonies, 3.
  • A most active member of the council of Plimouth, 5.
  • Ioins with Mason in endeavours to hurt the Massachusets, 48.
• Gorges, Thomas, mayor of Acamenticus alias York, 176.
• Gorton, Samuel,
  • founder of a sect, 117.
  • A brief history of him, to 124.
  • His defence, 549.
• Gosnold Bartholomew first discovered New-England, 1.
• Governor
  • expected from England 31, 48, 225.
  • Old charter|governor prays in publick upon a fast day, 295.

H.

• HADLEY men headed by Goffe the regicide, 219.
• Hair, long,
  • association against it, 151.
  • Ranked among the sins of the land, 320.
• Hale, Sir Matthew's, witch trials, a precedent for N. England, ii. 22.
• Hale, Iohn, his wife accused, &c. ii. 60.
• Hampden, Iohn, intended for New-England, 42.
• Hampden, Mr. anecdote, 332.
• Hamond, major, taken prisoner, ii. 89.
• Hampton settled, 69.
• Hampshire county established, 225.
• Harlakenden, Mr.
  • arrives, 41.
  • Dies, 91.
• Harley, Mr. tradition of him, ii. 122.
• Harvard college
  • founded, 90, 91, 110, 171.
  • Growth, 171 to 175.
• Harman, Capt. expedition, ii. 309.
• Hasterigg, Sir Arthur, intended for New-England, 42.
• Haverill destroyed, ii. 173.
• Haugh, Mr.
  • assistant, 43.
  • Slighted, 61.
• Hawthorne, Iohn, examines witches, ii. 30.
• Hawthorne, William,
  • speaker, 160.
  • Sent for to answer in England, 253.
• Haynes, Iohn,
  • arrives, 34.
  • Assistant, 35.
  • Governor, 43.
  • Goes to Connecticut, 53.
• Hereditary honours, plan for them, 490.
• Higginson, Francis, first minister of Salem, 10.
• Higginson, Iohn,
  • ordained, 325.
  • Death, ii. 176.
• Higginson, Nathanael, ii. 160.
• High treason, first law against it, 323.
• Hiacoomes, an Indian convert, 161.
• Hibbins, William,
  • agent, 98.
  • Assistant, 127.
• Hibbins, Ann, executed, 187.
• Hinkley, Thomas, governor of Plimouth,
  • petitions K. Iames, 368.
  • Death, ii. 154.
• Hoar, Leonard, president, 174.
• Hobby, Sir Charles,
  • sollicits for the government, ii. 153.
  • Death, 271.
• ...

• Holyoke, Edward, president, 175.
• Hooke, counsellor, his opinion upon the Massachusets charter, 410.
• Hooker, Thomas,
  • arrives, 34.
  • Coldness between Mr. Cotton and him, 43.
  • Removes to Hartford, 45.
  • Invited to the assembly at Westminster, 115.
• Hopkins, governor of Connecticut, 82.
• Hudibras, the author ridicules the pious New-Englanders for the deeds of a profligate crew, 6.
• House of commons
  • vote the surrender of plantation charters illegal, &c. 389.
  • Bill passed to restore N. England charters, 390.
• House of representatives
  • offended with governor Shute for nega|tiving their speaker, ii. 242.
  • Insert themselves in dispute about pine trees, 246.
  • With-hold part of the governor's sala|ry, 213.
  • Adjourn for six days, 257.
  • Take the direction of the war, 269.
  • Remarks upon their conduct, 288.
  • Order lieutenant governor's seal to be defaced, 298.
  • Accept an ex|planatory charter, 321.
• Hubbard, William, ii. 147.
• Hubbard, Nathaniel, ii. 147, 403.
• Hutchinson, William, comes to New-England, 55.
• Hutchinson, Ann,
  • comes from Alford to New-England, 55.
  • Treated with great respect, but watched by Mr. Winthrop, id.
  • The principal women attend her lectures, 56.
  • She condemns the ministers for being under a covenant of works, id.
  • Mr. Cotton countenances her opinions, 57.
  • The colony in a flame by reason of them, id.
  • Lost her support when Mr. Vane removed, 6••.
  • Called to trial, forsaken by Mr. Cotton, and her tragical fate, 70 to 73.
• Hutchinson, Edward,
  • banished, 73.
  • Sent to treat with Nipmug Indians, 291.
  • Ambushed and killed, 292.
• Hutchinson, Elisha,
  • a zealous member, 331.
  • Assistant, 341.
  • Ioins with Mather in a remonstrance, 367.
  • Treats with In|dians, 404.
  • Commander in chief of forces, ii. 67, 168.
  • Dies, 223.
• Hutchinson, Eliakim, his death, ii. 223.
• Hutchinson, William, his character, ii. 249.
• Hutchinson, Tho.
  • arrests Kidd, ii. 119.
  • Death & character, 391.

I.

• JACOBS, Margaret, accuses herself and grandfather of witch|craft and then recants, ii. 38.
• James the first
  • grants all the continent from 34 to 45 degrees, 2.
  • Refuses to grant liberty of commerce, 4.
• James the second proclaimed in Boston, 340.
• Janson, Sir Bryant, assistant, 16.
• ...

• Iberville takes
  • the Newport, Capt. Paxton, ii. 92.
  • The fort at Pemaquid, ii. 93.
• Idolatry, Indian, learnt from the French, 472.
• Jermayne, Sir Thomas, speaks in favor of the colony, 33.
• Increase of the colonies, remarks, ii. 201.
• Indians,
  • no idea of what the English intend by subjects, 276.
  • Their way of fighting must succeed when they exceed greatly in numbers, 295.
  • Hardly used, 296.
  • Captives made slaves, 307.
  • Their number in Plimouth colony, 349.
  • The several nations, 456.
  • The mohawks or cannibals, 457
  • Customs, manners, lan|guage, &c. 461 to 479.
  • The French made them idolaters, 472.
  • Said to call the seven stars the bear, 478.
  • Alarm the colonies, ii. 120.
  • Destroy Deerfield, 137.
  • Haverhill, 173.
  • Treacherous, 178.
  • Attempts to gospelize them, 161.
  • Their towns, 167, 168.
• Indians, Pequods,
  • threaten war, 27, 58.
  • War with them, 76 to 81.
• Indians, Naragansets,
  • come to Boston, 28.
  • Treaty with them, 59.
  • Plot against the English, 112.
  • At war with Mohegins, 136.
• Indians, Wompanoags, or Philip's Indians,
  • war with them, &c. 275 to 310.
  • Their first subjection to King Iames, 273.
• Indians, Eastern,
  • assault Ipswich Indians, 27.
  • Begin war, 307.
  • Hostilities, 346 to 348, 364, 395, 404.
  • Treaty of peace, ii. 73, 109, 201, 218, 317, 318.
  • Hostilities, ii. 277, 30•• to 305, 306 to 316.
• Inoculation in Boston, ii. 273.
• Invasion, French, threatned, ii. 101.
• Jocelyn, his voyage to New-England, 267.
• Johnson, Isaac,
  • an assistant, 10.
  • Resolves to become a planter, 12.
  • His family, estate, &c. 16.
  • His lady daughter of Earl of Lin|coln, 20.
  • His death greatly lamented, 20.
• Jones, Margaret, executed, 150.
• Ipswich men fined and imprisoned by Sir Edmund Andros, 365.
• Ireland claim an exemption from British acts of parliament, 322.
• Judges dependent, ii. 376.
• Judicial proceedings, course of, 449.

K.

• KENEBECK river,
  • first entered by Europeans, 2.
  • Indian spoils there, 346.
• Kiest, a Dutch governor at Manhadoes, 158.
• Kidd, the famous bucaneer, seized at Boston, ii. 119.
• Kilby Christopher,
  • representative, ii. 392.
  • Agent, id.
• Kirk, Colonel, appointed governor of New-England, 341.
• Knowles, Admiral, impress made by him at Boston, ii. 430.

L.

• LACONIA,
  • an ideal province, 104.
  • The province of Main so called, 267.
• Lancaster burnt by the enemy, 302.
• ...

• Land bank, ii. 206, 392.
• Lake, Capt. Thomas, killed, 346.
• La Tour, French governor, 127 to 134.
• Laud, archbishop,
  • jealous of New-England, 86.
  • Employs Bur|dett to give intelligence, id
  • First commissioner for regulating plantations, 502.
• Laws
  • framed from the judicial of Moses, 439.
  • Provincial, ii. 63 to 66.
• Lawson, Roger, tried for supplying the French and Indian enemies, ii. 154.
• Lechford, Thomas, a fractious attorney, 451.
• Ledea, William, a quaker, hanged, 202.
• Leete, William, deputy governor of Connecticut, favors Whaley and Goffe, 216.
• Legislature in general formed by the colonies, 95.
• Leigh, Lord, accompanies Mr. Vane to England, 63.
• Leverett, Thomas, ruling elder, 34.
• Leverett, Iohn,
  • sent to Naragansets to treat, 112.
  • Commissioner from Oliver Cromwell, 183.
  • Deputy governor, 269.
  • Gover|nor, 270.
  • His death, 323.
• Leverett, Iohn, college president, 175.
• Leyden, puritans or seperatists there, 3.
• Lieutenant governor considered as a councellor though not elected, ii. 70.
• Long Island in New York, first peopled from Lyn in Massachusets, 89.
• Lothrop, Capt. and company defeated, 294.
• Lovewell, Capt. ii. 314.
• Louisburgh, expedition against it, ii. 405 to 423
• Ludlow, Roger,
  • deputy governor, 35.
  • Removes to Connecti|cut, 43, 98.
• Lyford, a minister of New-Plimouth, 7.
• Lyman, Caleb, his exploit, ii. 146.

M.

• MAIN,
  • province of, deserted by Gorges the proprietor, the peo|ple put themselves under the Massachusets, 176.
  • Made a county, id.
  • Purchased, 326.
  • Made part of Massachusets province, ii. 5.
• Manhados (New-York) surrenders to Col. Nichols, &c. 231.
• Maquas and the rest of the 5 nations treaty, 348.
• Marblehead, rage of women there, 307.
• Martha's vineyard first so called, 1.
• Mason, Capt. Iohn,
  • spent 20,000 ••, settling colonies, 3.
  • Molests the Massachusets, 48.
  • His several alledged grants, 313.
• Mason, Iohn,
  • commands Connecticut forces against Pequods, 76.
  • Chief share in Pequod war, 77, 78.
• ...

• Massasoit, Indian chief,
  • chuses King Iames for his sovereign rather than his ally, 275.
  • An enemy to christianity, 276.
• Masts for royal navy, ii. 253.
• Mather, Richard,
  • arrives, 41.
  • His death, 259.
• Mather, Increase,
  • college president, 174.
  • Sued by Randolph for defamation, 366.
  • Goes secretly to England to sollicit for the colony, 366.
  • A faithful agent, 389.
  • Saves New-Plimouth from being annexed to New-York, 406.
  • Not satisfied with the new charter, 409.
  • Has the sole nomination of the first governor and council, 413.
  • Arrives at Boston, 416.
  • His death, ii. 305.
• Mather, Cotton,
  • drew the manifesto upon the New-England re|volution, 381.
  • Intercedes with his father for governor Stough|ton, 414.
  • The first mover in favor of inoculation, ii. 273.
• Matthews, a minister, fined for preaching without licence, 423.
• Maverick, Samuel,
  • at Noddles Island, 21.
  • Obnoxious for stirring up a faction, 145.
  • Commissioner from King Charles II. 230.
  • Delivers a letter from King Charles to the colony. 253.
• Mavoshen, the Indian name for the eastern country, 1.
• Mayhew, Thomas,
  • instructs the Indians, 161.
  • Purchase of Mar|tha's vineyard, Nantucket and Elizabeth islands, 161.
• Medfield burnt, 303.
• Miantinomo, Naraganset chief,
  • comes to Boston, 28.
  • Plots against the English, 112, 113.
  • Taken prisoner, 137.
  • Put to death, 138.
• Middlesex county, 117.
• Militia in the year 1665, 244.
• Ministry, poorly supported, 274.
• Mitchel, Ionathan,
  • friend to Whaley and Goffe, 218.
  • Opposes the sending over the magistrates upon King Charles's order, 253.
  • A licenser of the press, 259.
  • Death, 260.
• Money granted by parliament brought over, ii. 177, 178.
• Mortality among Indians, 35.
• Morton,
  • an attorney at Mount Wollaston, 8.
  • Seized and sent to England, id.
  • Complaints of the colony, 31.
  • Fined £.100. 32.
• Mount Hope and the country round granted to N. Plimouth, 345.
• Moulton, Col. behaves well at Norridgewock, ii. 309.

N.

• NANTASKET first began, 7.
• Naraganset Indians,
  • treaty, 59.
  • Plotting, 112.
  • At war with the Mohegins, 136.
  • Further quarrels, 155. 186.
  • Treaty, 289.
  • Break their treaty, 297.
  • Famous fight, 299.
• Naumkeak (Salem) settlement began there, 9.
• Nelson, Iohn,
  • a revolutioner, 376.
  • His friendly intelligence, 378.
• New-England
  • discovered, 1.
  • First so called, 2.
  • First colony there, ••.
  • Division into 12 provinces, ••0.
• ...

• Newfoundland taken by the French, ii. 100.
• New-Hampshire
  • settled, 102 to 110.
  • Three distinct govern|ments, 108.
  • Swallowed up by Massachusets, 110.
  • Of the same disposition with Massachusets, 268.
  • Grateful return, 328.
  • Controversy about it, 312 to 318.
  • Boundary line settled, ii. 382.
• New-Haven
  • first planted, 82 to 86.
  • Settle bounds with the Dutch, 157.
  • Apply to Cromwell, 182.
• New-Plimouth colony
  • begins, 5.
  • Trade at Penobscot, 28.
  • Brief state of affairs, 206 to 208.
  • Boundary line settled, 208. 229.
  • Conduct approved by King Charles the second's com|missioners, 233.
  • Desirous of chastising the Indians, 286.
  • Further state of affairs there, 343 to 346.
  • Revolution there, 383.
  • Annexed to New-York, 405.
  • Recalled and annexed to Massachusets, 406.
  • A summary of their affairs, ii. 449 to 481.
• New-Somersetshire, the same with the province of Main, 267.
• New-York, revolution there, 384.
• Neutrality with French, ii. 140.
• Nichols,
  • K. Charles's commissioner, 230.
  • Discreet behaviour, 250.
• Nicholson, Francis, 384. ii. 176. 178, 180. 190.
• Nocale, for Nuichicke, Indian food, 465.
• Norfolk county, 117.
• Norridgewock, successful expedition there, ii. 309.
• Norton, Iohn,
  • arrives, 41.
  • Disapproves Mrs. Hibbins's excon|tion, 188.
  • In favor of address to K. Charles the second, 210.
  • Agent to England, 219.
  • His death and quakers remark, 223.
• Notaries public, first chosen, ii. 238.
• Nova-Scotia
  • made part of the Massachusets province, ii. 5.
  • Affairs there, 127 to 134. ii. 90, 97. 180 to 186.
• Nowell, Increase,
  • his character, 17.
  • Settles at Charlestown, 22.
• Nowell, Samuel, joins with Mather in England, 367.
• Noyes, Oliver, his death, ii. 249.

O.

• OAKES, Thomas,
  • agent, 393.
  • Assistant, id.
• Oakes, Urian, president of the college, 174.
• Oldham, Iohn,
  • stirs up a faction in New-Plimouth, 7.
  • A grantee from the council of Plimouth, 7.
• Osgood, Mary,
  • examination, ii. 31.
  • Recantation, 41.
  • Testi|monial, 42.
• Owen, Iohn, invited to New-England, 226.

P.

• PAPER money first made, 402.
• Parliament, memorable act or ordinance, 114.
• Parris, Samuel,
  • witchcraft begins in his family, ii. 25.
  • Too officious in prosecutions, 26.
• ...

• Parsons, Hugh, tried for witchcraft, 179.
• Passengers the first ten years, 21200. 93.
• Patrick, Captain in Pequod war, 76.
• Patch, Eliz. her death, ii. 216.
• Paxton, Capt. taken in the Newport man of wat, ii, 92.
• Pierce, Capt, and 50 men killed, 304.
• Pelham, Herbert,
  • assistant, 144.
  • Commissioner, 145.
  • In Eng|land, 163.
• Pemaquid,
  • a fort there, ii. 68.
  • Taken 92.
  • Possessed by Dunbar, ii. 379.
• Penn, Elder, death and character, 269.
• Penobscot
  • rifled, 29.
  • Taken, 46.
  • By Cromwell, 183.
  • Restored, 258.
  • Taken by the Dutch. 311.
  • By Sir William Phips, 397.
• Pequods
  • kill Stone, 45.
  • Protect the murderers of the English, 58.
  • Urge the Naragansets to war, 59.
  • The tribe destroyed, 76 to 81.
• Peters, Hugh,
  • one of the first planters, 9.
  • Arrival, 41.
  • Agent, and his tragical end, 98.
  • Opposes collection for the Indians, 165.
• Philip, King, or Indian Sachem,
  • subjects himself and nation, 279, 282.
  • Rashly begins a war, 284.
  • In imminent danger, 291.
  • Killed 306.
• Phips, Sir William,
  • birth, &c. 396.
  • Takes Port Royal, 397.
  • Ill success at Quebec, 399 to 401.
  • Sollicits 2d expedition, 403.
  • Governor, 413.
  • Arrives, 415.
  • Public entry, ii. 12.
  • Encou|rages prosecution of witches, 23.
  • A warrant from his lady, 61.
  • Quarrels with collector and captain of a man of war, 75.
  • Ordered to England, 78.
  • His death, 85.
• Phips, Constantine,
  • agent, ii. 85.
  • Drew the bill for reversing Leisler's attainder, 86.
  • Removed from agency, 186.
• Phips, Spencer, lieutenant governor, ii. 81.
• Piscataqua
  • submit to Massachusets, 101.
  • A summary of settle|ments, 102.
• Plaisted, Col his son taken prisoner the day he was married, ii. 200.
• Planters,
  • first, whether churchmen, 417.
  • Became separatists, 418.
• Platform, sum of it, 431.
• Popham, Sir Iohn,
  • a promoter of colonies, 2.
  • His brother pre|sident of Sagadahoc colony, 2.
• Porter, Iohn, sentenced to die for disobedience to parents, 239.
• Portroyal
  • taken by Phips, 397.
  • Attempted, ii. 165. 171.
  • Taken, 182.
• Portsmouth, N. Hampshire, their generous donation to Harvard college, 268.
• Prince of Orange,
  • news of his landing in England, 372.
  • His declaration called a treasonable libel, 373.
• Prince of Wales, his birth celebrated, 372.
• Printing first set up, 257.
• Prodigies reported, 126, 127.
• ...

• Providence, island, colony, 94 to 97.
• Province of Massachusets bay bounds, ii. 7.
• Puritan ministers
  • in England did not approve of separation, 81.
  • Come over in Charles the second's reign, 225.
• Pym, Iohn,
  • designed to New-England, 42.
  • Intimate with the first planters, ii. 2.
• Pynchon, William,
  • assistant, 17.
  • Settles at Roxbury, ••••
  • Springfield, 98.

Q.

• QUAKERS persecuted, 196 to 205. 320.
• Quinnypiack, afterwards New-haven, 63.
• Quittamug, Iohn, a very old Indian, ii, 305.
• Quo warranto against the charter, 328, 340.

R.

• RAINSFORD, brother to Lord chief justice, a ruling elder, 260.
• Ralle,
  • father, ii. 241, 262.
  • His character, 263.
  • Killed, 309.
• Randolph, Edward,
  • arrives, 311.
  • Made 8 voyages in 9 years, 329.
  • Appointed collector, 330.
  • Quarrels with Dudley, 351.
  • Boasts that he is as arbitrary as the great Turk, 369.
  • Voted a capital offender, ii, 5.
• Ratcliffe, Mr. the first episcopal minister, 355.
• Read, Iohn, his character, ii, 376.
• Registry of deeds, 453.
• Representatives first chosen, 35.
• Rovell, Iohn, assistant, 17.
• Revolution in New-England
  • before any certain news from Eng|land, 373.
  • Circumstantial account of it, 374 to 377.
  • Persons concerned afraid of the consequence, 380.
• Rhode-Island
  • settled by refugees from Massachusets, 72, 73
  • Refused to be admitted into union with the other colonies, 124.
  • Surrender their charter, 339.
  • Re-assume it, 407.
  • Line set|tled, ii, 400.
• Robinson, Iohn, minister, ii, 454.
• Andrew, his exploit, ii, 295.
• Robinson, William, a quaker, executed, 200.
• Rochellers apply for leave to settle in New-England, 224.
• Rogers, Iohn, college president, 174.
• Rossiter, Edward, assistant, 17.
• Roswell, Sir Henry, patence, 8.
• Rowley settled, 89.
• Rowse, William, tried and fined, ii, 152.
• Ruling elders 426.
• Russell, hon, George, at Boston, 332.
• Russell, Richard, an assistant, 189.
• Russell, Iames, an assistant, ii. 14.

S.

• SAGADAHOC settled, 2.
• Saint Christophers, contribution for relief, 257.
• Saint Francois settled by eastern Indians, ii. 142.
• Saltonstall, Sir Richard,
  • patentee, 9, 15.
  • Settles at Watertown, returns to England, 24.
• Saltonstall, Richard,
  • assistant, 61.
  • Makes a vow, 94.
  • Give's Whaley and Goffe fifty pounds, 217.
• Saltonstall, Nathaniel, 351. ii. 14.
• Salisbury settled, 89.
• Salary fixed, controversy, ii. 333.
• Salem, court removed there, ii. 350.
• Sanderson, Anthony, agent, ii. 292.
• Sanford, Major, takes Sir E. Andros and sends him to Boston, 392.
• Sassacus, Pequod sachem, 80.
• Savage, Thomas,
  • banished, 73.
  • Commands forces, 288.
• Say and Seale, Lord,
  • intended to New-England, 42.
  • Urges removal to the Bahamas, 94.
  • Kind letter to the colony, 220.
• Saybrooke fort, 47. Burnt, 155.
• Scott, Patience, a quaker child, 199.
• Schuyler, Col. friendly, ii. 142. 163. 172.
• Sewall, Samuel, 359. ii. 61, 291.
• Sedgewick, Major,
  • Commissioner from Cromwell, 183.
  • Takes St. Iohn's, Penobscot, &c. id.
• Sharp, Samuel, assistant, 15.
• Sharp, Thomas, 17.
• Shawmutt, 21.
• Sheaffe, Sampson, his letter about Canada expedition, ii. 198.
• Shepard, Thomas,
  • arrives, 41.
  • Dies, 151.
• Ships, number of in 1665, 244.
• Short, Capt. imprisoned, &c. 77.
• Shrimpton, Col. writ of intrusion, 369.
• Shirley, William,
  • succeeds Belcher, ii. 399.
  • Forms an expedition against Louisburgh, 405.
  • Retires to the castle, 439.
  • House of representatives resolve to stand by him, 433.
  • Returns to town, 434.
• Shute, Samuel,
  • governor, ii. 215.
  • Arrives, 217.
  • Controversy with house of representatives, 231.
  • Negatives the speaker, 233.
  • Dissolves the court, 260.
  • Leaves the province suddenly, 288.
  • Exhibits articles against the house, 299.
  • Succeeded by go|vernor Burnet, 325.
  • Sickness the first winter, 19.
• Skelton, Samuel, first minister of Salem, 10.
• Small-pox among
  • the Indians, 34.
  • The English, ii. 273.
• Smith, Ralph, separatist, 10.
• Soil, opinions about it, 479 to 486.
• Somers, Sir Iohn, for the colony, 394.
• ...

• Southcott, Thomas, a patentee, 8.
• Speaker, dispute about him, ii. 149.
• Springfield
  • called Agawam, 98.
  • Burnt by the Indians, 295.
• Stevenson, Marmaduke, a quaker, hanged, 200.
• Stillingfleet, Dr. his remark, 228.
• Stone, Mr.
  • arrives, 34.
  • At Hartford, 99.
• Stone, Capt. Killed by Indians, 45.
• Storm, remarkable, 53.
• Stoughton, Israel,
  • assistant, 61.
  • Commands against Pequods, 76.
  • His death, 144.
• Stoughton, William,
  • agent, 312.
  • Prosecutes witches, ii. 23.
  • Commander in chief, 81, 121.
  • Death, 125.
  • His character, 127.
• Stuyvesant, Dutch governor, 158, 159.
• Suffolk, county, 117.
• Sunderland, lord, would not admit a house of representatives, 367.
• Subjection civil, notions of it, 251.
• Sudoury settled, 89.
• Symonds, Samuel,
  • assistant, 117.
  • Deputy governor, 270.
• Synod, 67, 68, 69, 225, 324.

T.

• TAILER, William,
  • lieut. governor, ii. 200. 368.
  • Dies, 381.
• Temple, Sir Thomas,
  • begs the lives of condemned quakers, 200.
  • Recommended by N. Fiennes, 206.
• Temple, Capt. Robert, commander of forces eastward, ii. 297.
• Test, New-England, 431.
• Thurloe sends orders to proclaim Richard Cromwell, 209.
• Tilton, Peter, a zealous deputy, 331.
• Titles to lands questioned, 359.
• Town, a fortified one projected, 23.
• Trade,
  • state of it in 1639, 91.
  • Flourishing, 189.
  • In 1670, 269.
  • In 1750, ii. 441.
• Trees, reserved by charter. ii. 253.

V.

• VANE, Henry,
  • arrives, 41.
  • Governor, 53.
  • Supported by Mr. Cotton, 53.
  • Dissembles, 54.
  • Peculiar tenets, 57.
  • Win|throp's interest too strong for him, 61.
  • Shews his resentment, 62.
  • Returns to England, 63.
  • Character, 64 to 67.
• Vassall, William,
  • Assistant, 17.
  • Further account of him, 145.
• Veils worn by Salem women, 430.
• Vetch, Samuel,
  • tried, ii. 154.
  • Colonel of forces against Canada, 176.
  • Governor of Nova-Scotia, 184.
• Uncas, Mohegin sachem, 136, 143.
• Underhill, Iohn,
  • captain, 76.
  • An enthusiast, 77.
  • Chosen governor of Exeter and Dover, 107.
• Union of the colonies, 124 to 126.

W.

• WADSWORTH, Benjamin, college president, ii. 175.
• Wadsworth, Capt. killed and his company, 305.
• Walker, Sir Hovenden's, expedition, ii. 190.
• Walley, Iohn,
  • commands land forces against Canada, 401.
  • Journal, 554.
• Ward, Nath. simple cobler of Agawam, 120.
• Warwick, Earl of, 7.
• Warwick, Countess of, benefactor, 18.
• Warren, Commodore, ii. 414. His testimony, 4••2.
• Watts, Sarah, claims 26th part of Massachusets colony, ii. 225.
• Washburn, Iohn, secretary, 10.
• Weld, Thomas,
  • agent, 98.
  • Dismissed, 149.
• Wells, action there, 67.
• Wequash, a christian Indian, but betrays his countrymen, 77.
• West, secretary under Andros, 3••8.
• West, vice admiral, 6.
• Westbrook, Colonel, ii. 294. 302.
• Weston's
  • plantation, 5.
  • Broke up and he cast away, &c. 6.
• Whaley the regicide, so called, 213.
• Wharton, Lord, friend to New-England, 389.
• Wheat first blasted, 229.
• Wheeler, Sir Francis's expedition, ii. 71.
• Wheelwright, Iohn,
  • antinomian, 55.
  • Banished, 70.
  • At Hamp|ton and Salisbury, 74.
  • At Exeter, 106.
• Whetcomb Simon, a patentee, 8.
• White, counsellor, his opinion, 13.
• White, Iohn, encourages planters, 8.
• White, Peregrine, first born child, his death, ii. 148.
• White hills first explored, 114.
• Whiting, Mr. a minister, killed, ii. 105.
• Wiggins, Capt. assistant, 160.
• Wilks, Francis, agent, ii. 353.
• Willard, Iosiah, secretary, ii. 223.
• Willard, Samuel, vice president of the college, 75.
• Willard, Simon, commander of forces, 186.
• Willett, Thomas, referree between the English and Dutch, 159.
• Willoughby, Francis,
  • assistant, 160.
  • Deputy governor, 258.
  • Death, 269.
• Williams, Roger,
  • makes disturbance at Salem, 37.
  • Banished and removes to Providence, 38.
  • Shelters Gorton, 117.
  • Gives notice of plots among the Indians, 139.
• Williams, Iohn, minister of Deerfield, his captivity, 138.
• William and Mary, their accession most joyful news to New-England, 387.
• ...

• Wilson, Iohn,
  • minister, 22.
  • His zeal, 61.
  • Death and cha|racter, 258.
• Wilson, Deborah, a quaker, whipped, 204.
• Winslow, Edward,
  • principal of New-Plimouth planters, 5.
  • Agent, 149.
  • His death, 187.
• Winslow, Iosias,
  • seizes Indian princes, 276.
  • Governor of Plimouth, 286.
  • General in Naraganset sight, 299.
• Winslow, Capt. Iosias, killed by Indians, ii. 307.
• Winthrop, Iohn,
  • first engages, 12.
  • Elected governor, 14.
  • Account of his family, 14.
  • Travels on foot through the woods, 21.
  • Is called to account and honorably acquitted, 40.
  • Engaged with Mr. Vane and the opinionists, 55 to 75.
  • Go|vernor, 61.
  • Very popular, 62.
  • Overrules at the synod, 68.
  • Great concern at his apprehended danger, 129.
  • Called to answer, 147.
  • Death and character, 151.
• Winthrop, Iohn, commissioned by Lord Say and Seal, ••••.
• Winthrop Wait,
  • agent, ii. 129.
  • Death 223.
• Wise, minister of Ipswich, imprisoned, 366.
• Wiswall, Mr. agent for Plimouth, 405.
• Witches executed, ii. 53. 58. 59.
• Women at Oyster-river gallant, ii. 163.
• Woodward, Samuel,
  • secretary, 212.
  • Resigns, 223.
• Writs of intrusion, 369.

Y.

• YORK county, 177.
  • Government there, 260.
  • Town de|stroyed, 405.
• Young, Sir Iohn, Patentee, 8.