Autograph letter signed from Daniel Denison, William Hathorne, and Richard Walden, Commissioners of Massachusetts Bay, 1662 May 27.

Massachusetts. General Court

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The Governor and Company of the Massachusetts Bay, chartered by the English Crown in 1629, sat as a General Court, which after the 1630 emigration to America became the government of the Massachusetts Bay colony. It consisted of colony freemen (company stockholders); and the governor, deputy governor, and assistants (magistrates) chosen by them. The latter group met separately as a Court of Assistants, but in 1634 its legislative powers were ceded to the General Court as a whole (Ma...

Champernowne, Francis, 1614-1687

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Resident of Champernowne's Island in Kittery, Me. From the description of Francis Champernowne's will, 1686 Nov. 16. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 71129485 ...

Jocelyn, Henry, 1606-1683

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Walderne, Richard, 1615-1689

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Shapleigh, Nicholas, 1610-1682

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Massachusetts Bay Company

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Massachusetts Bay Company (also known as Commissioners of Massachusetts Bay or Massachusetts Bay Colony) chartered in 1629; in 1684 charter was revoked; the government continued to function, however until 1686, when the Massachusetts Bay Colony was absorbed into the Dominion of New England. From the description of Autograph letter signed from Daniel Denison, William Hathorne, and Richard Walden, Commissioners of Massachusetts Bay, 1662 May 27. (Maine Historical Society Library). Worl...

Purchase, Thomas, -1678

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Landowner and Kennebec patent holder; member of Proprietors of the Township of Brunswick, District of Maine; some sources indicate birthdate of 1571. From the description of Will and estate inventory, 1677-1678. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 166428964 ...

Denison, Daniel, 1613-1682

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Born in England in 1613, Daniel Denison emigrated to Ipswich, Mass. in 1635 where he became a military leader and was also involved in colonial politics. During King Philip's War, Denison was appointed in 1675 commander in chief of the Massachusetts's troops. From the description of Orders : instructions for Capt. William Hathorne, Comander in cheife of the forces now Employed to the Eastward, 1676 Aug. 29. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 36897810 ...

Jordan, Robert, 1611-1679

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Hathorne, William, 1607-1681

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Major William Hathorne, Puritan, of Salem, Mass., an ancestor of Nathaniel Hawthorne, was involved in the persecution of Quakers and other religious heretics. Rev. Robert Jordan, a priest of the Church of England, came to Richmond's Island, in Maine ca. 1640 and became a landowner in that area. Owing to his religious affinities and associations, Jordan was an object of suspicion and hostility to the Puritan government of Massachusetts who forbade him to marry or baptize. He paid no attention to ...