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The Governors of Connecticut, 1905
ThegovernorsofConnecticut Norton CalvinFrederick I'his e dition is limited to one thousand copies of which this is No tbe A uthor Affectionately Dedicates Cbis Book Co George merriman of Bristol, Connecticut "tbe Cruest, noblest ana Best friend T €oer fia<T Copyrighted, 1 905, by Frederick Calvin Norton Printed by Dorman Lithographing Company at New Haven Governors Connecticut Biographies o f the Chief Executives of the Commonwealth that gave to the World the First Written Constitution known to History By F REDERICK CALVIN NORTON Illustrated w ith reproductions from oil paintings at the State Capitol and facsimile sig natures from official documents MDCCCCV Patron's E dition published by THE CONNECTICUT MAGAZINE Company at Hartford, Connecticut. ByV I a y of Introduction WHILE I w as living in the home of that sturdy Puritan governor, William Leete, — my native town of Guil ford, — the idea suggested itself to me that inasmuch as a collection of the biographies of the chief executives of Connecticut had never been made, the work would afford an interesting and agreeable undertaking. This was in the year 1895. 1 began the task, but before it had far progressed it offered what seemed to me insurmountable obstacles, so that for a time the collection of data concerning the early rulers of the state was entirely abandoned. A few years later the work was again resumed and carried to completion. The manuscript was requested by a magazine editor for publication and appeared serially in " The Connecticut Magazine." To R ev. Samuel Hart, D.D., president of the Connecticut Historical Society, I express my gratitude for his assistance in deciding some matters which were subject to controversy. -
Huguenot Merchants Settled in England 1644 Who Purchased Lincolnshire Estates in the 18Th Century, and Acquired Ayscough Estates by Marriage
List of Parliamentary Families 51 Boucherett Origins: Huguenot merchants settled in England 1644 who purchased Lincolnshire estates in the 18th century, and acquired Ayscough estates by marriage. 1. Ayscough Boucherett – Great Grimsby 1796-1803 Seats: Stallingborough Hall, Lincolnshire (acq. by mar. c. 1700, sales from 1789, demolished first half 19th c.); Willingham Hall (House), Lincolnshire (acq. 18th c., built 1790, demolished c. 1962) Estates: Bateman 5834 (E) 7823; wealth in 1905 £38,500. Notes: Family extinct 1905 upon the death of Jessie Boucherett (in ODNB). BABINGTON Origins: Landowners at Bavington, Northumberland by 1274. William Babington had a spectacular legal career, Chief Justice of Common Pleas 1423-36. (Payling, Political Society in Lancastrian England, 36-39) Five MPs between 1399 and 1536, several kts of the shire. 1. Matthew Babington – Leicestershire 1660 2. Thomas Babington – Leicester 1685-87 1689-90 3. Philip Babington – Berwick-on-Tweed 1689-90 4. Thomas Babington – Leicester 1800-18 Seat: Rothley Temple (Temple Hall), Leicestershire (medieval, purch. c. 1550 and add. 1565, sold 1845, remod. later 19th c., hotel) Estates: Worth £2,000 pa in 1776. Notes: Four members of the family in ODNB. BACON [Frank] Bacon Origins: The first Bacon of note was son of a sheepreeve, although ancestors were recorded as early as 1286. He was a lawyer, MP 1542, Lord Keeper of the Great Seal 1558. Estates were purchased at the Dissolution. His brother was a London merchant. Eldest son created the first baronet 1611. Younger son Lord Chancellor 1618, created a viscount 1621. Eight further MPs in the 16th and 17th centuries, including kts of the shire for Norfolk and Suffolk. -
University of Southampton Research Repository Eprints Soton
University of Southampton Research Repository ePrints Soton Copyright © and Moral Rights for this thesis are retained by the author and/or other copyright owners. A copy can be downloaded for personal non-commercial research or study, without prior permission or charge. This thesis cannot be reproduced or quoted extensively from without first obtaining permission in writing from the copyright holder/s. The content must not be changed in any way or sold commercially in any format or medium without the formal permission of the copyright holders. When referring to this work, full bibliographic details including the author, title, awarding institution and date of the thesis must be given e.g. AUTHOR (year of submission) "Full thesis title", University of Southampton, name of the University School or Department, PhD Thesis, pagination http://eprints.soton.ac.uk i UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON FACULTY OF HUMANITIES School of History The Wydeviles 1066-1503 A Re-assessment by Lynda J. Pidgeon Thesis for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy 15 December 2011 ii iii ABSTRACT Who were the Wydeviles? The family arrived with the Conqueror in 1066. As followers in the Conqueror’s army the Wydeviles rose through service with the Mowbray family. If we accept the definition given by Crouch and Turner for a brief period of time the Wydeviles qualified as barons in the twelfth century. This position was not maintained. By the thirteenth century the family had split into two distinct branches. The senior line settled in Yorkshire while the junior branch settled in Northamptonshire. The junior branch of the family gradually rose to prominence in the county through service as escheator, sheriff and knight of the shire. -
History of the Colony of New Haven
KJ5W H AVEN and its VICINITY Con. HISTORY COLONYF O NEW HAVEN, BEFOREND A AFTF.R THE U NION WITH CONNECTICUT. CONTAINING A P ARTICULAR DESCRIPTION OFHE T TOWNS WHICH COMPOSED THAT GOVERNMENT, VIZ., WEW H AVEN, / B RADFORD, ts iTIILFOKD, , STA n roiti», A CUILFORD, SOUTHOLD, I ,. I. WITH A N OTICE OF TIIE TOWNS WHICH HAVE BEEN SET OFF FROM "HE T ORIGINAL SIX." fillustrateb 6 n .fffttn NEW H AVEN: PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY HITCHCOCK & STAFFORD. 1838. ENTERED, A ccording to Act of Congress, in the year 1838, BY E DWARD R. LAMBERT, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Connecticut. PREFACE. AUTHENTIC h istory is of high importance. It exhibits the juris prudence, science, morals, and religion of nations, and while it •warns to shun their errors, holds forth their virtues for imitation in bold relief. But where is the history more interesting and important than that of our own, "our much loved native land," that abounds in incidents more romantic, or narrative more thrilling? Buta little more than two centuries have elapsed since the first band of the " Puritan Fathers" left their native home, crossed the wild Atlantic, landed on the snow-clad rock of Plymouth, and laid the first foundation stone of New England. Within this period a change has here taken place, and in our common counfry unparalleled in the history of mankind. A great and powerful nation has arisen. The desert has been made " to bud and blossom as the rose." And •what but the sword of civil discord can arrest the giant march of improvement, (yet advancing with accelerating rapidity,) till " the noblest empire iu the reign of time" shall extend from the Atlantic to the Pacific wave. -
List of Fellows of the Royal Society 1660 – 2007
Library and Information Services List of Fellows of the Royal Society 1660 – 2007 A - J Library and Information Services List of Fellows of the Royal Society 1660 - 2007 A complete listing of all Fellows and Foreign Members since the foundation of the Society A - J July 2007 List of Fellows of the Royal Society 1660 - 2007 The list contains the name, dates of birth and death (where known), membership type and date of election for all Fellows of the Royal Society since 1660, including the most recently elected Fellows (details correct at July 2007) and provides a quick reference to around 8,000 Fellows. It is produced from the Sackler Archive Resource, a biographical database of Fellows of the Royal Society since its foundation in 1660. Generously funded by Dr Raymond R Sackler, Hon KBE, and Mrs Beverly Sackler, the Resource offers access to information on all Fellows of the Royal Society since the seventeenth century, from key characters in the evolution of science to fascinating lesser- known figures. In addition to the information presented in this list, records include details of a Fellow’s education, career, participation in the Royal Society and membership of other societies. Citations and proposers have been transcribed from election certificates and added to the online archive catalogue and digital images of the certificates have been attached to the catalogue records. This list is also available in electronic form via the Library pages of the Royal Society web site: www.royalsoc.ac.uk/library Contributions of biographical details on any Fellow would be most welcome. -
Joseph Leete Chevalier De La Legion D'honneur
, amt BY JOSEPH LEETE CHEVALIER DE LA LEGION D'HONNEUR SOUTH NOR WOOD, SURREY IN CONJUNCTION WITH JOHN CORBET ANDERSON AUTHOR OF '' Chronicles of Croydon," "Biblical Monuments" etc., etc. SECOND EDITION REVISED AND ENLARGED LONDON 1906 BLADES, EAST & BLADES, Printers, 23, Abchurch Lane, London, E.C. JOSEPH LEETE. TO MY KINSFOLK~ INTRODUCTION. When I commenced my researches into the history of the family of Leete some forty years ago, I was actuated mainly by the desire to acquire, for my own personal satisfaction, a better knowledge of my ancestry. It was natural therefore, that, when I published my book in I 881, for private circulation only, I should place on record, in the form of a letter to my children, an explanation of the circumstances connected with the production of the work. I wrote as follows :- " EVERSDEN, SOUTH NORWOOD PARK, S.E., 5th September, I88I. " My DEAR CHILDREN' In years to come, when you will be inclined to look more closely than now into the following record relating to your genealogy, you would, if left in ignorance, inquire with a natural wonder, how it came to pass that your father was able to place in your hands this small volume, crowded with facts concerning your ancestry, and bristling, from beginning to end, with the oft-reiterated name of Leete. In anticipation of such curiosity, I will endeavour to relate . Vl INTRODUCTION. the particular circumstances which led to the collection of these details of our family history. You will hardly need to be reminded that I was born, in I 8 3 1, at Royston, situated on the borders of Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire, where our family have resided since the year 1768, the date at which my great-grandfather, Robert, of Eversden, married and settled in the busy little market town of Royston. -
Once Upon a Time in Connecticut
ONCE U PON A TIME IN CONNECTICUT CAROLINE C LIFFORD NEWTON ONCE U PON A TIME IN C ONNECTICUT BY CAROLINE C LIFFORD NEWTON HOUGHTON M IFFLIN COMPANY BOSTONEW • N YORK • CHICAGO • DALLAS • SAN FRANCISCO ailje X Ubetffte $ress Cambridge CoU. COPYRIGHT, 1 916, BY CAROLINE CLIFFORD NEWTON ALL RIOHTS RESERVED CAMBRIDGE . M ASSACHUSETTS PRINTED IN THE U. S. A. THIS B OOK IS D EDICATED TO THE SCHOOL CHILDREN OF THE STATE BY THE CONNECTICUT SOCIETY HEOF T COLONIAL D AMES OF AMERICA ACKNOWLEDGMENTS HE C olonial Dames of Connecticut, under whose A a uspices this book is published, desire to express their indebtedness to Professor Charles M. Andrews, of Yale University, who generously offered to supervise the work on its historical side. They also gratefully ac knowledge help from many friends in the preparation of the volume. Thanks are due to Mrs. Charles G. Morris for criticism of the manuscript and to Mr. George Dudley Seymour for advice in the selection of the illustrations. Courtesies have been extended by the officials of the New Haven Free Public Library, of the Connecticut Historical Society, and of the Library of Yale Uni versity. INTRODUCTION sIT i a pleasure to write a few words of introduction to this collection of stories dealing with the early history of Connecticut, a state that can justly point with pride to a past rich in features of life and gov ernment that have been influential in the making of the nation. Yet the history of the colony was not dramatic, for its people lived quiet lives, little disturbed by quar rels among themselves or by serious difficulties with the world outside. -
Wadsworth; Or, the Charter
THE LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES GIFT OF WADSWORTH OR The Charter Oak BY W. H. GOCHER 'The traditions of a nation are part of its existence." 'Disraeli HARTFORD, CONN. Published by W. H. GOCHER 1904 Copyright, 1904 by William Henry Gocher. PRESS OF WINN k JUDSON CLEVELAND F ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE The Wyllys Mansion and The Charter Oak. Frontispiece The Wadsworth Inn 41 Wadsworths from 1595 to 1904 53 Oliver Cromwell 75 The Charter Oak in 1830 109 Hugh Peters 187 William Pendrell 143 The Royal Oak of Boscobel 151 Jane Lane 159 Charles II 171 John Winthrop 205 Charles II (From the Charter) 217 First . Edward Montague, Earl of Sandwich . 237 Connecticut Governors 259 Sir Edmund Andros 275 The Charter Oak in 1847 291 James II 299 Moses Butler's Tavern 311 The Wadsworth Arms 829 The Charter Oak in 1856 385 Weatogue Brook Falls 845 Imlay's Bridge 361 Imlay's Mill 373 The Last Scene . 387 INTRODUCTION INTRODUCTION HARTFORD Hartford is an old town as dates run in Amer- ica. The first sod was turned in 1636, sixteen years after the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth and six years after the Puritans located in the vicinity of what is now known as Boston. On May 31 of that year the members of the Rev. Thomas Hooker's church at Newtown, now known as Cambridge, having disposed of their homes in the colony of Massachusetts Bay, turned their faces towards the Connecticut valley. After a journey of two weeks, which can now be made almost in as many hours, this band of pioneers crossed the Connecticut River and located on the land that was subsequently known as Hartford. -
Ellis Wasson the British and Irish Ruling Class 1660-1945 Volume 1
Ellis Wasson The British and Irish Ruling Class 1660-1945 Volume 1 Ellis Wasson The British and Irish Ruling Class 1660-1945 Volume 1 Managing Editor: Katarzyna Michalak Associate Editor: Łukasz Połczyński ISBN 978-3-11-054836-5 e-ISBN 978-3-11-054837-2 This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 License. For details go to http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/. © 2017 Ellis Wasson Published by De Gruyter Open Ltd, Warsaw/Berlin Part of Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Berlin/Boston The book is published with open access at www.degruyter.com. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data A CIP catalog record for this book has been applied for at the Library of Congress. Managing Editor: Katarzyna Michalak Associate Editor: Łukasz Połczyński www.degruyteropen.com Cover illustration: © Thinkstock/bwzenith Contents Acknowledgements XIII Preface XIV The Entries XV Abbreviations XVII Introduction 1 List of Parliamentary Families 5 Dedicated to the memory of my parents Acknowledgements A full list of those who helped make my research possible can be found in Born to Rule. I remain deeply in debt to the inspiration and mentorship of David Spring. Preface In this list cadet, associated, and stem families are arranged in a single entry when substantial property passed between one and the other providing continuity of parliamentary representation (even, as was the case in a few instances, when no blood or marriage relationship existed). Subsidiary/cadet families are usually grouped under the oldest, richest, or most influential stem family. Female MPs are counted with their birth families, or, if not born into a parliamentary family, with their husband’s family. -
Justices of the Peace in Mid-Tudor Devon Circa 1538-1570
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE IN MID-TUDOR DEVON CIRCA 1538-1570 THESIS Presented to the Graduate Council of Texas State University-San Marcos in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Master of ARTS by Rebecca J. Zmarzly, B.A. San Marcos, Texas August 2007 JUSTICES OF THE PEACE IN MID-TUDOR DEVON CIRCA 1538-1570 Committee Members Approved: _____________________________ Eugene Bourgeois II, Chair _____________________________ Elizabeth Makowski _____________________________ James McWilliams Approved: _____________________________ J. Michael Willoughby Dean of the Graduate College DEDICATION This thesis is dedicated to my husband, Craig, for his help and support, and to Meredith, who is the inspiration for all my hard work. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to express my thanks and appreciation for the many people who have supported and encouraged me while completing this project. First, I want to thank my husband, Craig Zmarzly, for his incredible patience, support, and child-rearing abilities while I was in the middle of my research and writing. I also want to thank my daughter, Meredith, for not only arriving in the middle of this undertaking, but for also being a tangible reminder of what life is really about. I thank my parents, Rick and LeAnn Kelley, and my siblings, Karey Johnson and Justin Kelley, for not rubbing it in too hard that my younger sister and brother have finished their post-graduate degrees before me. To Deborah Chetwood and Alix Floyd, thank you for your much needed advice (both professional and personal) and for being available when I needed some extra motivation. I would not expect anything less from the triumvirate of iniquity. -
William Goffe
PEOPLE MENTIONED IN WALDEN THE REGICIDES, MAJOR GENERAL WILLIAM GOFFE 1 AND LT.-GENERAL EDWARD WHALLEY “I know histhry isn’t thrue, Hinnissy, because it ain’t like what I see ivry day in Halsted Street. If any wan comes along with a histhry iv Greece or Rome that’ll show me th’ people fightin’, gettin’ dhrunk, makin’ love, gettin’ married, owin’ th’ grocery man an’ bein’ without hard coal, I’ll believe they was a Greece or Rome, but not befur.” — Dunne, Finley Peter, OBSERVATIONS BY MR. DOOLEY, New York, 1902 1604:Parents: Rev Stephen Goffe, Rector of Stanmer, Sussex, England and Deborah West; married 7 May 1604. (FHL IGI Index for Sussex) 1. See Stiles’s HISTORY OF THREE OF THE JUDGES OF CHARLES I, WHALLEY, GOFFE, DIXWELL (Hartford, 1794). HDT WHAT? INDEX WILLIAM GOFFE EDWARD WHALLEY PEOPLE MENTIONED IN WALDEN 1605 It would have been in about this year that William Goffe was born. Eventually his father, the puritan rector of Stanmer in Essex, Stephen Goffe, would apprentice him to a London salter. REGICIDE 1605-1626: Five sons born to Stephen & Deborah Goffe: Stephen (1605-1681); John (1610?-1661); William (1614- 1679-80?); James ( -1656); Timothie (1626- ). Sources: (DNB Goffe pp.69-74; Burkes Peerage & Baronetage, 99th ed. (1949) pp 838; Eng. Hist Rev. (1892) vol vii pp 717-720; FHL IGI Index for Sussex.) 1607 It is probable that the regicide John Dixwell was born at Folkstone in Kent, England in this year, in a family prominent in Kent and Warwickshire. 1615 It would have been in about this year that Edward Whalley was born. -
WILLIAM LEETE Governor of the Colony of New Haven, 1661-1665 Governor of the Colony of Connecticut, 1676-1683
WILLIAM LEETE Governor of the Colony of New Haven, 1661-1665 Governor of the Colony of Connecticut, 1676-1683 Born: ca. 1613, Dodington, Huntingdonshire, England College: Possibly studied law at Cambridge University Political Party: None Offices: Clerk in Bishop's Court at Cambridge, England Justice of the Peace, Guilford, Connecticut, 1642 Guilford Town Clerk, 1639-1662 Magistrate, Guilford, 1651-1658 Deputy, New Haven Colony General Court, 1643-1649 Commissioner, New Haven Colony, 1655-1658 Deputy Governor, New Haven Colony, 1658-1661 Governor, New Haven Colony, 1661-1665 Governor, Colony of Connecticut, 1676-1683 Died: April 16, 1683, Hartford, Connecticut William Leete was born about 1613 in Dodington, Huntingdonshire, England, the son of John Leete and Anne Shute, daughter of Robert Shute, a judge of the king's court. His grandfather's legal experience may have influenced William to go into the practice of law. He became registrar for the Bishop of Ely's Court at Cambridge, England, which was investigating the activities of the Puritans, and became converted to Puritan beliefs. In May 1639, he, with his wife, Ann, and their young child, left England for Quinnipiac (New Haven) with the Rev. Henry Whitfield. Leete was an original planter (settler) of Guilford, being one of the 25 who signed the covenant of the Whitfield Company on June 1, 1639 and among those who purchased Indian lands in 1639 and 1641. On June 19, 1643 he became one of the seven founders of the First Congregational Church of Guilford. In that year he also served as a representative from Guilford to a meeting in New Haven that led to the formation of the New Haven Colony.