1. Quest. Whither you oune yor selves to be such as are commonly knowne or called by yo name of Quakers? Ansr. Wee are all so called. Wee are all of one minde. 2. Quest. Whither yow brought not ouer hither seuerall bookes wherein are conteyned the seuerall opinions of y' sect or people. Mary Prince and another. [Ans.] Yea. those yt were taken from us. 3. Quest. Wherefore came yow into theise parts? Ans. (by all) To doe ye will of God w'euer he should mak knowne to be his will. 4. Quest. How doe yow make it Appeare yt God called yow hither? Ans. (Dor. Wawgh)* He yt belieues hath ye witness in himself. (Brend.) By the Power of ye spirit of ye lord. It was a crosse to my will. I would not haue come but the lord hath brought me downe to oby him in his call. 5. Quest. Doe yow Acknowledg ye light in every man's Conscienc yt comes into ye world is x and yt yt light would saue him if obeyd? The Ans to ys in thiere bookes is, The light is but one wch is xt, who enlightnes one, and all are enlightned wth one light, as in the 3d pag of yt booke, and in ye close of ye booke. Ad: yt ys is called ye light of yor Conscienc, the true teacher, and sayd to be the first step to peace. ult verba. Mary Prince Do yow oune the letter yow sent me? which was sheu [blot] hir. Ans'. Yes and sayd it was ye eternall word of ye lord wich must stand for euer, and should stand; and sayd further, she wrote this as a prophet, one of ye lord, and was Guided by yo Infallible Spirit of ye lord. 6. Quest. Whether yow oune that the scriptures are the rule of knowing God and living to him? Ans. The eternall word is ye Rule of theire liues, and not ye written word: and in Ans. to ye Question propounded from them: That if yow had not the scriptures to direct yow yet yow haue y' wthin yow wch was before scripture, yt vould guide you aright. To wch Mary Prince Ansrd, yea, and yt it was a sufficyent Guide. 7. Quest. Doe yow Acknowledg yt xt is God and man in one pson ? This they will not acknowledg. 8. Quest. Doe yow Acknowledg one God subsisting in three persons sonne and holy Ghost? Ans. They Acknowledg no Trinity of persons. father, 9. Quest. Whither yow Acknowledg yf God and man in one person remayne foreuer a distinct pson from God ye father and God ye holy Ghost and from ye saints, notwithstanding theire vnion and comunion wth him? This they will not Acknowledge. 10. Quest. Doe yow Acknowledg your self a sinner? This they will not Acknowledge. 11. Quest. Doe yow Acknowledg Baptisme wth water to be an ordjnance of God? This they will not Acknowledg. *Dorothy Waugh. † William Brend, or Brand. See List of Passengers in the Speedwell. A COMPLETE LIST OF THE MINISTERS OF BOSTON OF ALL DENOMINATIONS, FROM 1630 TO 1842, ARRANGED IN THE ORDER OF THEIR SETTLEMENT. A LIST OF NAMES FOUND AMONG THE FIRST [Those names which are starred are not contained in Farmer's Genealogical Register, and concerning those which are not starred, additional facts are related. The article is prepared entirely from unpublished manuscripts, by Mr. S. G. Drake.] ADAMS, SAMUEL, Chelmsford, authorized | CHURCH, GARRETT, Watertown, 1636, to solemnize marriages there, 1664. ALLEN, BOZOUN, Boston, constable. 1680. ALLIN, ONESIPHORUS, Ipswich, 1679. ALLYNE, THOMAS, Barnstable, 1644, a witness to a sale of land by the Indian Seacunk. ANDREWS, THOMAS,* and THOMAS JR.,* Dorchester, 1664. ANGIER, ANDREW, first inhabitant at Dunston, Me.-ARTHUR, born about 1625. ANNABLE, ANTHONY, Barnstable, 1644. ARCHARD, SAMUEL,* church member, Salem, 1640. ARDELL, RICHARD,* Boston, merchant, 1686. ATWOOD, JOHN,* ensign, Boston, juror, 1686. AVERY, WILLIAM* and JONATHAN,* members of the church, Dedham, 1677. BAXTER, DANIEL, Salem, 1638. Carried the charter of R. Island from Boston to Newport, 1663. [Farmer's MS.] BENTLEY, WILLIAM,* came to New England in the ship Arabella, Richard Sprague master; sailed from Gravesend, May 27, 1671. BEZBEANE, JOHN,* Woburn, 1677, WILLIAM, JAMES, a. 24 in 1677. BLOWERS, JOHN, a 36 in 1663, a lessee of an island in Boston harbor for seven years. BOTT, ISAAC, Boston, 1675. BRADLEY, WILLIAM, Dorchester, 1664. BROUGHTON, THOMAS, Boston, 1655, petitions general court against imposing duties on importations. BULL, WILLIAM, Charlestown, 1638, heard Squaw Sachem say then, that she had given all her lands to Mr. Gibbons; was 43 years of age in 1662. CAPEN, BARNARD, witnesses the Indian deed of Dorchester, 1671; SAMUEL,*| also a witness to the same. CARPENTER, WILLIAM, Hingham, 1641, witnessed, and seems to have drawn the deed of a tract of land there from the Indians "to John Tower the elder." His autograph, and the instrument to which it is attached, are a most elegant specimen of the chirography of that age. CHEEVER, EZEKIEL, married the widow of Capt. Lothrop, who was killed in Sudbury fight, before May 19, 1680. CHILD, RICHARD, Watertown, juror, 1650. aged 51 in 1662.-RICHARD, Plymouth, 1631; went there from Wessaguscussett. CLARKE, JONAS, constable of Cambridge, 1680.-THEODORE,* York, 1663. CLAY, NATHANIEL,* Dorchester, 1664. COBB, HENRY, Barnstable, 1644. COOK, GEORGE, Colonel, &c., Cambridge, Ms., in which place and vicinity he had large possessions; returned to England in or about the beginning of the Civil War, in which he took a part, went into Ireland, where he was killed in 1652. He was twice married, and left by one of his wives, two daughters: 1. MARY, M. to "her mother's younger brother," Mr. Samuel Annesley, 1681. In 1669 she resided at Martins in the Fields, London; in 1691 she resided with her husband in the city of Westminster. 2. ELIZABETH, m. 1st, Rev. John Quick, of St. Giles, Cripple Gate, London, and perhaps, 2ndly, Joseph Cawthorne. CRISPE, BENJAMIN, "Misticke als Meadforde," 1636. CURWIN, GEORGE, Salem, 1682, aged 70; DURGIE, WILLIAM,* came to Ipswich, Nov. 9, 1663, and was then 33 years old. Had been in the W. Indies, and came here from thence. Wite, Martha. Perhaps this name is that since written Durgin. EDGECOMBE, MILES,* a. 25, 1676. Was at "Black Point the day and tyme when nine of Winterharbor men were fighting with the Indians upon the sands opposite to the said place." EEDY, JOHN, Plymouth, left there to reside in Massachusetts, before Feb., 1632. EUERS, MATHIAS,* Dorchester, 1664. EVERETT, JOHN, Chelmsford, 1664, where he is authorized to unite people in marriage. FoOTE, PASCO, Salem church. 1640. FOSTER, JAMES,* Dorchester, constable, 1680. Fox, THOMAS, Ms., about 52 in 1659, wife, Elinor. FOXWELL, RICHARD, Dunston, Me, 1654. |