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Abiel Assembly of Connecticut became Benjamin Griggs Benjamin Sabin born in Woodstock called Cambridge Platform Capt Captain church citizens colonies committee Court Dudley Ebenezer Morris Edward Morris England father Frizzel George Griggs goers graduate of Yale Harvard College held in Roxbury Henry Bowen home lots honored Indians inhabitants Israel Putnam Jedediah Morse John Butcher John Chandler John Eliot John Endicott John Frizzel John Holmes John Leavens John Marcy John Ruggles Jonathan Peake Joseph Bugbee Judge Sewell jurisdiction lands Leonard Lieut Maanexit Massachusetts Bay Matthew Davis McClellan and Lyon miles Mohegan name of Woodstock Nathaniel Garey Nathaniel Johnson Nipmuck country notable meeting Paraclete Skinner pastor Peter Aspinwall petition Pomfret Puritan Quinnatisset River Roxbury Samuel McClellan settled settlement settlers of Woodstock South Woodstock Stiles Thomas Bacon to-day town meeting town of Woodstock Wabbaquasset Wabquissit West Parish William Lyon Windham County Winthrop Wood Woodstock Hill Yale College
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Page 19 - Forgotten race, farewell ! Your haunts we tread, Our mighty rivers speak your words of yore, Our mountains wear them on their misty head, Our sounding cataracts hurl them to the shore ; But on the lake your flashing oar is still, Hush'd is your hunter's cry on dale and hill, Your arrow stays the eagle's flight no more ; And ye, like troubled shadows, sink to rest In unremember'd tombs, unpitied and unbless'd.
Page 17 - I had none to go to but such as rather reviled me, and gave me hard language ; but the Lord said unto me, as if a man had spoke, "First seek the kingdom of heaven, and the righteousness thereof, and all these things that thou standest in need of shall be given unto thee.
Page 30 - NewRoxbury the name of Woodstock, because of its nearness to Oxford, for the sake of Queen Elizabeth, and the notable meetings that have been held at the place bearing that name in England; some of which Dr.
Page 8 - These, by their too large commendations of the country and the commodities thereof, invited us so strongly to go on, that Mr. Winthrop, of Suffolk (who was well known in his own country, and •well approved here for his piety, liberality, wisdom, and gravity), coming in to us, we came to such resolution, that in April, 1630, we set sail from Old England with four good ships.
Page 8 - New-England, and the planting of the Gospel there ; and after some deliberation we imparted our reasons, by letters and messages, to some in London and the west country ; where it was likewise deliberately thought upon, and at length with often...
Page 8 - About the year 1627, some friends, being together in Lincolnshire, fell into discourse about New England and the planting of the gospel there ; and, after some deliberation, we imparted our reasons by letters and messages to some in London and the West Country...
Page 17 - Yet it was not hereby intended to abridge the Indian sachems of their just and ancient right over the Indians, in respect of paying tribute or any other dues.
Page 41 - His usefuleness in this army is great — he is employed in the glorious work of attending to the morals, of a brave people who are fighting for their Liberties, the Liberties of the people of Woodstock, the Liberties of all America. We therefore hope, that knowing how nobly he is employed — the Congregation of Woodstock will cheerfully give up to the public a gentleman so very useful, and when by the blessing of a kind providence this glorious and...
Page 14 - And we trust you will not be unmindful of the main end of our plantation by endeavoring to bring the Indians to the knowledge of the gospel...
Page 18 - ... and idolatry. And after warning given, to apprehend all delinquents, and bring them before authority, to answer for their misdoings; the smaller faults to bring before...