Caleb Benton and Sarah Bishop: Their Ancestors and Their Descendants

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Press of the A.V. Haight Company, 1906 - 92 pages
 

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Page 14 - We, whose names are hereunder written, intending by God's gracious permission to plant ourselves in New England, and, if it may be, in the southerly part, about...
Page 16 - In 1672 his list was £72. Is. His will, made Mch. 7, 1675/6, is of interest. It states that " as the holy Providence of God hath left the burden of a crippled child upon my hand to be cared and provided for, who may live and be burdensome after my decease, Zacheus Benton by name and that affliction is an interruption to the more equal distribution of my small estate amongst all my children, I do, therefore, give only the sum of 5 shillings apiece unto my five children " (not including Zacheus or...
Page 12 - Let merchants and such as are making cent, per cent, remember this. Let others who have come over since at sundry times remember this, that worldly gain was not the end and design of the people of New England, but religion. And if any man among us make religion as twelve and the world as thirteen...
Page 14 - But our pilot, having watched for them a fortnight, grew weary and returned home ; and the very next night after, the ship came in guided by God's own hand to our town. The sight of the harbor did so please the Captain of the ship and all the passengers that he called it the Fair Haven. Since that, another ship hath brought sundry passengers, and a third is expected daily...
Page 5 - What boots it, on the lineal tree to trace, Through many a branch, the founders of our race, Time-honored chiefs ; if, in their sight, we give A loose to vice, and like low villains live?
Page 14 - ... common work, according to every man's ability and as need shall require; and we promise not to desert or leave each other or the plantation, but with the consent of the rest or the greater part of the company who have entered into this engagement.
Page 16 - Lastly all the rest of my estate ** I give unto my son Andrew Benton, upon condition that he shall duly attend and provide for his brother Zacheus Benton, during the term of his natural life with all necessaries of food and rayment, washing and lodging, suitable for him.
Page 25 - Colony, their heirs and assigns, to be holden of us, our heirs and successors, as of the Manor of East - Greenwich, in our county of Kent, in free and common soccage, and not in capite, nor by knight service...
Page 31 - African behavior resulting from his new setting would be expected, yet it is difficult to see how it would have been possible for a slave to bring up his children without inculcating...
Page 37 - An attempt to meet this need is to be made during the summer by the Rhode Island College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, at Kingston, RI...

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